Monotaur

Alright, so I was watching Jeopardy! the other day (don't laugh ) and they had a car category... bsaically, name the car as shown on the screen. They had a Corvette, Thunderbird, Accord, Prius (I think... don't remember), and... a 6th gen Maxima. The prevous champion buzzed in immediately and said "Altima!!". Wrong. He actually ended up losing. lol.

Just thought this was funny.

04BlackMaxx

Good, he deserved to lose for that

highwaycruiser

.... The lights are vertical damn it! VERTICAL! THEY HUG THE FENDER!

Sorry. Had to get that out of my system.

Nietzsche

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I've had a lot of people complain that the 6th gen looks to much like an altima compared to their 5th gens.

Nissan 6

I hate when people mix up the two.

DeusExMaxima

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The 07 Maxima is worse - Its really similar to Alti at the front

STARR

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Noone saw this happening years ago, all car companies decided to make their lineups share similiar looks, most don't even know how big their engine is or how much air goes in the tires, the basic car stuff you should know so when they call my Maxima an Altima Im like yup

Nietzsche

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It's the whole family resemblance thing. I agree and disagree with it at times. Either way the maxima looks better 06 or 07.

Majestic_MAx05

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Haha Lol Should Have Slaped Him For That!!

4MySwee

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I'll take, what is........'I can't identify one of the hottest cars on the road for 100 Alex' "

logik05se

i really hate when ppl confuse the two mysely, i can honestly say i never seen an altima and thought it was a maxima or vice versa, even way before i purchased my maxima.

Glude

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Weird, Ive been watching Jeopardy lately just randomly and I guess I missed that one.

JSutter

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I saw it, and it was the only category ever that I could get all of them correct.

xorbitman

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and the to and the too two! LOL!

GundamWZero

ROFLMAO!!!!! Thats funny as hell.........

I own a 05 Altima, too.......

jsmithsole

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You took the words right out of my mouth!!!
As for

Yeah I went to the dealer today, and I am pretty observant in genreal and especially when I'm standing on the Nissan lot. I was standing right in front of the '07 Max and asked my sales guy, "so did you guys get any '07 Maxima's in yet?" He turns and points and say yeah right there. I thought it was an Alitma!!!

SilverSixth

My friend bought a bottom of the line Altima for his kid. We met out for dinner one night and he's like "these cars are identical". I half heartedly say: "Yeah, it makes no sense to spend more on the Max"

I am pissed at Nissan for this. The sheeple really can't tell the difference between the two. The "Flagship" should stand out or I should get the new Altima.

chernmax

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His prize for loosing should have been they take him out back and run over him with the Max!!!

Monotaur

LOL, then he'd know the difference!

rmd0311

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???? I don't understand how people can confuse... I just bought my Max Gen 5... I can tell the diff a mile away. Plus, Max is just, HOT HOT HOT... If I had the money I would get the 06-07 in a heartbeat...

Wonder what the 08 is gonna look like.

SilverSixth

You'd be surprised at how little people actually know about cars. Other than car guys/gals. I'm a car guy and the TL/TSX still throw mw off once in a while.

I'm holding out for the next gen. If it doesn't meet my expectations, something else will.

logik05se

i really dont see the resembelence thats the funny part lol, i mean slightly but not enough to confuse the 2.

and as for that tl tsx mixup yea im a car guy myself and that one could get a lil tricky lol.

s14gt

Yea... TL, TSX, and Civic... all looks similar from the front.

aryathegreat

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weird. ive never had a problem with the tl & tsx. maybe its cause one of my friends has a TL. but i dunno how ud confuse those 2 with a civic lol

jingiko

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the girls i meet are like WOW hot altima.
i mean they're hot chicks. but i dont pick them up.
or i do and never call them again.

9Nails

My wife can't tell the front ends from each other. And I dont blame her. They look similar enough.

I tell her, front end: With Max, look for the corner markers on the sides. Alt's have the center fog lights. And Max's have two grills and a plate under the hamburger. Alt's have one wide grill, and nothing under the hamburger.
Side, look at the door handles. Alt's have the "nail breakers" grab under handles, where Max's have the pull out handles.
Read, chrome tail lights give away the Alt. Max's have the twin tailpipes and all red lights.

She's got it down now. But didn't notice the diff. on her own.

SMOKED_OUT

After it's all said and done the 2007 Altima is a much better car than the 2007 Maxima. It's just a shame that I am now considering trading my Max for an Altima.

slic33

I watch just about every episode of Jeopardy, and I was furious when I saw the guy miss that question. Then, to make it even worse, neither of the other 2 people knew it!

I got an idea, take your head out of the encylcopedia for a minute, and learn your f****ing cars!!!

Major Moves

I feel the same way! weird

MAX2DAMAX

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me three

anyways, like i said before, this guy musted been the same guy that judged gec's car

MaxMus

Don't feel ashamed. The Altima offers pretty much everything a Maxima offers, and it is much cheaper pricewise.

SMOKED_OUT

well i guess your right, i should just wait it out and see how nice the altima is or just man up and get the 07 G35.

Monotaur

Our local dealership just built a new building. They moved from an old crappy shared Chrysler/Nissan lot to a soley Nissan lot. The new building is NICE. Completely air conditioned service area, new lot, etc.

They had an open house there tonight and gave away a 94 Ford Taurus (they even had it wraped up in a tarp until the winner was announced - everyone was expecting a new car...).

Anyway, I was there checking out a 2006 Murano when a girl walks up and asks "Where are the Maximas? I love those cars." and then proceeds to look at the Altima next to me and says "Oh here they are.".

I really hadn't noticed that people get the cars so confused until recently.

Rlaltiowner05

I have ran into similar situations with my Altima...a LOT of folks think the curernt Altima is the MAXIMA because the car is so big.

I remember when I first got my 05, everybody thought it was a Maxima...couldn't believe it was an Altima because the car is so much bigger than the first two generations of Altimas.

I have never had a problem distinguishing between the current Maxima and the current Altima. Even with the facelift I can still tell them apart, but I'm a Nissan fanatic. My mother, who loves Hondas can't tell the difference.

I hope Nissan does make the Maxima more different from the Altima when its redesigned because it seems that the Maxima is redundant in Nissan's lineup...