was considering the new maxima, do the side mirrors fold in on these cars? and why is teh quater mile so slow with 290hp? in know its heavy but i thought CVT is better for acceleration.

 

Sure they do, with your hand.

 

lmaoo. but they should of put this feture on these cars. cause people in the city drive crazy

 

There is always the MMC next year so you never know!!

 

whats the mmc lol

 

Mid Model Change!

Usually they don't add something like that in a refreshing, but sometimes they do so that is why I said you never know! More than likely you will have to wait till the 2014 8th Gen Maxima for that if anything!

 

they not changing the body till 2014? dam

 

Yeah, why would they change it sooner? They typically do a 5 year design cycle on their models and the current Maxima is a big sales hit so there is no need yet to completely change the design. They might even wait 6 years, who knows

 

wow i thought most cars are 3year run but yea the max is selling good right now and its a awesome body i cant even picture what they have in mind for the 8th gen

 

Just as info, the first six generations of Maxima had runs of 4, 4, 6, 5, 4,and 5 years. Each generation had a 'freshening' after two or three years, but with no major body changes.

Like many others here, I expect the 7th gen to run 5 years, have a 'freshning' with the 2012 model year, and be replaced by the 8th gen arriving in spring of 2013 as the 2014 model year.

But, as Smarty666 mentioned, it is possible Nissan could wait until the 2015 model year to introduce the 8th gen, since this 7th gen styling has gradually grown on a lot of folks these past two years.

My greatest question is whether Nissan will finally give a diesel option on the Maxima. They had announced a diesel option for the 2010 Maxima back in 2008, but that fell victim to the recession.

 

I'm actually more excited and interested in the MMC for the Maxima next year. It will be very interesting to see the refinement changes they make to our Maxima. The Maxima is a great overall car and basically the MMC are just ways of refining and making a great car even better. I just hope they don't go all Juke front-end on us

 

I'm thinking this one will run 6 model years from the word I heard at Nissan Corporate, but we will see.

 

I just wish they would come out with a "Nismo" version that has a manual trans.

 

if they drop a manual trans in this car im sure it wouldnt be pretty efficient

 

take a look at the Nissan Ellure concept that was just unveiled at the LA auto show, that car looks pretty good, probably the styling direction the Maxima might go in.

I know light is anticipating a diesel 8th gen, but im wondering if a turbo 4 will be an option

 

Hope they don't change it anytime soon. Trying to enjoy my car over here.

 

A turbo 4, or a 6 cylinder with several cylinders inoperative (unless full power is called for) are both possibilities, or maybe the diesel I hope for.

Three factors that could work toward the 6 year 7th gen MONTE mentioned are:
1 - The styling of this 7th gen has really begun to catch on.
2 - The economy is still in a total funk in many parts of the country.
3 - 2015 is the year very strict government fuel efficiency requirements take effect. That could be a logical time to introduce a new, more fuel efficient Maxima.

 

a rear wheel, manual would be very cool!

 

5 to six years is perfect If you own or lease you stay in the fresh look. If you changed every four it would be costly as s company and we would end up with crap as a result.

 

And thus negating the need for the G Series


Because this hasn't been beaten to death....

 

Ohh. Im new, first maxima

 

Welcome to the club! This is my first Max as well. Not my first Nissan though.

I wasn't trying to be harsh, it's just not that uncommon for someone to drop the RWD bomb in the middle of a Maxima discussion. Just gets a little old sometimes

 

nissan changes body every 4years

 

I see says the blind man to his deaf daughter

Thanks

 

very insightful, I completely overlooked a turbo 6, which is very possible

 

However they should do some form of the transverse awd setup like honda does for their luxury cars based on the minivan/cuv/suv type thing. That would be nice.

 

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