That sums it up for me too!

 

At least I don't have to wait until the official release date and seeing one in person to know this will be my next vehicle.

Nissan says the new Maxima will have very few changes from the 4door concept sedan as shown at the Detroit Auto Show. They said the same thing about the Murano, and it turned out to be the truth, so I believe them when they tell us the same thing regarding the new Maxima.

I have seen this new 4door concept design from every angle and in several colors around the internet, and there is nothing about it I don't like. I may black out the front grille bar, or have it painted the body color of the car, but I don't see anything else I would change.

Bring it on.

 

Bring it on!!! ;-)

 

This is the first mention I have seen of a Maxima Nismo model coming out.. With 330HP! Also says the 2015 Max will be in showrooms in September. I'll believe both of these statements when I see it... Fun to think about though.

http://2015releasedateprices.com/2015-nissan-maxima/

 

I don't know if I'd consider that place a reliable source of news. It mentions no sources and that the next gen will decrease power down to 260hp, that's all just speculation from the few details Nissan has released so far.

 

I agree. Wish Nissan would come out with a formal announcement. Hopefully they are not still trying to work out the cvt problems they had with new models of Altima and Pathfinder before saying anything official about the new Max.

 

Exactly my thoughts.

If we do not hear anything more from Nissan by the end of this month (June), I will begin to suspect there may be a hangup of some kind, such as the new sport-tuned CVT.

BUT

The 7th gen has now tied the 3rd gen as the longest running Maxima gen ever (6 model years). Technology is changing very quickly these days. Nissan understands the 8th gen Maxima is already overdue, and lots of folks are wondering what is going on. I think they bring it out this September, even if there may still be a little doubt about the new CVT.

One thing I do know - if Nissan is serious about bringing the 8th gen out this September, then camouflaged 8th gen test Maximas have been on the road for almost two months now, and the Smyrna assembly line will be producing them in quantity before the end of July. Thousands must be parked and ready on the Smyrna lots before any release will be made.

 

How many cars can they park in that parking lot? It must be gargantuan. Will they mask all of the cars once they are put on the lot or will people be able to see them?

Regarding the 260HP claim, I think they took that statement from one of the articles about the new Pathfinder which does have 260HP. I did a Google search.

 

My dealer just told me via email that they are expecting wholesale release in Nov. - Dec. Also said the Maxima is 90%+ the sport concept.

If this is true, we may see magazine test drives of pre-production by the Oct. issues.

 

Love it!

 

I know this is just a concept but it looks like the tesla door handles which would be pretty cool if it were part of production

 

 

You can add the Titan, the Armada, and the Frontier to the long overdue list. Heck the Titan and Armada are 10 years old now!

 

I read somewhere over the weekend that Nissan has a completely redesigned Titan rather far along, and we could see it as soon as fall a year from now.

 

The storage lots at Nissan-Smyrna are gargantuan (as you can easily see on satellite photos). A lot of different models come down the assembly line, and almost all end up in the storage lots before being shipped by either truck or rail. New models that have not been released are parked in the parking areas furthest from the roads in the area, with the view blocked by thousands of vehicles that are copies of those already on the road.

And don't bother trying to drive into those storage lots, as they are behind the assembly plant buildings, and are very secure. Public and employee parking is all out in front of the assembly buildings, with all closer parking spaces marked very clearly 'PARKING FOR NISSAN VEHICLES ONLY.' Workers or visitors who do not drive Nissan vehicles must park further away from the assembly plant.

No electronic devices are allowed into the plant. All phones, cameras, tablets, etc, must be turned in at the entrance. Visitors are carried around in small carts, and are not allowed to be out of the cars at any time. I did see the 6th gen '04 Maxima and the '7th gen '09 Maxima in person before their public release while on tours of the plant. I had already seen photos.

Interesting detail - In the 1950s, the location on which the assembly plant sits was a military airfield, and I frequently visited my wife's grandmother in Smyrna, and the planes took off right over the guest bedroom in which I was trying to sleep. Memories.

 

I can't wait for this. If they stayed true to their word for the Murano I wouldn't doubt that they wouldn't stay true to their word for the Maxima. I remember a couple years ago in one of the first interviews regarding a "new Maxima" one of the designers said the car would be revolutionary, bold, and full retreat back to the 4DSC concept. I'm hoping this is it.

LOVE IT MORE!

Wow, that's terrible that employees with "alien vehicles" have to park farther away from the plant. LoL.

I have always wanted to go to a plant to see the cars made. That would be so cool and I"m sure you would learn alot.

Do you think you'll be able to see the 8th gen Maxima in person before the public? Do you have to pay for that?

 

Oh C'mon... now they're getting ready to show the new Frontier or Titan (most likely Frontier)? Still not a peep about the Maxima....

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/03/n...twitter-video/

 

I'm as excited as you are, as I have my money ready and will be buying an 8th gen fairly soon after they are released.

But we have to keep things in perspective. Nissan has said the 2015 8th gen Maxima will be 90% the same as their concept four door sedan as shown at the Detroit Auto show back around the first of the year, and which has been posted on the internet since last August.

So we essentially know what the new Maxima will look like, and we have been told by Nissan it will be released later this year.

In the meantime, the Frontier and Titan have been due for a redesign longer than the Maxima. I will be interested in seeing the new Frontier, as my wife drives only pickups (we have a 7 acre yard to maintain), and she is thinking about a new truck fairly soon.

As solace, Nissan would have released the 8th gen Maxima last year, except for the fact the new CVT they planned to use ran into problems. Better to wait and avoid the meltdown the new Altima CVT has caused.

 

LoL. That is the fugliest car I've ever seen. They are the value brand of Lexus right? Terrible.

To say that the Altima has had so many CVT issues, I see more and more new ones on the road with new 2014 tags everyday. Maybe because this is Houston or maybe people are just uninformed or both.

 

It sure is.....I think touvang1210 must be a closet Carmy fan to give my prior post the "Crusher"

 

I chatted with my sales guy last night to see what he may have heard from a more insider perspective. He's pretty up on things. He said they are hearing a later launch - closer to November-ish. He also heard that the power will not increase (which is what some here already mentioned), but they are reducing the weight to make up for it.

On a side note, there used to be a Ford plant around these parts where they turned out mainly Ranger pickups. Across the street was a pub, and it was said never to buy a Ranger that was assembled after lunchtime most days, or any time on Fridays.

Next to the pub was a UAW lodge/hall/whatever they called it. A large sign in the parking lot declared that any foreign cars in the lot would be towed.

Now, both plant and lodge are demolished.

 

Would really love to see Nissan produce a 8th gen Nismo Max sometime down the road.
I could garner a lot of patience waiting for this car if/when it was officially announced.

 

The most severe cvt problems were on the 3.5 V6 Altima which is probably less than 10% of Altima sales. The vast majority of Altima's you see on the road are I-4 2.5 models. The 2.5 didn't have the same cvt problems. The 3.5 V6 SV model of the Altima is what has the cvt the new Maxima would share, not the 2.5 version. That exact same 3.5 CVT was also in the Pathfinder 3.5 V6 and also had a terrible record. Hopefully it has gotten better... Hopefully...

 

Oh dear. Yes, let's hope. I'm really looking to possibly purchase one of the new Maximas after the first year. I want to see how things pan out.

 

Max2013 is correct that most of the Altima CVT problems were with the 3.5, and he is also correct that only around 10% of Altima sales are the 3.5. In fact, I ended up behind a 3.5 Altima on the way home today, and commented to my wife that it was one of the first new 3.5 Altimas I had seen, and I see Altimas everywhere I look.

Propa Teknique - Yes, you are seeing lots of new Altimas on the road. Last month (May), Nissan sold 36,053 new Altimas, which was 12.9% more than they sold the previous May. Among midsize 4 door sedans, only the Camry (49K) and Accord (39K) sold more. Other than the Camry and Accord and pickups, the only other vehicles of any kind that sold as many as the Altima were the Corolla and Civic, both of which were also at 36K.

I don't have the exact breakdown between sales of the 2.5 and 3.5 right at hand.

If AlDente67's source is right, and the 6th gen Maxima release slips to November, it will be because of the new CVT issue. The styling of the 8th gen has been pretty well locked in (in the form of Nissan's concept sedan) for over a year. Remember, we saw photos of that concept sedan last summer.

 

I assume them that since Nissan makes 200-250K Altimas, selling 36,000 in a month would be great right?

What about the Maxima? How many did Nissan sell last month? I heard this morning that despite all the recalls with GM they still managed to boost their sales by over 16% from last month.

How many 8th gen Maximas do you think they will produce?

 

The 3.5 Altima's MPG is now up to 22c & 32hw which is good news for the Max.

 

Why is that good news for the Maxima?

 

Buyers are leaning towards more fuel efficient vehicles due to the increase in gas prices, and also Nissan has to aim for higher figures to meet government regulations. With the model cycle of a lot of the Nissan models being from 5 to 7, and even 10 years, the car pretty much has to be "future-proof" in a sense that it will appeal to consumers based on fuel efficiency. This is good news for the Maxima since the current figures aren't that great, and with the performance of the 3.5 Altima matching the current generation Maxima, it is good news.

Of course, us Texans (especially Houston being the energy corridor), don't have to worry much about gas prices. Yet.

 

That all makes sense! I, for one, have never cared about gas prices BUT it would be nice to have a vehicle that is more fuel efficient without sacrificing performance or power. I agree that the Maxima should be future proof especially since the prices of vehicles are rising.

 

Thanks for the explanation Daaavid.. The fact Nissan was able to do so without detuning the engine is what makes it especially great.

 

 

Today, my dealer told me the new 2015 Maxima would be out the December-January-ish timeframe. Tried to say it with confidence, but didn't come across that way when questioned more about it. My guess is that the dealers don't know any more than we do. When I think about it, that is probably the way Nissan should do it at this point, assuming they are still working out major kinks.

 

The concept car looks pretty bloated. It doesn't come off as subtle and striking as some of the european and korean sedans out there.... like the new genesis sedan.

 

That's because it's not European or Korean and many Korean manufacturers borrow a plethora of cues from European cars which presumably often look the same. With Nissans, especially the Maxima, it usually takes a while before people get acclimated to them because often times they are ahead of the pack in terms of design thus the second model year always seems to be more interesting.

Of course subtlety and being striking are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of description and both are subjective as is everything else when it comes to opinions on vehicles.

I really like the look of the car and I believe it will sell well.

 

One reason for the 'bloated' look is that this concept car is very low-to-the-ground in the mid-section, and exacerbates that look by adding a dark flare-out extension on the already flared out quarter panel.

When standing to the side of the car looking slightly down, this exaggerated quarter panel results in a visual impression of the car being taller than it actually is.

I haven't seen the exact data yet, but I suspect the 8th gen will continue the industry-wide trend of moving the wheels ever closer to the corners of the car. I can remember some of my big cars of the 1960s that stuck out a full five feet behind the back axle. Those days are gone forever.

Prior to the release of recent new Maxima generations, there were always lots of folks here who were turned off by the photos, but who changed their view when they saw the car in person. That is to be expected.

 

I for one am looking forward to the 2015 Maxima. My lease ends next August and by then
the car will be out for several month's and will know of any issues. I do agree with lightonthehill that pictures dont always show the car in its best way. So far what I have seen the 2015 looks great. I have spoken to the dealer where i have leased my maxima's and he tells me they hope to have it this fall. This is what I expected him to say. He did add that once they get further information he will contact me. Interesting there has been no sightings or camofodge pictures yet. I do like the CVT
and don't mind the 2015 having same. I have been a Maxima loyalist since 1993. Never have had any real big issues with any of my Maxima's.

Randy

 

Exactly how did this 1960 car look if the wheels stuck out five feet behind the axle? I would like to see what you mean as I'm lost! LoL.

It's always exciting when a new vehicle comes out. I think that Nissan, more specifically the Maxima, has much to prove since they've waited so long but shouldn't be worried because people are going to buy them regardless. I know I will.

 

http://chrisoncars.com/2014/05/perso...tinental-mark/

 

They actually look really nice. Surprisingly, you can still see some of those on the road today. Granted the majority of them are tricked out but nonetheless they are still clocking miles!