Here is what other real world folks are saying besides orgers that will tend to be a bit more biased for it, not the most glowing comments. http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...ma_first_look/

 

People are already calling the GT-R's DCT slower when compared to other DCTs. Tech has changed so much in the past few years and most importantly- we are spoiled rotten consumers.

CVT is bleh- but reserving judgement (trying to) until performance numbers are posted. I'd anticipate a 0-60 of 5.6/7 and a quarter close to 14 flat

 

I expect it to be pretty quick for a sedan, especially given that they re worked the CVT, dropped weight, and increased the horsepower. No doubt it will keep me in more than enough trouble.

 

Pretty much, you're right.

Either it's in my head or in an e46 M3 lol...that 6MT was amazing, best I've ever driven to this day.

^ As for people calling the GTR DCT tranny slow, is absurd. That tranny is good enough to launch a 3800lbs car to 60 in 2.7sec so those people are just nuts

 

I'm sure 90% of those people never intended to buy one anyway. Their opinion means nothing. (especially since they haven't seen one in the flesh, let alone driven one)

 

Exactly! At the end of the day, it will be an impressive vehicle and a vast improvement over the previous.

 

Word! But the GT-R set the new performance bar (by destroying the old one) and companies have finally caught up or surpassed it (but it still takes nearly double the price to contend). Please also note that this is only said when compared to other supercars like the PDK.

 

Yeah the 7spd was good, now its meh. I had every update done to the Z and it eventually it goes back to being lurchy as it started out, especially from 1st to 3rd. I still prefer it to CVT on the other hand. The DCT in our 335is I love, but it can be a bit lurchy at low speeds, but that's the nature of DCT's not traditional auto's.

 

^ Very good points guys.

As for GTR, you're right others have caught up but..Just wait till the next gen comes out. Porsche will surely be stunned again...remember the GTR was bested only by the Bugatti Veyron in 0-60 acceleration for a while there and it only has a V6, not a W16 lmao

Not to derail thread with GTR stuff, the new Maxima I'm sure will be an improvement over 7th gen, and really for a mass produced car thats pretty much all you can ask for. I'll be test driving it this summer, and contemplating trading the 7th gen for it, considering our new 7th gen should only have a few thousand miles by then...might be worth it to throw a bit of extra cash down for the 8th gen

 

I'm curious what the new site banner is going to look like at the top of the Org. That old image of mine has been sitting pretty now for 5 years. Time to retire it now that we know what the 8th Gen is all about.

95VQ30, you've got image skills, right? Was that you? Been so long...

 

I think Nissan is struggling with consistency when it comes to the Maxima. They have to better identify with its buyers in order to create forthcoming and successful designs. Honda has done an excellent job with maintaining a loyal following to the Accord.

Me personally I grew up with an excellent 3rd and 5th gen and then attended college bought a 6th gen expecting the same results but didn't happen so I ended up buying a M and haven't looked back since. Who knows the 8th gen may turn out to be succesful but after dissapointing results with the 6th its pretty hard to say if i'll ever buy a Maxima again until I see what I saw back then it terms of reliablity,craftmanship and quality.

 

I think the 8gen will look amazing once we get the "V motion" thing painted, dark tint and some dish tires with a modest drop. Despite the majority of the internet's remarks, I am liking it more the more I look at it. The cabin is top notch.

http://www.nissanusa.com/cars/2016-maxima/

 

Yeah but I'm older now and not as eager Maybe I can try something when I get a decent block of free time- I've been so busy with work

 

Love the 7* angle towards the driver. And particularly in that Camel Leather.

Although not really digging the in-your-face, big-gulp cup holders.

 

They are just worried with the bottom number and beating Honda. It has made some once performances based cars (Maxima, Frontier) a lower priority. In fact a Honda exec from NA has had some not so nice words about it in a recent interview (and how Nissan uses rental cars to drive up sales numbers).

 

I know that is a pre-pro model, but is there supposed to be something in between the dash vents and door panels, or are the gaps actually that HUGE?

 

The m35x is EPIC VIP CAR!

 

george__ That things actually killing me on gas but its worth it and better than my 6th gen so I put up with it. Maybe Infiniti will make something out of the 8th gen Max.

 

Sooooooooo, car's too cool to care

 

george__ Either put up with 18 mpg or go go back to $9000 in repairs and headlights going out on the highway or break down at a red light while the birds laugh at you. didn't think i'd ever buy a Nissan again

 

18 MPG is pretty good...

 

 

Optional wheels. ^^^

Eh, you technically did.

 

NICE to finally see it in a driveway. Good color! Moar pics, please!

 

Now that is a sharp looking vehicle. I have spent hours scouring the internet for photos of the 8th gen. One thing is clear to me - On silver or white Maximas, the grill bar is barely noticable, as it blends with the car color. On dark colored cars, the grill bar stands out. Some will like that, while some will not. But painting or covering the grill bar either black or the body color of the car is not difficult. Anyone using the grille bar (tooth) as an excuse to not like this car is not allowing his brain to be open to the possibilities.

 

 

Dude, I hate you so much! I had my mind made up on Gunmetal Metallic, but now I'm torn on whether to get Silver,lol. Thanks for nothing, lol.

 

For what its worth, we had a gun metallic 7th gen and now have the silver. Its no contest, the silver looks way more sexy and sporty.

 

Thanks for the input, it will definitely be between silver and gunmetal when I order my 8th gen. I will just need to see them next to each other!

 

I'm waiting to see one with tinted side windows. That should make the pillars and posts much less noticeable.

 

Try my 45x with 14mpg (super only), rock solid car otherwise.

 

BluFlame Dude you have a M too man that things a beast right? man you know whats messed up once you drive one you get hooked that's why I got mine. I went to the dealership with Lexus GS 08-12 and seeing nothing else. He showed me that M I didn't want it but I drove it and was like oh hell yeah give it to me.

 

Wow, that looks beautiful.

 

The front looks pretty sick. Interior is amazing.

 

I agree. Would like to have seen some kind of sliding cover for the cupholders. Then again, in reality, everyone who has a car with said covers for their cupholders tend to leave them open anyways instead of closed. Easier to leave them open to drop our cell phones and big gulps into whenever we want!

 

I wanna see one of these 8th gen in black and tinted up I bet you its gonna be dynamite looking.

 

Black can be ultra-sharp, but I can't survive the combo of blazing sun and a black car down here at the gates of hell known as middle Georgia. We make the rounds each time we head out, usually stopping and parking at least half a dozen times while in town, and coming back to an oven that many times a day is too much for this old codger. Maybe back when I was in my seventies, but not now.

The more I look at that Brilliant Silver, the more it appeals to me. 'Hides' the chrome bar in the grill, and makes it look like everything on the car is either silver or black. I think silver just tied white as my color.

 

WOW! I don't know whether those folks are really jealous, or just simply uninformed. So many misinterpretations. So many assumptions. So many downright errors. Talk about shooting from the hip at a target within which they have never been a hundred miles.

The only posts that were not flagrantly incorrect were from those delusional folks who still equate a sports sedan to manual only (that is incorrect) or think the CVT is very unreliable (it is not), or do not have the intellectual capacity to understand the grille bar can be either blacked out or painted to match the car color (it can).

But then this is the normal reader reaction to many subjects on the internet. These type come crawling out of the woodwork with almost anything new. React first, then check later.

But they are entitled to think any way they want. Free country. No law requiress posters to like any particular car style, or have correct knowledge of what they speak.

 

^ LOTH you know that's the typical internet reaction. Plus, I'm sure there are plenty of kids on there who can't afford any Maxima or even a beater Civic.

I really love that interior. Only thing I question is Nissan's claimed inspiration from an aircraft cockpit....BMW has been doing the titled cockpit style at least since the 80's

 

Wow. I'm on board now after seeing those motor trend photos.

It's funny, you see a lot of the typical: the most current generation owners (7th gen) hating on the new generation model just because their car is no longer the newest one, you see people coming out of the woodwork in every which direction with their opinion.

I really was like "meh" about it, but after seeing those up-close high resolution pictures of the SR model in gunmetal? Wow. Oh yeah, which brings me to my next point: gun metallic > silver and every other color for that matter, IMO. If you want to give your car that mean, daunting look then there's no other color.

I will say the wheels suck. 18's, 19's. All of them. So it's aftermarket on those bad boys, but other than that? What a beautiful machine.