Thanks a-b-c! This thing looks GREAT in Silver! Hopefully we'll get sone dealership pics tonight!

 

Great pics, but just not feeling this car at all. Huge front overhang, very blaaahish in that silver color as well. My coworker sitting right next to me whom is into cars says it just looks awkward.

 

Looking forward to seeing the Altima update, that thing still has some strong sales after 3 model years. Its number #2 in sales in the mid size segment YTD by a good margin over #3, go Alti!

 

Come to see this 8th gen and im not thrilled. The rear end from the side looks huge, like the new impala. The interior is weird and all over the place. Not loving this. Then again, i left the maxima camp long time ago. Looks awfully similar to the new mazda in many ways.

 

looks good but the tires are so wimpy looking

 

Agreed. It looks weird in silver. The diffuser shouldn't be bodycolored...silver is NOT a good color for the 8th gen IMO

That's probably the base trim level. Notice the black mirrors, and smallish looking wheels. Also, no sunroof.

 

Agreed, but I doubt they are putting high quality beefy tires on this tester! This will be my next car, only in gunmetal. Best looking Max to come out in quite a while. Hoping we get some more pics from the guy who has it at his dealership today.

 

I tend to think you are correct. The car in these photos did not look like it had been polished or waxed, and the tires and wheels looked to have a coat of road grime. This also has to be the 'entry level' Maxima, without even a sunroof, which is present on ALL levels of the 7th gen Maxima. The chrome 'level' designation, as well as the word 'MAXIMA' had been covered on the rear trunk lid, and I suspect the Nissan logo on the grille was also blacked out.

Like you, I will absolutely be buying this 8th gen. Unlike some here who are not pleased with the simplicity of styling ('no new ground', 'nothing new', etc, etc), I am very happy that Nissan did not go 'weird' with this 8th gen. I love the cleancut and trim look from the rear. And, like you, I am hopeful we will be getting photos of the 8th gen taken at his dealer's lot posted here by CHIBLACKMAX09 either tonight or tomorrow.

 

Maybe some silver wheels would help a lot. Never "got" the blackout look. F-ugly.

 

There are some situations where black wheels look really good on a vehicle, expecially where folks have blacked out the chrome. But this 8th gen Maxima looks MUCH better with chrome wheels. The choice of wheels will make a very big difference with this car. I also see lots of possibilities of how to change this car's looks without breaking the bank. Bring it on!

 

By the way, thanks to all those who are posting 8th gen pics here for our enjoyment. I know there is time and work involved, but rest assured that I, and many others, are spending time studying every one of them, and truly appreciate your efforts.

 

I agree with you about this Coulis red. I have never considered red as my kind of car color, but this car seems to look better in red than in some of the colors I normally lean toward. I appreciate that Nissan did not choose 'fire engine' red, as that would not look good at all on this near-luxury vehicle. Thanks for the photos.

 

Black wheels = spray paint.

 

I think you are correct. These flat black wheels in the photo do not look like wheels what would be on a vehicle being displayed on a dealer's lot. I think I even see a few areas where the sprayer missed a spot or two, especially on the edge of the rims next to the tires.

Nissan clearly does not want spy photos to show everything, but then they shouldn't disguise things to the point the test cars no longer look good. Astute observers will know exactly what car this is, and will form negative opinions about it before it is officially introduced to the public at the NY International Auto Show.

 

The wheels are painted right away for camo reasons (when the cars are covered completely) and even after the car has been shown to the public and the vinyl camo removed, pre-production cars such as the silver one above will still roll around on the painted wheels.

 

I have to the disagree that this would be the base model, unless the maxima will have satellite and rear camera standard on all the models. This one has side mirror indicators, rear view camera and satellite antenna from what I see. I'm sure the same criticism was given when the 7th gen was first introed but the whole vehicle looks very bland. Looks just like the new altima to me, besides the black trim separating the roof from the body

 

Good eye Tommy!

 

You are probably correct, but we are fast approaching the time the federal government is requiring rear view cameras on ALL vehicles. And it may be that all the technology this 2016 will have requires communication with a satellite on all models. But that is just supposition.

I think the real problem here is that this Maxima is clearly being road tested, and no attempt was made to have the vehicle looking good. Most cars will not be very photogenic when they are not clean and polished, and have spray painted wheels and tires with road grime on them. The chrome trim is so dingy it doesn't even reflect light. I think the clean, shiny red one we saw posted earlier is a far better illustration of what the 2016 Maxima will look like.

Yes, the 7th gen, just as the 6th gen, was not well-received here, but, as is usually the case, there are a lot of folks who really like this 7th gen which reached dealer lots SEVEN YEARS ago this June. Which tells me that lots of folks are not able to fully assess a vehicle by early photos.

 

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If there's any truth to that ad, looks like the new maxima will have the same engine and horsepower.

 

I think somebody may be jumping the gun. But you never know.

 

Boo I want a VQ37

 

My apologies everybody,it seems there was a miscommunication issue with the salesmen at the dealer and the manager,they wont have the new max till next month but by then we will all know everything from the new york auto show...

 

Not surprising. Situations such as this are exactly why I stopped dealing with salespersons back in the late 1990s. I bought my 2000 SE in 1999 by mailing my non-negotiable offer to the sales manager, who handed it to his best salesperson. I ignored her attempts to negotiate. She ended up accepting my offer. By 2003, she was my dealer's Internet Manager, so I emailed her my offer on a 2004 SL, and, after minimum discussion, she accepted again. By 2008, she had given up trying to negotiate with me, and accepted the day I emailed my offer.

Of course there is a lot of work in my method. I must learn every feature and option involved in order to do this right. I spot the car I want as soon as Nissan ships the car from Smyrna and puts it in the dealer's inventory data base, and I know exactly how it is equipped. This takes work. But I don't have to deal with humans, who are the least reliable factor in car buying. And great care must be taken in preparing my offer, as any mistake gives the Internet Manager an 'AHA!' to work with.

Salespersons and Internet Managers must be familiar with all 17 (or however many there are) models on the lot, while I am only interested in the Maxima, so I do have an advantage there. And my offers show list price for every nut and bolt, including such trivialities as locking lug nuts, and I only deal from list price, and show all holdbacks. I dealt with car salesmen for half a century, and hated every minute of it. I am so glad I don't have to do that any more.

 

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Please do not put Murano wheels on this car.

 

Jeez this thing looks like it'll have a VQ35 again -_-"

 

Nothing really wrong with the VQ35. It has carried me many thousands of trouble-free miles. A solid, reliable power plant. I hope they give it a few more HP for those here who always want more, but the 290 HP in the 7th gen has always been more than enough 'go' for me. This Maxima has no intention of being a track car, and those looking for a track car need to look toward vehicles built with that in mind.

 

That's a little narrow minded. Nothing wrong with people taking on the hobby of modifying a DD for power and handling, regardless of track intentions. To your point, there are *always* cars better suited for a particular purpose, but that fact should preclude people from having fun with what they've got.

It's just a hobby, LOTH.

 

It's getting stale... Put the 3.7L into the Maxima, turn it into a Toyota Avalon / Cadillac DeVille type car. This makes the Maxima a entry level full size luxury sedan and the Altima v6 is the 4 door sports sedan. BOOM - identity crisis resolved and sales may skyrocket since there's enough difference between the two like the Camry XLE trim and Avalon.

 

No reason to go to the 3.7L just for the .2L of displacement.

The needed power separation between the two cars will come in the future when the Altima drops the V6 altogether. For now, the much improved interior and bump in power of the Maxima should help.

 

Ahhh but you aren't average joe.

Nissan can't axe the 6 cylinder from the Altima... Maybe if there was a hybrid option it might work but they don't.

The Maxima is a entry level full size sedan. The 3.7L engine, the better interior, the better options etc would finally give the Maxima a identity.

 

What's that supposed to mean?

Well they are. The all new car isn't out for a few years anyway.

It would make it a FWD Q50. I think it's just fine as it is.

 

Get rid of idea the Maxima is a four door sports sedan, it becomes a full size ENTRY LEVEL luxury sedan.

Like a Infiniti M series?

edit - Like the Gen 6 Maxima era but done right

 

True, but you must be careful with taking the 370 VQ engine and dropping it into the Maxima engine bay. Price becomes a big issue, going above $34K starting will start to affect Q50 sales, Nissan knows price sensitivity and target market audience. As for the extra power, again you wouldn't want more than 300 hp at FWD, too much wheel spin and torque, end up burning a ton of rubber. Hopefully there is an AWD version to eliminate this issue. We shall see 2 weeks from today.

 

It wouldn't hurt Q50 sales since the Maxima would be focused on being a full size luxury sedan.

There's FWD full size sedans pushing over 300 HP... Stupid maybe but if this thing becomes bloated maybe it won't matter. Consumer goes OOHH, big engine number = higher performance.

So the upgrade pathway would go like this...

- Altima 3.5 -> Infiniti Q50
- Maxima ~$40,000 in CAD -> Infiniti Q70 ~$70,000 CAD

Or they could just kill the model and assimilate it into the Altima line but then you get into the Q50 territory price issue.

 

Yea, 20 years ago Cadillac had FWD full-size sedans with 300 HP, so it wouldn't be a problem with the 2016 Max pushing out 300-310 today.

 

Now that brings back some fond memories.

 

Agree. I think the Max could push a FWD setup to about 325, although I would still like to see an AWD option!