This popped up on Yahoo.. Some more info and pics on the new max... The article is interesting also.

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/2016-nis...316506387.html

 

It Works! Nice article and thanks for sharing.

 

Nice read. Appreciated.

Detractors on other threads here keep saying 'same old engine', while Nissan keeps telling us that over 60% of the engine parts have been redesigned, and the engine now has more power, yet a 15% improvement in fuel efficiency. What we have here is a failure by detractors to read the available information.

 

300 hp. that's it. SMH.


unless a killer NISMO shows up before my 5th gen meets it's end, I'm done with the Maxima. And Nissan.

 

Yes I noticed that too. However, it is completely normal and to be expected from a portion of the community. At the end of the day, for me, the 8th gen is one amazing machines that outdoes the previous.

 

Funny how power hungry people are these days. 300hp is right on par for the cars it competes with, and in reality you really do not need more power than that just putting around the town.

Nismo isn't going to happen.

 

We'll miss ya!

 

Yeah, I really did enjoy my 5th gen. In fact, I enjoyed my two 2nd gens, and my 3rd gen, and my 4th gen, and my 5th gen, and my 6th gen and my 7th gen. And the 8th gen has no more power or features than the 5th gen . . . oh, wait . . .

 

I still think its pretty awesome that you have owned almost every Maxima since it started,lol. This will be my first Max! I think this will bring a lot of new people over to the Nissan Maxima family.

 

I was driving a Datsun 200SX in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but was carpooling to work in '82, '83 and '84 with a close friend who drove a 1982 Datsun diesel RWD Maxima, with which I was very impressed. In 1984, Nissan added the word 'Nissan' to the word 'Datsun' on the back of the Maxima, and in 1985, they put a Z engine in the Maxima (mounted sideways), changed to FWD and dropped the word Datsun altogether.

 

Light, Datsun in smaller letters below it "by Nissan" was on the Maxima before '84, it was on my '83. It was on the '82 model as well ;-). In '85 it was just Nissan Maxima, Datsun was gone from its badging as well as the 300Zx's. I sure miss my 2nd gen '87 Maxima, if I could have a new one built today I would!

 

I can't get past the CVT. You can't make a true sports sedan with a CVT transmission. I understand there's no market for a manual but a 7-8 speed automatic would be fine. Come on Nissan REALLY

 

I don't get this mentality. I can understand folks not wanting to relinquish their third pedals (I fall into this crowd and drive a 6MT Z34) but when it comes to a two pedal setup, as long as the transmission is programmed to behave in a "sporty" (i.e. stepped because it's what our brains are used to) fashion, what's the problem?

I realize that programming a CVT to step between preset ratios decreases its efficiency in exchange from some "feel" but as long as it delivers what the driver is looking for who cares what's really sitting under the hood? To me this is all that matters from an enthusiasts standpoint.

What's funny is that I remember when VAG debuted their DSG in the US back in the early 00s and sooooooo many people complained about their around-town behavior and now everyone and his or her Mom is begging for some sort of DCT. The CVTs and their programming today are NOT the CVTs of 10 years ago. Can we at least give Nissan their fair shake and try the friggin' thing before we start complaining? While I'd refuse to go with anything other than a three-pedal setup if I ever decided to buy one, almost everything I've read about the VA WRXs optional CVT has been positive which in a car like the Rex is a sign of hope for "Sporty" CVTs IMO.

 

Sadly, you are trying to use science and common sense against emotion. In such cases, emotion always wins.

Yes, as the CVT continues to be improved, it will eventually be better than all shifting trannies in both acceleration and fuel efficiency. This is based on very basic high school physics. It wiil also be lighter than shifting trannies. It will also have fewer parts than shifting trannies. It will also be less expensive than shifting trannies. It will also be smaller than shifting trannies. It will also be more reliable than shifting trannies. In fact, the CVT already has passed shifting trannies in several of these areas.

But there are always those who base their feelings on emotion, on past experiences, on 'feels' they recall from earlier days, on what they consider the 'fun factor', etc, etc. Those folks will never accept that the CVT is becoming a better tranny than the automatics.

 

I believe there is nothing more fun about driving a car than getting to row your own gears. However if I were to get back into drag racing a Maxima, I would want a CVT over anything. Nothing else can compete with being able to convert the most engine power to the drive axle over a wide range of speeds.

 

Astute statement. My daughter lives a bit outside the Atlanta gridlock area, and she has owned nothing but manual trannies since she began driving in the late 1970s. She just bought a 2015 manual Mazda6. She loves to shift. But I live in a town where traffic is abominable, and manuals are no fun when just crawling in gridlock.

I am sure you are correct that the CVT could be the most effective tranny for the track for moderately powered cars, and in the near future, will probably also be available in many high powered cars. Some of us old-timers may drag our feet, but cars with the CVT (or equivalent) will eventually outnumber cars with all other tranny types combined.