As per goodcarbadcar.net Nissan maxima 2016 sales in March 2016 is 6588. Glad to see this number as it only crossed 6500 five times since 2010 probably making this a good generation?

Or is it the Nissan incentives

 

I would say it is kind of Nissan's fault as the Maxima for years took the back seat to the new Flagship the Altima because that is the car everyone can afford on any trim level. Where as Maxima they don't offer huge incentives until the generation is pretty much done.

 

The incentives for the 8 gens are crazy. I haven't shopped previous gen maximas but from what I see, they're pushing hard for this one.

 

Yeah you are right I think they can see shift on this car and need to promote it more.

 

Either way I am just glad that I am going to buy car that is popular, good looking and affordable

 

The incentives should get better and better as we get close to the 2017s.

Anyone know what the April incentives are?

 

Getting this much under invoice on a first gen vehicle either means that they're just trying to cut their losses or push this model hard. Either way I took advantage of it and very glad. Personally i don't wish this vehicle to be all that popular.

 

I don't think they're pushing them hard at all. The incentives are crap, and the dealer quoted pricing (if you go in the door) or the "negotiated price" (Nissan discount for large employers, Costco, AAA, etc.) are really high.

If you go with the "internet price" at many dealerships, you're getting much closer to V6 Altima territory, but most dealers, at least in my area, will stick to a price that isn't really going to move the car.

I still havent seen one in my area (Pittsburgh)

 

Some are posting on the other thread getting SL for 30-31k plus TTL. Dealer I go to with my nissans is saying 35500 for SL which is not competitive compared to what I have seen on here.

 

Sounds right for an SL in the Chicago market. I paid $32,750 before TTL for my SR a few weeks ago (after incentives).

 

Fact is once you look at the Acura TLX, the compare the Maxima, go get so much more with the Max. For example, Acura does not offer a double panel sun roof, no power steering column, no heated steering wheel, no rear sunshade. It was an easy move form the Acura to the Maxima!

 

TLX was my second choice. I was going to get the 4-cyl version which is supposed to be a better gearbox, but I was annoyed that I could not buy the safety features unless I maxed out the model. Maxima offered them in all trims.

 

I am in the same boat Rob and slpgh, BMW X1 or Acura RDX were my other choices but Maxima has a better price. May be the comparison is not apples to apples but who cares as long as I get what I need.

 

A lot of SLs are going off my local lots- more than the plats by far- interesting. prices are 5k off MSRP online at one dealer about 45 minutes from me on the SLs. 33k or so- prob could get them to 32500 id guess thats a manageable price. Only if I could get them to swap for HIDs.

 

Next couple months should only get better. We hope?

 

2016 Maxima continues to perform well with 4573 sales, the second best in last 6 years for month of April.

 

Looks like 0% for 60 is official starting today and 0.9% for 72!!!

 

Wow, good to know. Thanks.

 

Nissan website- check your area but I think its all the same?

 

Great. Hope they extend this offer till July

 

The platinum gets into my budget with that 0.9% for 72 but thats a long car loan. I like to stick to 60.

 

Price estimate on Truecar for Pearl White Platinum went down by 1000 today in my area (San Jose, CA).... check it out in your area!!

 

8th Generation Maxima has another outstanding month of sales 5990 for July 2016
Thats a 45.5% increase from July 2015. Year to Date increase of 96.7%


Randy

 

Awesome.

 

I notice discounts of 2-3k right off the bat on dealer websites and 1.9 for 36 and 2.9% for 60 incentives...last summer when I went to a local dealer I was getting MSRP and high % rates- makes a difference.

 

Not really too surprised at this. The previous generations of Maxima's had become stale and ho hum. So this new one brought alot of new customers who always looked past the Maxima. These things are gorgeous in the wild!

 

I have to say, over the first five months of the year I think I saw 2, but over the last two months I've seen at least 8 or 9. I agree with "im not gay but $20 is $20", I hope it doesn't get too popular.

 

Too late. I see one or more almost every day now, and I am usually less than five miles from my residence. I think the fact that there are five Nissan dealers within thirty miles of my home plays a part in this.

 

I was mostly a VW guy and this is my only Nissan ever. It's actually the only Nissan I've ever liked inside and out. I got the Platinum in Pearl White on June 30th for over $7k off MSRP.

PS:. This is my 11th new car.

 

How much did you pay for it? $33000?

 

7k off is impressive.

 

I paid $36.5k for a car that stickered for over $42.5k.

They hid a thousand dollars by giving me $800 over black book value for my 2015 VW GTI with a dying clutch. They had to auction my GTI and lost money on it. Oops

 

In my area we have S models for $25k, SV for $28.9K, SL's for $29.6K, SR's for $29.5k, Platinum's for $33.9k. Most of these are repaired hail damage but looks brand new as I've seen them personally on the lot.

 

Unfortunately a lot of these sales are fleet sales (but a sale is a sale), when ever I have a rental for business Enterprise and Hertz always has several of them on the lot. It's one of the preferred cars in my profile and almost always end up in one where ever I go.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...cost/#comments

"According to Bloomberg, fleet sales rose 42 percent between January and May, to a total of 175,505 vehicles. Most of those sales went to rental agencies, meaning reduced profit for Nissan and lower average resale values for its vehicles.

Incentive spending rose 6 percent in the first half of 2016, to an average of $3,400 per vehicle — less than half of what Honda spends to move its cars. Nissan’s strategy now looks a lot like General Motors’ old game plan, before that automaker shifted its focus to profit at the expense of market share.

A Nissan spokesperson told Bloomberg that the spike in fleet sales was due to a backlog of orders. However, the publication points out that the automaker wouldn’t have beat Honda without those sales."

 

With Auto companies reporting a down turn in sales for the month
of August. For example Nissan reports sales down 6.5%. There is one car
that is currently trending the other way. If you couldn't guess which one
Its the Maxima. Nissan reports Maxima sales climbed to 6,064, up 43 percent
in August and sales increase of of 86.7% year to Date.

Randy

 

The pentup demand for vehicles brought on by the 2008-2014 recession sort of ran its course this summer, and buyers are now entering a phase where they will be looking more closely at vehicles and prices before buying. Most dealers will have no choice but to either give discounts or other enticements in order to compete.

We should keep in mind that, back in 2002, when Nissan announced they were taking the Maxima upscale to flagship status, leaving the Altima as the 'everyman affordable' car, they said they were intending the Maxima to be special, and planned to sell only around 70K of them each model year, but sell as many Altimas as dealers could sell - preferable 250K to 350K per model year.

 

Aren't you comparing apples to oranges here, last year of 7th gen sales vs first year 8th gen sales. Wouldn't a more realistic view be July of 2016 vs July 2009? Anticipation of a new gen debut would naturally slow the sales of the last year of the 7th gen.

 

No, because this isn't a comparison between generations. You compare sales year-over-year to gauge if you are making sales targets. If you fall short, you adjust your strategy to the consumer.

 

The last recession (the "Great Recession") began at the end of 2007 and ended mid 2009.

 

My point still stands. You are comparing generations because that is the month and year picked for the comparison, just happens to fall on two different generations. To get a better analysis of Maxima sales wouldn't a monthly spread over the last 5 years be more accurate? I could be wrong but I'm sure that 2015 had the least number of sales of Maxima's and that figure was being used to compare to the first sales year of a new generation.