https://www.caranddriver.com/nissan/maxima

Overview

The Nissan Maxima is the O.G. four-door sports car—at least according to Nissan, which has attached that moniker to its largest sedan for decades. The current-generation Maxima's production run is slated to end this year, but the nameplate isn't headed to the scrap heap. Instead, it'll reappear in the next couple of years as an electric sedan that should borrow much of its styling from the lovely IMs concept that debuted back in 2019. The 2025 Nissan Maxima is also expected to receive powertrain components from the electric Ariya SUV, with the sedan believed to be built starting in 2025 in Canton, Mississippi.

What's New for 2025?

The next Maxima will be an entirely new when it arrives for the 2025 model year. It will replace the current generation, which wraps up production this year. The Maxima name will take a gap year for 2024 while Nissan begins the lineup shuffle. We expect very few parts of the current Maxima to transfer over for 2025, except for the number of doors. Some of its styling will come from the IMs concept, a collection of sharp angles and thin lights that Nissan called an "elevated sports sedan."

 

I thought the Maxima was being discontinued in favor of EVs.

 

Maxima may look the same but it has many of the bells and whistles. Had it had brighter headlights in 2021, it would have had a "safe car" rating.