EXCELLENT...

 

Our 1st gen I30 was designed and built there. I'm not sure about 4th gen Max designed, that was before my time at Nissan. I know that the 5th gen was designed here for US, but still built in Japan. Not much else to share because I was only at Nissan in Gardena for 2 years(98-00).

edit: Sentras were first to designed and built here(91). Altimas were next(94? whatever year that changed from Stanza). I think 4th gen Maxes to because the rest of the world had the Cefiro, but still built in Japan.

 

the sticker on the side of my car disagree's with you

 

no twin turbo no care

 

When I bought my 98 new, the Infiniti and Nissan service were at the same garage/facility. Same people, etc. I dunno if it's changed, because that got separated about 2 years later. Maybe Nissan Motors required that, to differentiate. Back then, the only difference was the fact that Infiniti had a higher labor rate, and had loaners available.

The difference I see is that as a Maxima owner, you get in line behind a Sentra owner, you are all the same. But the entry-level Infiniti is basically a Maxima and up. Any smart business owner caters to the clientele...

 

yeah, i haven't done the sticker mod yet. still stock HP. I was hoping I'd get more of an arguement. Hell yeah Maxima's are fast. Not super, but faster than cars around its category.
For me it's always represented a nice balance consisting of luxury, performance, and space. I think it gets dogged b/c it's always compared to the extremes. It's not as plush or quiet as a Lexus/Bimmer/Merc etc.... or It's not as quick as a Stang/Porche/whatever.
To me it's in a similar class to the 5 series Bimmer, but costing A LOT less, of course it won't compare in every aspect.

 

i dunno about you guys, but by 2015, i'm hoping my car can hover...-= )

 

Cool, my friend is going to RIT to be a computer engineer... I'll probably be out there a few times... to hang out and to autox the rx-7...but I'm Headed to Renesslaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY(The location sucks but its the best engineering college around) This fall for Mechanical engineering and I want to end up in the automotive industry... if there still is one by 2009/10 when we get out... For the next gen max should be fun to drive... and have enough power so that you can still beat the unsuspecting *insert car brand here* in the other lane to the next stoplight.

 

Rensselaer? I would have thought it went MIT, Stanford, Cal Berkeley, maybe times have changed. I actually delivered pizza on the RPI campus for a summer. No girls in that area!! AAARRRGH!!

 

Yeah when I around I ment like in NY state... MIT is way better but they work too hard... clarkson is pretty good but its too cold up there... But yeah it sucks as far as the guy to girl ratio.. I went to student orientation and there was a fair number of girls there... but when they broke us off into majors they all went to bio medical, management, or the electronic arts program... only 2 were in for mechanical engineering... and then like 50 guys... I'm lucky that I have some friends going for management

 

It'll get softer and softer and bigger and bigger since the Avalon is now its competition.

 

Wow, hard work, could weather and lack of girls are now disqualifying factors for an education at a top institution with the capability to land you a great job at some of the top firms throughout the US or worldwide.

Glad you got your priorities straight...

 

Teana=Ugly... looks like the Ford 500, NOTHING from Nissan should look anything remotely like a ford... yuck

 

Twin-turbo, V8, RWD/AWD, Nappa leather, Alcantara headliner!
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ha no way in hell do i want a maxima when i come out of college, i want a fast sexy sports car.. A new maxima is way off of my list.

im going to be different and get a g35

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or maybe a nice audiii yess stock turbo baby

 

Seeming how you have a long way to go till your reality comes true (an then MAYBE), I will hold the bulk of my tongue, so you get a G35 or and Audi, where I live, their would be nothing different about you...

 

lol i was being sarcastic, everyone has a g35, that is what i was getting at.
Then again to live in NYC its fawken crazy since house prices are like half a million in a regular neighborhood, even houses in the hood go for like 400k. btw insurance rates over here aint the cheapest either

 

I hear you, I also was born and raised in the Lower East Side of the City, my pops and some other family are still NYC locals. I did the Escape from NYC thing, now I have a great job; vehicles, toys, lower taxes, bigger house and overall less stress and hassle, and I still have enough coin left over to visit the city often... The cost of living in NY has spiraled out of control and even making 30-50G's a year starting can land you in a painful situation just trying to get by. Example, 1 pack of smokes and 1 six pack of Beer, $16.00, not cool...

 

G35 .

 

It's called "quality of life." I certainly hope that when a person is 18 years old he is interested in girls. I question whether RPI is a top institution, sorry, but that's reality. IMHO they may be in the top 30 engineering schools or so. From what I hear it's an easy school to get accepted into--that's not to say you can be a dummy and survive an engineering cirriculum, but it's night and day between an MIT and RPI for admissions.

 

30-50 g's?? A person needs minimum 300k to comfortably live in Manhattan. Probably half that in any other borough. Even in the NYC metro area suburbs people are so happy when their property taxes are less than 20k/year. Here in Philly people are crybabies when their taxes reach 10 grand. Funny, Moorestown NJ was ranked #1 as the best place to live, with Blue Bell PA #14. Those would be considered expensive in Phila., but amazingly cheap, dirt cheap for ex New Yorkers.

 

I also was born and raised on the LES of Manhattan. I have 2 daughters that still reside there. One daughter stills has my old place 3BR's, 2 1/2 bathrooms. LR and DR. and pays a little over 1,000 a month and the other one pays about that in her 2 BR Co-Op. If you live in Battery Park City or Midtown you pay thru your as*. The only problem is in that they are not building for middle class. I live in Bay Ridge Brooklyn where prices for homes are going up fast. When I was working for New York Telephone before I retired co-workers brought homes in Long Island, New Jersey. Yes the homes were cheaper. These guys had to travel up to 4 1/2 hours round trip. By the time these guys arrived home it was time to go to bed. My wife's boss travels 3 hours each way from Penn. I lived 15 minutes from my garage. To much wear and tear on the body and no family time during the week. My 2 cents. Later Warren

 

Absolutely agree, 300K is what you need, however the real working class folks where I was brought up (LES) are in the 30-70G range which means they lived day to day. A good school / education will get you the "quality of life", not a peice of Pu$$y, that's why all the rich dudes "TRUMP" (bad example but fine a$$ wife) or people throwing down good money etc. are all dating the hot chicks and living well. I'm not rich, but I have a wonderful family, superb quality of life and I don't pay the rediculous city prices any more.

As a dude, who doesn't want to get laid? However, that's entertainment, not quality of life...

It's all good and I hope you do well... Good Luck

 

<----- Lives in central NJ and commutes by train/bus to Weehawken daily (3hr commute time round trip daily)...at work by 9am, home by 6pm. (One gets used to the commute after a while.)

Back on topic, I just hope the next Maxima doesnt resemble a Lincoln Town car as well.

 

By far the best response...

 

I don't think there will be a 7th Gen Maxima...and if there is, it won't be a sports sedan. Cars get bigger, they almost never get smaller.

In High School one of my friends had a Fiero. Really neat old car, handled pretty nicely but the Chevy 2.8L EFI V6 was and is a piece of crap. I still see them here and there on the road in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

I'm a Mechanical engineering student at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Just like Stevens Institute or Rochester, we have a 5 year program with three co-op internships which are six months apiece. I'm in class right now because we don't get summers off. While a co-op program is smart in the long run (you can get a job much easier) it sucks in the short term. Expect your five years to be a living hell and hopefully you won't have forgotten what girls are by the time you're done. I don't know about Rochester, but don't expect the kind of college life most other majors have.

One of my friends just graduated from Rennselaer Polytechnic with an EE degree and there are no jobs in sight for him. The only reason why Drexel is worth it is because when I get out I already have several companies who want to hire me, all of whom I've either worked for on co-op or made contacts with over co-op.

When I graduate in June of '07 I'm hoping to pick up a G35 Coupe or a 350Z that is coming in off of a lease. The new Mustang GT is pretty hot, too. I just need my Maxima to get me there, probably be around 250,000 miles by then.

Anyway, for you guys starting in the fall for engineering - good luck.

 

This is possible. with the Z getting some restyling, the azeal maybe joining the line up. The Altima I think is selling waay more than the Maxima. Might be time to retire the Max and introduce a new replacement.

 

this looks like it might be the 07 maxima, or new teana to way to tell. These where taken in the US.

http://www.thecarconnection.com/inde...8&article=8969

 

Not bad at all.. I like it

 

I think Nissan needs to start over or just can the maxima.

 

I like the look of the 6th gen, but if i was inthe market for another car i would not buy one, hopefully they make some good changes to the 7th gen.

Im thinking (and hoping) it will look very similar to the new M class infiniti..

 

looks like the 4 door G35

 

I agree with you on that.

 

Cars only get discontinued, or at least re-named, when not selling enough units. From what I read in 6th gen forum, it seems the 6th gen Maxima may have sold more units in US than Nissan expected to date. And since the Teanna pictured is a left-hand drive, there's a sign for 7th gen. However, I think the change in body design from 6th to 7th gen will be about radical as the 4th to 5th gen. I do hope for either RWD or AWD and become a "new" class like 3rd gen did.

 

2nd that emotion. Nissan needs to stick with what they do well, and cut their losses on what did not go over well. Quest, Pathfinder, Frontier--all winners. Sentra, Altima, Maxima, they're kinda like Oldsmobiles. Made sense in the 80's/90's, but face stiff competition today.

 

Please elaborate, what stiff competition? Should the 7th gen Max be the 4 door version of 350Z qualify as good replacement? There are plenty of larger sports sedan than the 6th gen in the market, though cost 2-3 times as much.
It is interesting that from your opinnions, you don't see that the competitors took aim at the Max and built cars to compete.
Altimas/Stanzas were in the shadows of Accords and Camry's for a long time, now kicking their asses. Vigors/TL's, especially the new TL's were designed to target Max buyers. Avalons are also targeting Max buyers. Nissan only need to move forward.
As far as the price is concern, the Avalon XL is priced less than Camry XLE, and the Avalon Limited is priced more than base ES330 with more hp than both. TSX w/ Navi priced just as high as TL w/o Navi.

 

I heard that it is going to be a twin turbo VK50 AWD and cost under $15,000.

 

The maxima name will continue for a 7th gen IMO...nissan needs to have its "Flagship" and I see quite a few around. I dont know why everyone wants AWD...nobody is going to wanna fork over the extra money, get the same engine, and suffer a lack of performance because of the weight penalty....AWD would be good in the winter, but so what? They will go RWD if they do anything, but im sure FWD will remain bc of costs and practicality...this isnt an infiniti.

 

If they go RWD, the Maxima would be in competition with their own G35.

 

Yes it would, and AWD would compete with M35 and less expensive. There'll be a 7th gen, what it'll be is still being worked out. Nissan manages to successfully differentiate the 350Z from G35c through basically rear seats, sunroof, and convertible top.