Maxima will get Independent suspension for 2003, the ALTIMA gets it for 2002! I guess Nissan WOKE UP! :)

I think I've been guinea pigged enough for awhile.
 

I'll pass on the first year they throw ind. susp. back in.

Altima has IRS now
 

I think the Altima currently has IRS right now.


It has Nissan's Super Rear Toe control suspension in the rear if I recall correctly.

Re: Altima has IRS now
 

That's what I thought, but freshalloy says it doesn't...whos right?

Altima already has IRS,
 

they introduced it for 2001. On Chad's BBS I posted a long rant about this once I saw it advertised on Nissan's website for the "new" 2001 Altima. Interestingly, Nissan now makes barely a mention of it on their own website, instead emphasizing the "Super Toe Control" which acts similarly to 4-wheel steering. Only by looking at the "Suspension and Steering" portion of the "Features" link for the Altima will you see the admission by Nissan that the Altima has an independent suspension.

I'm sure they used the 2001 model year as a "phase-in" for this suspension....

Edmunds mentions it as well:

<A HREF ="http://www.edmunds.com/newcars/2001/nissan/altima/se.html">http://www.edmunds.com/newcars/2001/nissan/altima/se.html</A>

Re: Altima already has IRS,
 

I think the Altima has always had IRS. It never had a beam suspension. The changes Nissan made for 2000 to the Altima's suspension is the adaptive shock absorbers.

LOL....I'm starting NOT to belive Freshalloy.....
 

We have had a 96Altima(1st gen) and now have a 98 SE altima. BOTH IRS :) 98 handles like a dream with lousy firestone tires :)

I think the 2k with the fancy shocks, fstb, and 16's with LOW profile tires KICKS ***....better than a max se.

Mike S.

Re: LOL....I'm starting NOT to belive Freshalloy.....
 

Yeah Motortrend's long termer 99 Altima SE posted better handling numbers than a 2k Maxima SE. In fact, it even outslalomed a Civic Si.

Clarification from FreshAlloy.com
 

We at FreshAlloy.com _never_ said the Altima has a non independent rear suspension.

It's always had basically the same rear suspension since inception in 1993. If you look on our model matrix, it says "new independent rear" meaning a new multilink rear is coming. It's not the infamous multilink beam but a true multilink independent suspension design.

now that's cool...
 

On freshalloy there's always the debate as to whether Nissan execs read the pages to see what people are thinking, never did I really think that the Freshalloy people would be reading this BBS...I guess it only makes sense if they are true Nissan fanatics.

now that's cool...
 

On freshalloy there's always the debate as to whether Nissan execs read the pages to see what people are thinking, never did I really think that the Freshalloy people would be reading this BBS...I guess it only makes sense if they are true Nissan fanatics.

now that's cool...
 

On freshalloy there's always the debate as to whether Nissan execs read the pages to see what people are thinking, never did I really think that the Freshalloy people would be reading this BBS...I guess it only makes sense if they are true Nissan fanatics.

Re: now that's cool...
 

Max I am... Now you're a fanatic... :bonk: hehe...

Hey Fresh Alloy I just found your site a few day's ago keep up the good work. Where do you get your info? If you want to keep it a secret I guess thats ok.

I've gotta save my bucks for the Z. I'm having this dream...

Re: now that's cool...
 

i like what freshalloy did. hopefully they did not do just a search_for_freshalloy :spin:

The Max and Altima will both have IRS because they will both be sharing the same platform. In an interview with Max Speed(before they changed to Max Power US), Jerry Hirschberg or whatever his name is said that the Altima and Max will share the same platform, and the Altima would finally get the VQ(3L I guess) as an option, while the Max would get a 3.5L V6.

IT's ABOUT TIME!!!!!...
 

GlaD to see a ind. rear on a max! it's been over 6 years and now they decide to bring it back. RIGHT ON. DO I bother to guess that with this "new" rear, do we also see a healthier powerplant? seems only right :) opinions on that?