ok, from what I read here
6th gen max is most likely going to get bigger (due to alty), and it probably won't be a 4 door sports sedan anymore, so anybody think Nissan might stop offering manual transmission for 6th Max?

 

The Maxima will be to Nissan like the Avalon is to Toyota. It will be bigger, a little more lux. little less sport, but u better belive that nissan will improve the HP, the Maxima is currently ( 2002 ) the second most powerful FWD automobile, just below the Caddy STS, expect that to change. Nissan is all about the NA V6's with an unbelivable amount of Horse Power. Only thing is if the ponies go up and its still FWD, then the Torque steer is gonna be terrible

 

i couldn't agree with you more, that's how I think its going to happen. "BUT" do you guys think Nissan will eventually discontinuing manual transmission in Maxima?

 

Where do you get your info????? Nissan said it themselves and I read much info about it on freshalloy.com . It was also said that there were thoughts of an AWD version. Get your facts straight then come back dude.

The 6th gen will not be based on the new Alti chassis (that's just plain stupid for Nissan to do). The talk is that the 6th gen is supposed to compete with the GS430. Don't believe the hype, let's wait and see.

 

My facts are straight and this is old news. Welcome to last year. Nissan made a press release a long time ago that Maxima production was moving to TN in January 2003 and the "redesigned" Maxima would be built off of the new Altima platform. It was also posted on the front page of maxima.org for quite some time. Get your head out of the rumor mill where you work or play and listen to the Nissan news releases when they are released and you won't be spouting off nonsense like RWD V8.

 

doesn't everybody like rumors

 

If your facts were "straight", they would be in line with everything else most of us have read. The 6th gen will be RWD. Nissan started with the G35 and will continue to move in that direction.

As far as rumor mills go, post the info here that says the the 2004 Max will be based on the new Altima frame. The 2003 Max is still a 5th gen.

Show me where it says the Max will stay FWD with the VQ and be based on the Altima platform. My info comes straight from Nissan News dude. Read it sometime. I'm not going to reply to you until you get me the info.

 

 

Not to spark anymore debate but I was just curious where you read the latest Nissan news...Thanks

 

What I don't understand is why you guys even think the 2004 is going to be some radically different car than the present. As far as I know, the Maxima is on a 5-year cycle. Therefore, that would mean the 6th gen. Max. isn't due until 2005.

 

Here you go.
Press release here

I especially like this line:
No additional facility construction is required to manufacture the Maxima. Production areas within the 5.2-million-square-foot Smyrna plant will be modified to accommodate Maxima lines. The new Maxima will share a vehicle platform with the Nissan Altima.

Notice the date of the release at the bottom: September 27, 2001.

 

If this question was for me, I read it last fall around the time when a lot of spy shots were flying around freshalloy.com. Throughout that time, there's been news articles and interviews with Nissan reps describing Nissans future and the ideas of the upcoming Maxima 6th gen.

 

Deezo- not to flame you.. but here you are chewing some dudes but for not posting factual posts but then you go on tell about what the TALK is? The fact of the matter is, no one knows...

THIS IS TO EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD-INCLUDING ME
don't post speculative crap, this is a reason why people don't go to the .org for concrete information. Everyone talks about there brothers cousings ex girlfriend who was going down on a guy who had a picture of the 2004 maxima schematics tattoo'd to his chod.

Although Fresh Alloy is a nissan enthusiast site and maybe a good resource for information, its not an official Nissan Motor Corp. website, or endorsed by Nissan Motor Corp. What does this mean? It means that there information is subject to change with the local he said she said as it is here.

 

well said!

 

Sorry but one extra bit of speculation. I suspect (hope) that a tiptronic style transmission will be availble in the next generation. It is available in the some Infinti models. My family is growing so I wouldn't mins a little extra space and tiptronic would be compromise for the wife and I.

 

mind not mins

 

please be specific as to what part of this looks like ***:





maybe i missed something?

 

Hmm.. not bad with hella mods on it. The pic on the nissan site that other guy linked made the car look really lame

 

Well its seems that the name of the thread is "2004 Maxima Theorizing" so we can all put in our ideas about where the new Max will go. So in reality, we shouldn't be going back an forth about what the new Max will be but the thread was just to post what they think and not for people to say your're wrong or right.

 

More info from a recent issue of Motor Trend that says that the new Maxima will be based on the new Altima platform. Scroll down to 2004 Nissan Maxima.

Future Cars

 

When I'm bored, I read this thread.

So much speculation ... but truth is, the folks who know (me included) will keep quiet until the car specs are released. Keep posting please, I'll be bored tomorrow and need to follow up on the speculations

 

well I heard that the new max was gonna be RWD with a v12 hypercharged engine and will run low 10's stock. The engine is also going to be moved to the rear of the car too and will come stock pushing 450+ hp/tq. As a matter of fact I stumbled upon a picture of the 2k4 maxima and it looks like this:

 

Keep in mind that post of mine is in response to you telling people that they need to get their facts straight, and that you have the answers and the details. When in fact you don't you are quoting a no more relyable source as that tattoo I mentioned before. So if you want to theorize, please do so-just don't criticize everyone else for the same thing.