Here an article that might interest some of you.

new-york-auto-show-2007-maxima-is-max-no-longer

 

im very dissapointed in what the maxima has come to be. The CVT transmission seems like a quality addon. but no 6speed? 255hp? whats really going on.
it is turning into an altima. but hey, its still a beautiful car.
i'll keep my 4th gen!

 

No manual tranny. Oh well...

 

4th gen > all

 

4th gen is the best looking, but I have a soft spot for the 5.5 gen with the VQ35

 

QFTMFT!

 

Other than the tranny options I don't think it's terrible I wouldn't buy it, there are better options, but it's not terrible.

 

redesigned exterior??? looks the same to me...

 

Why not have the best of both worlds.. Have a 4.5 gen.

 

haha no 6spd is the first sign of no 4DSC anymore.

 

for the eventy-billionth time:

if they're not going to give it AWD, or distinguish it in some other (positive) fashion from the Altima, what's the f*cking point? why waste time/money pushing this thing out there? are they (Nissan) afraid an AWD (or RWD for that matter) Maxima will cut into Infiniti sales (M35/M45)?

more & more, it looks like i'll be keeping my 4th gen 'til they make flying cars.

 

repost has been discussed in the 6th gen forum enjoy look up the review

 

On to better things for me when it's time for a new car. Probably Infiniti or Lexus.

 

wow this is how its gonna end

 

Someone needs to send the Nissan design team a link to this thread. Maybe it'll help pull a lot of heads out of a lot of a$$es...

And just to think how much I used to anticipate the release of every year's new maxima. Now I dread it.

 

The Maxima has officially become the Nissan version of the Avalon.

 

 

QFMFT

4th and 5.5gens >*

 

I guess changing the grille a bit and adding a lip spoiler qualifies as "redesigned exterior" these days

It's still ugly, and now with CVT, it's 10x as

 

Yup what a way for Nissan to kill the Maxima badge.

 

....................

 

Will that "redesign make it a 7th gen because it looks the same to me

 

The M35 was a bad move anyway.

 

I support this post.

 

My God. How many times will this be discussed? This is OLD OLD OLD OLD. And this is not a 7th gen, either.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=466806

6.5 gen. new hood, headlights, front bumper, wheels, rear bumper, spoiler.... yeah how could you say exterior changes? A lot more has changed all over during this mid-gen than the 5th gen.

I have a feeling that people will be impressed with the tranny. It is not the same used already on other Nissans. Max was the 1st to see this one.

When will members realize they were never the target audience when Maxima was ever designed????????

The Altima and Sentra have always been made for the under 30 crowd. Maxima as a flagship has always been a mid-luxury Nissan with power.

 

There was no such thing as the Altima when the Maxima was first introduced, or for the next decade or so after that (Alti came out in '94, IIRC). The Maxima was marketed, particularly in the 3rd gen, as the "4-door sportscar." The market was 30somethings who needed 4 doors to haul the kids, but still wanted a relatively fast, good-handling "sporty" sedan that was more affordable than a BMW....They've turned the Maxima into a jumbo-sized wanna-be luxury car. Yeah, it has power...but it's a big boat these days (as is my 5th gen, to a lesser extent)....


CVT trannies SUCK....they are no fun to drive, they are a reliability nightmare (ask anyone with a CVT Honda, and Honda quality > Nissan quality).....The maxima has gone from a 30-something guy's car to a 50-something female realtor's car...sad, sad, sad.

The problem with the Altima is it cannot take the place...it is a big, beefy car as well. I've driven an org'ers Alti SE-R and don't think it feels very sporty at all. Feels like a bigger car than my Maxima (which it is).....

Nissan has lost the niche mid-side sports sedan category.....Thank God I can afford a BMW or Audi for my next car, because the European cars continue to be stylish, while the Jap cars keep getting uglier, particularly in Nissan's case (see the new Sentra, for example)

 

The new Sentra makes the 07 Max look great.

http://nissannews.com/multimedia/nis...7/sentra.shtml

Nissan needs a new design team quick.

 

just took a peek at the sentra, looks sorta like a cadillac sts front end on the body of a dodge neon. move over maxima, this is a smaller, more fuel efficient grocery getter !

 

3rd Gen > 5.5 Gen > *

 

The only thing I like about that last gen Max is the seats.

 

it's dead. burial party at my place tonight. bring beer and altimas.

 

It definitely does NOT deserve the 4DSC moniker, anymore.

What a bunch of crap. What used to set the Maxima apart was the choice of a manual tranny. CVT is for snowmobiles

 

The 5th gen had more of a change because it went from a 3.0 to a 3.5 along with 6 speed tranny, and headlights. I would have prefered a upgrade in engine performance and handling then looks. The 3rd maxima was more about sport than luxury

 

i'll stick with my 5th gen

 

Except the Avalon is faster.

 

That does kinda suck, i have an 01 with 83k now, next max is probly gonna be a low mileage(less than 50k) 2003 6 speed :/ or a 3.5SE altima. Unless I found a REALLY good deal on a used 04 6 speed, the whole 6th gen though... its a classy car, and its pretty nice and all but... 5.5 ftw!

 

I have to admit that after the 4th gen, Maximas were on a downhill spiral. Nissan made the Maxima absolutely pointless. Why get a new Maxima when there are much better options for the price you pay?

Hopefully they figure something out

 

you must be on the pipe, big man....

 

First, 5.5 gen ownz all...

Second, I will argue that Nissan does not have a terrible design team. Even though we may not like what they're doing with their cars in terms of features and target audience, Nissan/Infiniti vehicles are still better looking than Honda/Acura and Toyota/Lexus (IMHO).

And how was the M35 a mistake? That car is beautiful!