Has anyone read any car magazine articles that have given out
0-60 and 1/4 times with the 255hp and 6 sp trans ???

 

emax got 5.75 in his.

 

can we get something without G-TECH?

 

no

 

How is that Rental treating you?

 

I honestly believe that Nissan is nervous about the Maxima being no faster than the Altima. This is what I find SO STRANGE. Whether people want to abmit it or not, most car makers gladly hand over their keys to Motor Trend to test out their rides. Why? Because MT tends to crank out the best numbers compared to any other mag (except for Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords - they are incredible drivers). When you see an advertizement for a car and they quote the performance numbers, almost always they will be quoting MT generated numbers because they are the best. So my argument is this. Off the top of my head, MT got the keys to 2000 Maxima, TL-S, WRX, 2002 Altima, LS1 F-Body, Civic Si (1999 and 2002), all Cobras, Lightning and tested these cars WELL BEFORE they ever hit the street. The 6 speed Max has yet to be timed by ANY mag, yet the car has been on sale since October. For being so hyped up, Nissan sure didn't want anyone testing the car. I understand that the Altima was coming out at nearly the same time so Nissan didn't want to give the spotlight over to the Maxima, but here we are, 3 months after public introduction and there are no published numbers. Does anyone find this a bit odd? Given the fact that the Maxima 3.5 isn't putting out anymore power than the Altima 3.5 even though being rated higher in hp, I have a hunch Nissan is trying to lay low with the Maxima's performance.


Dave

 

That's an interestin take on the situation and I tend to agree with that..

 

maybe they are waiting for the HLSD 6spd?

 

Good point. That would make a better argument and will most likely give out a more respectable number.

With the amount of torque the max can put out you need HLSD to keep that power planted to the ground as much as possible and thus get a more accurate number worth publishing.

Here's my question though, it seems the first few 2k2's that came out came with some sort of LSD. Will one type of LSD give better numbers and offer better performance over the other?

 

thats why I asked the question ...I agree with you 100%

 

i think only the CanMax's had VLSD.. the American 6spds didn't get Jack ****

 

Nope. The pre-HLSD Canadian 2k2 SE's are open diff. I don't think the HLSD will make a very big difference in 1/4 times. It makes the car heavier and less efficient (neither by much), but the open diff Max leaves pretty equal tire strips on a good track/road.

The HLSD will make a bigger difference in slalom and possibly skidpad numbers. It may also make some reviewers/testers break into an ear-ear grin when you give it some throttle coming out of a slow corner in 2nd If I was Nissan, I would hope the mags wait for the HLSD model.

Most mags review the new and revised models (i.e. Altima, Sentra SER, Spec-V) before they tackle the "proven" models.

 

Guilt by association. Many automakers publish the numbers, even if 0-60 is 8.5, like in the case of the 2002 Audi A4 Tiptronic Quatro 1.8T. They must figure it's simply a fact and a buyer might want to know the 0-60 before purchasing the vehicle. Nissan seems to be the opposite. That was so blatant when they used the 0-60 in 6.6 seconds in the 2000 or 2001 brochure, and then they had an asterisk and it turned out it wasn't even a 5th gen car that produced the number. A wee bit shady.....

 

Thats just sad how they try sound all big and bad, and there meerly made up numbers(some nissans)

 

Well, through guesstimation, a car that can run a 14.4 (which the Altima and Maxima can, is good for a ~6.0 second 0-60 time.

 

I think the Maxima is a "lame duck" right now and Nissan doesn't want anybody testing the car because it would take the spotlight away from the new Altima which they are counting on to finally get them some good results in the mid-sized segment.

I think that Nissan probably now considers the Maxima an "old-school" design that they're probably just trying to let die as quiet of a death as possible until the Gen6 is released where they'll finally have a car that's lined up properly with its competitors and they can pump up the hype on it.

They probably just threw the 6spd into it as a "field trial" for the new Z and G35.

It's the Altima that is going to win some badly needed cash for Nissan, not the Maxima. So they'll want as much hype on the Alty and as little as possible on the Max.

$0.02

 

You know that makes sense. My 3-gen VE used alot of "prototype" stuff for only 2 years.

DOHC heads on a fwd V6, coil on plug ignition, VLSD tranny, VTCs etc...

I think they were trying to get the bugs worked out on the ignition system to get it ready for the 4-gen VQ.