Nissan Maxima
The Nissan Maxima is the Japanese brand's top-tier full-size sedan. The Maxima offers a comfortable ride along with sportier-than-expected handling for its class, and it can also be had with a good level of luxury gear installed. All versions of the four-door, front-wheel drive Nissan are motivated by a 3.5-liter V6 that generates 290 horsepower and 261 lb-ft of torque. A continuously-variable automatic transmission is the only gearbox available with the Maxima.
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2019 Nissan Maxima: The Salesman’s Luxury Car
2019 Nissan Maxima: The Salesman’s Luxury CarIt’s starting to get dusty up in the full-size sedan segment, as North American consumers are deserting their cars for SUVs. While the automotive manufacturers don’t seem too depressed about it, people who still prefer cars than trucks have less choice than before, and it’s only going to get worse.
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2016 Nissan Maxima: It’s Not A Four-Door Sports Car, It’s A Sporty Four-Door
2016 Nissan Maxima: It’s Not A Four-Door Sports Car, It’s A Sporty Four-DoorEver since Nissan released the third-gen Maxima in 1988, they’ve been boasting about their four-door sports car. They even created a special name for it: the 4DSC (4 Door Sports Car). In the years that followed, the Japanese automaker tried to convince buyers that its full-size sedan was actually a …
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2016 Nissan Maxima: Wading Through The Haze of Automobile Positioning
2016 Nissan Maxima: Wading Through The Haze of Automobile PositioningAt our “Canadian” test drive of the 2016 Maxima, there was an Acura TLX in the presentation room. It was made available to us so that we might compare it with the Maxima that we had just driven. Beige-grey in colour, it was dull next to Nissan’s beaming sedan—but all’s …
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First Drive: 2016 Nissan Maxima
First Drive: 2016 Nissan MaximaFull disclosure: I've never been sold on the "four-door sports car" title the marketing folks at Nissan have bestowed upon the Maxima. It's nothing against the Maxima, but when I think of a four-door sports car my mind's eye tends to focus on the likes of the Mercedes-AMG C 63 …
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2016 Nissan Maxima: Ignore The Hype, Enjoy The Car
2016 Nissan Maxima: Ignore The Hype, Enjoy The CarThe 2016 Nissan Maxima is out to right a few wrongs. For starters, it's a crime that the brand's flagship sedan sold less than a thousand examples last year in Canada, a mere tenth of what its mid-size Altima stable-mate managed to move in the same timeframe. Then there's the …
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2016 Nissan Maxima: We're Driving It This Week
2016 Nissan Maxima: We're Driving It This WeekThis week The Car Guide is in Nashville, Tennessee - not to sample the local country music flavour, but to drive the all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima. The largest sedan in the Nissan line-up, the Maxima has a reputation for offering an above-average driving experience and a respectable level of luxury.
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Judge Approves Timing Chain Class Action Against Nissan Canada
Judge Approves Timing Chain Class Action Against Nissan CanadaNissan timing chains on approximately 64,000 vehicles are at the centre of a class action lawsuit that has recently been approved by a judge from the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The class action was initially filed by a plaintiff named Tobias Mueller on behalf of all Canadian customers. The …
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Nissan Sets Expiration Date for Maxima
Nissan Sets Expiration Date for MaximaLarge sedans are dropping like flies. Some will never return, while others are reincarnated into different things altogether. The Toyota Avalon , for one, will essentially be replaced in North America by the all-new 2023 Crown , a high-riding, tougher-looking car aiming to fight those ubiquitous SUVs and crossovers. At …
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Canadian Fan’s “Fast and Furious” Nissan Maxima Replica is Spot-on
Canadian Fan’s “Fast and Furious” Nissan Maxima Replica is Spot-onWith F9 hitting theatres last Friday, avid Fast and Furious fan Dominic Dubreuil officially unveiled his replica of Vince’s Nissan Maxima from the first movie. “Dom Dub,” as he’s known on social media, polled his YouTube and Instagram followers in August 2019 and that model was chosen to join his …
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Chevrolet, BMW Have the Best Car Seats, Study Finds
Chevrolet, BMW Have the Best Car Seats, Study FindsChevrolet and BMW top J.D. Power’s 2020 Seat Quality and Satisfaction Study released a few days ago. Surprised? The former leads all mainstream car brands with four award-winning vehicles. The Sonic, Impala and Equinox are segment winners, while the Silverado is among the three best pickups/vans. On the luxury side, …
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The End Could be Near for Nissan Maxima
The End Could be Near for Nissan MaximaThe extinction of traditional cars is not about to end anytime soon. While American manufacturers have generated the most headlines in recent years (think Ford and Chevrolet ), their Asian rivals are now doing the same. Nissan , which killed the Versa Note (before bringing back the Versa sedan for …
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2019 Nissan Maxima and Pathfinder Rock Creek Edition Debut in Toronto
2019 Nissan Maxima and Pathfinder Rock Creek Edition Debut in TorontoJapanese automaker Nissan presented an updated Maxima and a new variant of the Pathfinder at the Toronto Auto Show. The 2019 Nissan Maxima received styling revisions front and rear, standard LED headlights and taillights as well as new alloy wheel designs. The Nissan Safety Shield 360 suite of advanced safety …
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2019 Nissan Maxima: Sharper Design
2019 Nissan Maxima: Sharper DesignIn the current context, we’re wondering what the future holds for a car such as the Maxima. Not that it isn’t interesting, but simply because it’s part of a vehicle segment that’s in a downward spiral. It’s far from being the brand’s flagship, sitting in a class of its own …
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New York Auto Show: Apple Officially Won Over the Car Industry
New York Auto Show: Apple Officially Won Over the Car IndustryThe star of the show in New York this week is not one you’d expect, but one which you already know very well. Apple and its CarPlay interface are featured in most, if not all, the new models on display at the show. In the meantime, it seems as though …
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Review: 2016 Nissan Maxima
Review: 2016 Nissan MaximaIf the Nissan Maxima isn't the first name that comes to mind when you think of family sedans then you're not alone. The 2016 Maxima may change that, though. From its sporty styling to a sporty drivetrain, the 2016 Maxima is a driver's car that just so happens to have …