Tests and Features

The past is a funny thing. The further we get from it, sometimes, the clearer it becomes. Or rather, certain things seem to draw into focus while others fade away, reshaping memory in the same way a spotlight draws attention on a darkened stage. Contrast this against the immediacy of …

Ever 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 …

At 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 …

Full 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 …

The 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 …

The first-ever Drive 4 Smiles Poker Run event, a Starlight Children’s Foundation fundraiser, was held on May 24th. We accepted their invitation for two very different reasons. First, it’s always fun to meet with car buffs and admire crowds of exclusive vehicles. And second, it’s even better when we do …

This 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.

Nissan currently has five SUVs in its lineup (six if you include the Juke), ranging in size and target market: the little Rogue is a high-sitting, affordable vehicle, the Xterra is for those wanting to explore nature, and the Armada is Nissan’s answer to the Suburban and Yukon. Each vehicle …

Nissan is in the midst of an SUV renaissance, with a re-focus on design that has seen both its biggest and smallest people movers - the Pathfinder and the Rogue - receive complete overhauls in the last few years. Book-ended by these compact and full-size options is the Nissan Murano, …