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Review: 2009 Nissan Maxima, return of the four-door sports car?

Once upon a time, labeling anything other than a two-door, two-seater a "sports car" would have been anathema to enthusiasts. And calling a mid-size sedan by the same name would have been utterly absurd. But when Nissan originally slapped the 4DSC ("four-door sports car") label on the Maxima 20 years ago, the automotive landscape was a very different place. Today, the sports sedan has been embraced by the masses, and with a series of "four-door coupes" hitting the market, consumers looking for an entertaining ride with seating for four ... Read more →

First Drive: 2009 Nissan Maxima Michael Harley

The latest Nissan out of the gate - the sixth model to wear the "Maxima" designation - gets a significant redesign for 2009. Launched in 1985, the first Maxima was a praised departure from its ...

Correction: Diesel Maxima coming with automatic and maybe a stick Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan Maxima You know how it goes with the rumormill. Sometimes it tends to be spot-on in its predictions; sometimes... not so much. Such is the case ...

Hiroshi Tamura gives us closer look at 2009 Nissan Maxima Merritt Johnson

When Nissan chose to begin development on the next Maxima, it originally set out to go the safe route of catering towards mass appeal, an effective plan frequently proven successful by Toyota. ...

New York 2008: Nissan unveils 2009 Maxima with "liquid motion" sheetmetal John Neff

Click above for more high-res pics of the 2009 Nissan Maxima Ever since Nissan took the Altima upmarket in both size and prize, the Maxima has suffered from an identity crisis. In the Nissan/Infiniti ...

New York '08 Preview: 2009 Nissan Maxima leaked on forum 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan Maxima var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/LEAK_2009_Nissan_Maxima_back_to_sports_car_form'; Forums are fast becoming the bane of automakers that've spent a lot of time, energy and money coordinating a new car's debut. Nissan was hoping ...

Spy Shots: 2009 Nissan Maxima in the snow 1 year ago on Autoblog

The official unveiling of the 2009 Nissan Maxima will occur at next month's New York Auto Show. Despite Nissan's efforts to hide the car away until then, it just couldn't keep its new 4-Door out of sight. If you hadn't guessed already, a thoroughly covered Maxima was recently caught by spy ...

Redesigned Nissan Maxima coming to New York Auto Show 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've been wondering where Nissan was going to fit in on the docket of next week's Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS), but InsideLine confirmed our suspicions – they won't be having a press conference at all. Instead, the Forum concept will be set on stage and Nissan will turn its attention to the New ...

Nissan prices 2008 Maxima from $28,130 2 years ago on Autoblog

2007 model shown The Nissan Maxima is back for 2008, and prices for the premium midsize sedan have jumped ever so slightly to $28,130 for the SE and $30,380 for up-model SL. Nissan for some reason felt the need to bump the price by $80 for both models. New for 2008 is a Platinum Edition Package ...

Nissan Maxima to go back to its four-door sports car roots 2 years ago on Autoblog

Like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, the Nissan Maxima was once a scrappy fighter that "coulda been a contenda." In the 80s it was the car that talked to you -- the one Eddie Murphy made fun of, wishing that instead of saying things like "Your door is ajar," it would say something useful like ...

RR of the Day: 4DSC tuner sedan 3 years ago on Autoblog

The idea of a four-door sedan that shelters a sports car within its mechanical soul has always been appealing to us, and the Nissan Maxima was the original 4-Door Sports Car. Lately, however, the Maxima is a adrift within a lineup that doesn't need it thanks to the more than competent Altima and ...

SHIFT_first drive: 2007 Nissan Altima 3 years ago on Autoblog

Once again the boys and girls over at Inside Line have sold their souls to the devil in order to gain access to a preproduction version of the 2007 Nissan Altima before the car even debuted at the New York Auto Show last week. Their initial impressions of Nissan’s most significant sedan are ...

New York Auto Show: 2007 Maxima is max no longer 3 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Nissan Maxima has been redesigned and refined, which will make it even harder to distinguish the brand’s “flagship” sedan from the too-close-for-comfort all-new Altima. Though touted as Nissan’s range topper, the new Maxima’s last gen. VQ 3.5L V6 only produces ...






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