Nissan
Maxima 2016 - Its roof brings to mind the canopy of an aircraft. The sweeping
profile was inspired by jets. An angled center stack looks like something from
the aerospace industry. Even its gear selector resembles the control stick of a
fight.
2016 nissan maxima, and though it may not have wings this brand new large sedan was supposedly
inspired by jets. Now whether or not it's ready to take flight is open to
debate. The automotive industries track record with claims like this well it's
not too promising. This 2016 maxima is the 4-door flagship for the nissan
brand. It's actually a production version of their sports sedan concept from a
little more than a year ago and accordingly it's got pretty aggressive exterior
styling it's very distinctive. It's not going to be for everyone but I happen
to think it's quite attractive especially when you see it out on the road. It's
hard to believe but this is the 8th generation maxima.
This
version is longer lower wider and tighter and previous iterations. Compared to
its direct predecessor this car is 2.2 inches lankier, 1.3 inches closer to the
ground and has lost about seven times my body weight or roughly 82 pounds. It
also has 25 percent greater structural rigidity, thanks to the extensive use of
high-strength steel. I feel the need for speed and fortunately the new max
mayor is happy to oblige. You see it's powered by a familiar-sounding 3.5 liter
v6 engine a member of Nissan's vaunted VQ family though. it has been thoroughly
re-engineered for this 2016 model.
In fact
more than 60 percent of its components are new. This includes things like
updated cylinder heads, new pistons and raise a redesigned oil pan and even racing
great sodium filled exhaust valves keep heat at bay. The result of this
overhaul is an even 300 horses that's 10 more than in the outgoing model torque
totals 261 pound-feet. Perhaps even more importantly than these numbers this
car is about fifteen percent more efficient than last year's maximum. That
means it gains four miles per gallon on the highway for a total of thirty.
You can
expect about 22 mpg around town combined about 25 those are pretty impressive
figures for such a large-sporty car. Helping deliver extraordinary efficiency
is Nissan's latest xtronic continuously variable transmission. Now usually I'm
not a fan of these cog less ratio swappers but this one is quite pleasant. It
actually mimics gear changes during heavy throttle applications which
eliminates a lot of the droning normally associated with cbt. The v QV six here
is surprisingly refined again they reengineered it for improved efficiency of
course to make it smoother running and it really shows geeky was always been a
great engine but perhaps not the smoothest running v6 this one really quite
creamy. Now Nissan is offering five different trim levels of the 2016 maxima.
This happen
to be driving the SR which is the sportiest of the bunch and it gets unique
suspension tuning special springs, unique anti-roll bars other things as well
and they really help tighten this car up make it quite a bit of fun for a
front-wheel drive car. Nissan did a very nice job with the interior of 2016 maxima.
It is extremely premium in here and frankly I think it's a step above even
something like an acura TLX lots of squishy soft plastics beautiful textured
trim. It runs across the dashboard indoors stitching as well plus the seats are
beautifully finished with Alcantara in a unique diamond stitch pattern quite
classy giving things a sporty touch the steering wheel has a flat bottom and a
meaty grip to it. It's easy to toss this car around on corners every version of
the maxima comes standard with a navigation system you get a beautiful 8 inch
display capacitive color touchscreen with swiping and pinch to zoom all the
features you get in your modern smartphones.
I think
it's time to buzz the tower and wrap up this review you know nissan calls the
2016 maxima a four-door sports car and that may sound like total hyperbole. It's
actually not as big sedans ago this one's quite a bit of fun to drive certainly
more engaging than a a torus or an Avalon or even Chevy's new impala just don't
expect it to hang with say a BMW 5-series cuz that's probably not going to
happen. Base price for an S model is 33 grand and change including 825 in
Ussery. I mean delivery fees now the SR model I've been evaluating stickered at
38,495 dollars.
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