2016 Nissan Maxima Review - Automobile
Despite fresher competition from the Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Avalon, according to Nissan, the Maxima has been the retail best-seller in the under-the-radar, full-size segment if you combine the past five years of sales. ) But that still works out to only 45,000 Maximas or so per annum, which tells us two things: This is one unfashionable segment, and buyers see too little differentiation between the Maxima and the more affordable Altima. Perusing the Maxima on the 2015 New York auto show stand in April, one wondered if Shiro Nakamura, Nissan’s chief designer, had spent too much time in the wild blue yonder. And give Nissan points for boldness: Iconoclastic styling may be worth a try to re-establish the Maxima as the segment’s “four-door sports car,” a position it first claimed in 1989. The 2016 Maxima is slightly shorter, lower, and wider, and... Acoustic laminated glass and Bose active noise cancellation cut bad road noise to luxury levels, with its V-6 sound piped into the cabin when you pop the Maxima’s new Drive Mode selector to Sport. Source: www.automobilemag.com
