AutoPilot: Introducing the all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Type: Four-door, front-wheel-drive five-passenger sedan. Market position: Near-luxury and entry-luxury sedans are holding their own despite the growing popularity of wagons. Increasingly, vehicles in this class are providing buyers with sophisticated luxury, safety and performance content. • SR delivers the most fun and comes closest to being an actual four-door sports car. • Well equipped, even in base trim. Safety: Front airbags. side-curtain airbags. destination): $33,000. For 2016, the Maxima has broken free of its cocoon. The Tennessee-built car possesses more swagger and displays an aggressiveness that most other automakers would dare not attempt, especially with an entry-luxury sedan. The Maxima’s flashy chrome grille, curvaceous body panels and sweeping rear end signal that this Nissan is unlike anything else on the road. Underpinning the attractive body is the next-generation Altima-based architecture that’s lighter as well as 25 percent more rigid. The distance between the front and rear wheels is unchanged, however the new sheetmetal adds just over two inches to the car’s length. The width is also the same, but a slightly lowered and elongated roofline makes the Maxima appear longer. Source: www.richmond.com
