- sedan 134,101
- 10,995 high price
- Folsom, CA
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- autoshopper.com
- sedan 134,101 gasoline white automatic
2009 nissan maxima review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. Maxima was kicked up a notch when the altima took over the role as the mainstream sedan and it became the nissan flagship. This new maxima now competes directly against sporty upmarket sedans. Among them: acura tl, infiniti g35, chrysler 300, cadillac cts, and toyota avalon, as well as deluxe versions of the toyota camry and honda accord. the all-new 2009 nissan maxima shares its d-platform chassis and underpinnings with the other cars and suvs mounted on the nissan front-drive platform, including the murano and altima. The new maxima is close in physical measurements to the altima. The track measurement, the width between the tires, is an inch and a half wider, so that the chassis is better able to handle the corners on its big, fat 18-inch tires. nissan has modified the platform and body of the maxima extensively, with one additional stiffness package for the s and sv models, and additional rear reinforcements for the sport and premium package versions that uses a large steel panel behind the rear seat to connect the floor, walls and package shelf into a single, much stiffer unit that nissan says is up to 17 percent stiffer than the base model. The 2009 base model is, in turn, 15 percent stiffer than the outgoing 2008 model. The new maxima is shorter in wheelbase and overall length and lower to the ground, with a wider track for better handling. very much on purpose, the maxima doesn't look anything like the altima anymore. every exterior body panel on the car is new, with much more adventurous and modern design and shaping. The big metal plate out front that held the logo is gone. The grille, headlamps and 12-led taillamps are larger and more egregious and figure more into the whole exterior design, and the fenders and hood have been given edges and bulges for a much more sporty appearance. The wheel arches are much more pronounced, and the door skins are pulled in from the fenders and flattened out so that the whole body has what the designers call a coke-bottle shape, with a short nose, a short deck, a long, sloping roof and a bmw-style c-pillar curvature. in other words, the 2009 maxima is completely and totally different looking than the sixth-generation car it replaces. interiorthe interior features of the new maxima are all about concentration of controls and information around the driver. The floor shifter has also been moved over as far to the left as possible, for those who want quick shifts using the stick instead of the paddles). the driver's seat is multi-adjustable, especially in the sport package version that we drove, and very huggy and comfortable. in the rear compartment, the seat can be ordered either as a 60/40 fold-down for cargo hauling, or as a fixed seat with a cargo pass-through in the center for occasional hauling or ski trips. the design, materials, and execution of the interior are first-rate throughout. driving impressionthe maxima that we drove was the sv with the sport package. Like the s model, it comes with a very strong, very responsive 3. 5-liter v6 engine uprated from the previous 255 horsepower to 290 horsepower, a 35-horsepower increase with a concomitant gain of nine foot-pounds of torque and a one-mile-per-gallon increase in fuel economy. We found the transmission a joy to use in either mode. It is perhaps the world's second-best cvt, after the audi. Nissan says the new cvt software contains more than 700 shifting algorithms to cope with every driving situation in every gear from idle to full-throttle and says the transmission can shift 30 percent faster than a human driver can. In the sport drive mode, the shifts were lightning quick, and included a very sporty throttle blip on every downshift. the chassis and suspension under the new maxima have been upgraded quite a lot from the previous model, with several new technologies added. The suspension is all new, using premium alu.
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