Nissan Maxima

First drive: 2016 Nissan Maxima in the UAE

First drive: 2016 Nissan Maxima in the UAE

The Nissan Maxima made a name for itself in the 1980s and 1990s with a “Four-Door Sports Car” tagline that somehow worked back in the day, for a not-too-heavy V6-powered front-wheel-drive sedan. Of course, the game changed over the years as the Maxima stagnated for several years and then simply became a higher-trim version of the Altima, while shamelessly still coming with “4DSC” badges as standard. But the new one for 2016 already captured a lot of attention when it first popped up in photos several months ago. Is it finally more Maxima and less Maximbady?

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2016 Nissan Maxima revealed in U.S. TV ad

2016 Nissan Maxima revealed in U.S. TV ad

The Superbowl is to Americans what football is to us. Except that they call their game football as well. While their handsy game of armoured rugby has nothing to do with feet, the Superbowl is a massively popular TV event there, and as such, big companies pay millions to advertise during the game, going as far as making custom commercials for those ad-break slots. Nissan was one of the advertisers this year, and they gave the public a glimpse of the all-new 2016 Nissan Maxima in their TV spot. And later, then they released some images after the event.

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2012 Nissan Maxima mid-life facelift

2012 Nissan Maxima mid-life facelift


The Nissan Maxima for 2012 gets a mid-life facelift with no price increase in the US at least. The exterior touch-ups is in the form of a new front grille design, new rear combination lights, two new exterior colours (Java Metallic and Dark Slate) and new 18-inch and 19-inch aluminium-alloy wheels.

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So we got a 2010 Nissan Maxima

So we got a 2010 Nissan Maxima


We’d been asking for the 2010 Nissan Maxima since October last year. For reasons unknown, our five requests were not taken seriously, while crappy magazines were getting to keep GT-Rs for months at a time. But finally someone took notice and let us have a Maxima for three measly days. I can’t say I was too enthusiastic about test-driving a rebodied Altima, but our readers had been clamouring for a real review of this car, and I’m now happy to oblige.

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2009-2010 Nissan Altima and Maxima recall

2009-2010 Nissan Altima and Maxima recall


Nissan’s American division is recalling certain 2009 and 2010 Altima and Maxima cars due to a mechanical defect. The upper front “strut insulators” in 26,000 cars may have been manufactured out of specification, resulting in a potential for the suspension’s “strut insulator” to crack.

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