What is an automaker to do when customers left their midsize sedans in hot pursuit of pick-ups and crossovers? The ones that are clever react with pickup trucks and resistless crossovers. Without turning a cold shoulder to products the exceptional ones do the same they have nurtured for decades.

Nissan's Maxima that are new. While other manufacturers drop V6s to put in a hybrid vehicle powertrain or an all-wheel-drive alternative inside their family sedans, Nissan is sticking to its Maxima firearms with what it once again is touting as "the four door sports car."

Despite the gearless transmission, there is a lot of pleasure and four door utility accessible here for between . and $40,000 $30,000

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The essential bundle is a touch more (by 2.2 inches) and lower (by 1.3) but no broader. Thanks to more aluminum and high-strength steel, curb weight is an 82 pounds more slender and torsional rigidity that is maintained is 25 percent greater.

Most of the components consisting of Nissan's venerable VQ35 3.5-liter V6 are new, upping power a touch (to 300 horsepower at 6400 rpm, a 10-hp increase), without altering the torque peak of 261 lb-feet at 4400 rpm. Revisions contain sodium-filled exhaust valves, intake valves that are reshaped, a better intake manifold, as well as an oil pan that is stiffer. One notable omission is a move Nissan is conserving that rewarding technology for its more turbocharged engines that are destitute. Engineers expected EPA highway mileage would scale by 4 mpg to the enviable 30-mpg amount, as well as the EPA has truly certified the Maxima for 22 mpg city and 30 highway.

Happily, there has additionally been a full frontal assault to lessen the negative features of the Xtronic CVT automatic provided by Jatco of the Maxima. (Initially Japanese Automatic Transmission Company, it's three quarters owned by Nissan, with Mitsubishi and Suzuki each having small positions.)

A 17-percent rise in the spread between maximum ratios and the lowest is the primary driver. Additionally, the lubricating fluid of the CVT is a viscosity that is thinner, there is a hydraulic pump that is smaller, as well as the drive belt is a brand new higher-efficiency layout.

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2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum