The 2016 Nissan Maxima has been unveiled at the ongoing 2015 New York International Auto Show (2015 NYIAS). Nissan’s eight-generation “four-door sports car” will now be offered in five trim levels when it goes on sale in showrooms across the US at the start of the second quarter of this year.
Staying true to its sporting nature, the new Maxima features the latest iteration of the marque’s VQ engine – the 3.5 litre V6 pumps out a total of 300 hp and 353 Nm of torque. The mill is mated to Nissan’s Xtronic CVT, supposedly “performance-oriented” for this application. Fuel consumption is rated at 9.4 km/l and 12.8 km/l for both the city and highway cycles, respectively.
In terms of it aesthetics, the 2016 Nissan Maxima features a front end that’s bound to intimidate a few road users from time to time. The bold, V-Motion front fascia comprises of a stylised front grille which is flanked by “boomerang” LED daytime runnings lights – themselves embedded into the head light assembly.
Elsewhere, two-toned, twin five-spoke 18-inch wheels and a ‘floating roof’ design provides the 2016 Nissan Maxima some visual drama on the side. At the rear, large, angular tail lamps assemblies help add to the car’s visual width while twin exhaust outlets at each end round off the stylistic highlights.
A driver-focused interior layout comes courtesy of the angled centre stack while an eight-inch touchscreen interface featuring the marque’s NissanConnect SM with navigation is present. Connectivity features such as SiriusXM Satellite Radio, SiriusXM Travel Link and Online Search with Google are included. Within the instrument cluster sits a seven-inch Advanced Drive Assist Display interface that is apart of the aforementioned NissanConnect platform.
As for safety kit count, the 2016 Nissan Maxima offers, depending on trim level selected, Predictive Forward Collision Warning, Intelligent Cruise Control, Forward Emergency Braking, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, Blind Spot Warning and Driver Attention Alert. The latter adapts to the initial steering inputs of the driver and issues an alert when it detects a disruption in the established driving style.
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looks like angry bird.
I wish Nissan Teana will look like that. Aesthetically if Mazda can do it, why not the other jap brands…
teana is maxima
same model different name for different market
Teana= Altima, not Maxima
No, please, because it’s ugly
This looks N time better than the almighty CAMRY with full of resales value in the car body
Looks nicer without the stupid chrome piece under the logo.
wow that cockpit…this is how drivers car looks like..
makes any bmw interior looks dated..
we need this in Msia..we dont need Teana..it will kill accord mazda6 and dont mention camry.
This 3.5l V6 in different class
Compare apple to apple
Not difficult to do. Swap tht 3.5l engine with a 1.6l turbo from the pulsar and it will suit the malaysia market.
AUDI AUDI AUDI AUDI
AUDI STEERING WHEEL
AUDI GRILLE
LAZY NISSAN ENGINEERS
audi…all car same design…lagi lazy
You complained because you cannot afford!
So Audi already trademark the hexagon front grill and other car cannot use it? And the one who design the car is designer not engineer.
gorgeous! i like the interior
While the rear-end , the floating roof and the sculptured side profile look quite fantastic, the front-end face is not exactly pretty. It could have been better if the black-coloured portion of the front bumper (why is it some manufacturers are so fond of this type of styling?? It’s just damn ugly) matched the body colour.Shame..
Some Myvi styling cues detected at front end.
Or is it just me?
The V-motion grill is ok for SUVs and pickup trucks.. but it seems out of place in an executive sedan like this.
Definitely won’t be popular in Malaysia due to the 3.6L engine, but if they can shoehorn a 2-liter turbocharged engine to keep prices and road tax at a reasonable level, it would probably appeal to a lot of people
myvi facelift front grill? haha..
What a waste! Nissan should have thrown in their DCT from the GT-R or something. They have Renault too, which has a couple of DCT equipped models. Heck, even a normal auto would have been fantastic.
The CVT doesn’t do the VQ series justice. I had a VQ20DE equipped car in the past, oh god the sound was glorious. Both inside and outside the car, it had that magical growl, so magical it gives leprechauns a run for the money.
Today’s turbocharged cars lose the magical sound, yeah so some of the turbo cars like the VW’s EA888 in the GTi, paired with the DSG make some pretty cool farts, and Porsche’s 3.0 turbo V6 sounds pretty good and smooth too, but nothing beats the sound of a wailing NA engine.
They are saving the DCT and the GTR engine for the GTR sedan, hopefully. Hehe.
cant believe this comes from Nissan , looks awesome , can u imagine this and the Almera is the same brand !!!
Now thats a beautiful car. Even inside is gorgeous. Great work by Nissan.
Excellent design for Nissan, Muscular look and Elegance Interior.
The more I look at it…
The more I somewhat loathe it even more….
suppose to be the other way around….
Interior is not up to scratch against its nearest rival the toyota avalon….
This extrovert design wont age gracefully…..its aging right now…
Audi Maxima..
like the steering very much. Look solid!!!1
Personal preference, this look sexy to me…
Whats that silver moustache doing there?
Whats that mustache doing there?