Nissan will unveil tomorrow at the New York Auto Show the 2009 Maxima, a new facelift of the sedan first launched in in 1976.
The 2009 Maxima will be powered by a V6 engine, and also a diesel version is rumored to come at a later date.
More details will follow tomorrow after the unveiling in New York.
Nissan does not have big plans for the Detroit Auto Show. It seems the company saves all the strengths for the New York Auto Show, where they will unveil a completely redesigned 2009 Maxima, a Nissan spokesman confirmed on Thursday.
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Three of the six upscale sedans tested for the June issue of Consumer Reports, the
Infiniti G35,
Lexus ES350, and
Nissan Maxima, posted "Excellent" overall ratings. It’s rare for so many cars to be scored so highly in a monthly test group.
The top-scoring and sporty G35 now ranks as the best car tested by Consumer Reports in the Upscale Sedan category, outpointing the previously- tested Acura TL. The quiet and comfortable E350 came in very close behind the G35. The Maxima (.
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According to Automobile Mag. the 2009
Nissan Maxima will be "unlike anything we’ve ever done" as Nissan insiders said. A concept version will be unveiled next winter as part of
Nissan’s fiftieth anniversary celebration (which will also include the production GT-R and a new Z-car.)
It should be an aggressive,
Mercedes-Benz CLS-style car sharing some cues with Nissan’s other halo vehicles. The new Maxima will use the same VQ engine family found throughout the Nissan/Infiniti range, but to (.
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