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I know this might be blasphemous, but has anyone seen or driven the '04 Maxima?

I saw one the other day at the Nissan on Springvale Road in Glen Waverley and it looks like a lot of value for its $40,000 (plus ORC) base model ST-L asking price.

- 3.5 litre 170kW engine (same as the 350Z)

- 17 inch alloy wheels

- Dual zone passenger / driver climate control

- 4 airbags

- Power Everything

Definitely Looks good to me and not too bad looking either, although i'm not too crash hot on the rear (i'm more of a titties man myself!! hahahaha)

:headspin:

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Seen 'em, don't really like 'em. Similar to the V35 Skyline. Front is ok, not sure what's going on at the back.... but u are definitely right. They come packed to the brim with stuff and i think for the price they are asking, they would be a really good buy. Being a Nissan, i'm sure you would have no problems or very little, and if u're looking at getting one, from what i've seen and read sounds like a great package.

cheers.

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I've always liked the Maxima. For a V6 it's just something different to a two bit commodore, falcon or magna (it was either a max or a liberty anyway). It packs a fair punch so is a definite sleeper.. in fact it was marketed in the states as `a wolf in sheeps clothing'.

In Asia it is sold as The Cefiro / Teana and in the U.S. as the `Infiniti / Maxima' both regions enjoying mass credibility. I blame Nissan marketing (or lack thereof) for it's `old peoples' street credibility (well, that at the 90% of old people that actually make up the purchasing demographic) =P

Just found out that the '04 don't come it manual -- what's up with that!

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As far as a mid-range Japanese luxo tourer goes - I like it. Compare to Subaru Libery (nice), Mazda 6 (I like them too) and probably Avalon (why, oh why, not a Chaser) - perhaps Vectra also.

Called Teana in Japan (our older Maximas were Cefiros). Has an AWD option (not here, yet).

Our good buddies at Autech bling it up a little - kinda P. Diddy white suit style.

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Even Nissan have a crack at it:

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james - i actually saw an early Maxima that had authentic "Cefiro" badging on it, it was really quite cool. Not sure quite how it got past the whole "if sold here can't import it" but i saw it :cheers: If i had a camera i would have taken a photo.

I think its a good price - i can see why nissan wouldn't bother bringing out the V35 Skyline. What would it offer that the maxima doesn't? Its got the same engine and similar luxury features. And it would have to sell for $60-$70k here probably.

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I think nissan is really starting the evolution in cars that we all want to see

I look forward to nissans/mazda etc new range taking over a large chunk of holden and fords domination on the austalian market once people see how good these cars are compared to the locals..

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I think its a good price - i can see why nissan wouldn't bother bringing out the V35 Skyline. What would it offer that the maxima doesn't? Its got the same engine and similar luxury features. And it would have to sell for $60-$70k here probably.

Isn't the Maxima FWD? That's one reason for the V35. Also, the V35 looks nicer compared to the Maxima imo. They really need to scrap the Maxima and replace it with a low spec Skyline (for cost reasons),

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james - i actually saw an early Maxima that had authentic "Cefiro" badging on it, it was really quite cool. Not sure quite how it got past the whole "if sold here can't import it" but i saw it :D If i had a camera i would have taken a photo. 

I think its a good price - i can see why nissan wouldn't bother bringing out the V35 Skyline. What would it offer that the maxima doesn't? Its got the same engine and similar luxury features. And it would have to sell for $60-$70k here probably.

Hey I saw one of those too, over the weekend (at the BMT group dyno day in Melbourne). Turbo charged with a nice exhaust.. took a couple of photos also. I was wondering if anyone from this board owned it actually.

I think it may have bypassed that `can't import coz sold here law' because the Cefiro came with heaps of varying models... FWD, AWD, RWD, 2.0L, 3.0L, turbo, N/A.. etc.. *shrugs*

Pushead: I just saw a Canadian website quote the '04 Max at doing 0-100km/h in 6 seconds (http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/previe...artid=5939&pg=4) but in all honesty I think it is more realistically in the low 7's... Our DETUNED and auto only (not happy jan!) version comes in at about 8.5.

Knore: I hear you bruda..apparently in New Zealand there was an add running for the Maxima marketing it as the answer to the Ford vs. Holden war. Heh

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Our DETUNED and auto only (not happy jan!) version comes in at about 8.5.

Knore: I hear you bruda..apparently in New Zealand there was an add running for the Maxima marketing it as the answer to the Ford vs. Holden war. Heh

The Teana in Japan is only available in AT or CVT transmissions anyway...

Also, the Teana is actually slightly bigger than the V35 Skyline, so if I'm not mistaken, that could be one of the reasons why Nissan chose the Teana/Maxima over the Skyline... oh, that, and Holden has a secret deal in place preventing any decent RWD Japanese cars to be sold against the Commodore...

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