how is new Maxima's VQ engine ??

Cyber370

As a happy owner of a 2017 Maxima, I can attest to the following:

1- the VQ35DE engine is one of the best sounding and smoothest V6’s I’ve ever experienced. It was the number one reason I chose a Maxima over any other sedan. Having test driven quite a few, I found the Maxima had the most powerful and responsive engine without direct injection (which I did not want).

2- The new generation Nissan CVT is absolutely perfect. Forget everything you know about CVT’s. This one is extremely responsive and will simulate 9 speeds in sport mode. It will almost redline at every shift if driven aggressively. The car does go 0-60 in about 5.8 seconds. That is better than most sedans in its class. So no, the CVT does not hold the engine back at all.

So far, this car has turned out to be the best DD I’ve ever owned.

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csnow

this pos is front wheel drive still right? Couple lolz

Cyber370

Yes my «*POS*» is FWD. I would’ve definitely preferred that it wasn’t but hey, I can live with it especially in my local climate.

What «*POS*» do you drive (asking nicely of course)?


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csnow

I’m really jaded about maxima’s. Broke 3rd gear 3 times before I lost my cool with it on my 97 5speed back in high school. I wasted a bunch of money on that thing but it was fun. Had stillen light weight flywheel, stillen short throw shifter, act clutch, unorthodox light weight under driven crank pulley, place racing cold air intake, stillen front strut tower bar, stillen rear anti away bar, brembo brakes and a bunch of other crap I can’t even remember. That was 20 years ago, time flys. After that I’ve never owned a front wheel drive car. Rear or awd is it now.

Currently driving a 17 grand Cherokee limited. Wish I could have kept the z but I came down on drill sergeant orders. Wasn’t about to off road the z and needed something I could sleep in comfortably.

UNKNOWN_370

I mean... you say some things from the enthusiast standpoint, it's a deterrent from making a Maxima a daily. Some people want an extension of a sports car in their family car. CVT almost hitting redline? Lol

From my experience, that 9 speed simulation is a lil less mushy than the old maxima/Altima transmission, but still feels very much simulated. Nissan really thought by using active sound cancellation to aid in simulating gear shifts, would help people believe it's better. But when your passion is cars. You hear all the fake shyt being pumped easily.

I'm not saying the Maxima is a bad overall car. I'm saying that CVT IS a horrible sacrifice for the enthusiast. Very hard to live with past a couple months.

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