>4 door sports car >cvt

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>>15269426
Nissans maxima and Altima will never be "sports cars" or sports sedans.

>>15269426
I'm pretty sure they stopped being called "4 door sports cars" by Nissan over a decade ago. I don't know why YouTube channels that review cars keep digging at it for failing as a "sports car", when it's not. If you look at the marketing for the Maxima, it's presented as a comfy, loaded sedan for the hard working middle class. Nothing more.

>>15269426
>4 door
>sports car

The new maxima is pretty dank for what it is, though.

The hell do you expect from Nissan
GTRs aside

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>2 door sports car
>Autotragic

>>15269606
>that guy who doesnt know how much better a 4 door chassis is

>>15269707
gm fangirl detected

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>>15269426
>sports car with more than 2/3 door

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>>15269725
>3 door """""sports""""" car

>>15269733
>generic search
>1/10 made me reply

>>15269426
>Maxima
>Sport car

Not even Nissan tries to sell it like this,

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>>15269561
No. It has "4DSC" emblazoned on the fucking lights.

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>the BMW of Japan™

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>>15269685
S16 when?

>>15269859
Very soon anon, nissan has a few more crossovers they want to start producing!

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this is a long shot but does anyone have that photoshop of the maxima that actually looked good?

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>>15269868
>be me year 2036
>new s16 Silvia announced
>sweeeet so excited
>tune in on my VR brain chip to the reveal show
>"WE HEARD THE FANS."
>"INTRODUCING THE NEW, LIMITED PRODUCTION, NISSAN SILVIA S16."
>"WE TOOK THE ORIGINAL YOU KNOW AND LOVE AND MODERNIZED IT WITH NISSAN'S ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY."
>Cvt, crossover, fwd 3 cylinder hybrid 5 door sports car
>"NATURALLY ASPIRATED JUST LIKE YOU ASKED. IT EVEN HAS A STEERING WHEEL AND PEDALS FOR MANUAL DRIVING. JUST LIKE THOSE OLD CLASSICS!"
>"A PURE DRIVER'S CAR FOR THE SELF DRIVING ERA."

>>15269707
assmad gm fangirl spotted

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>by-wire steering

What is nissan doing?

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>>15269707

>>15270098
Innovation that excites.

>>15270098

nothing wrong with drive by wire. it reduces mechanical parts that consequently reduces weight and vibration. it makes total sense for family cars.

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I've seen that car face somewhere before...

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>>15270028
>Inovation that Excites

>>15270312
>>15270068
>>15269723
>implying I drive American trash

>>15269859

Jesus fucking Christ this thing is hideous. It looks like it ate another car

>>15270509
its ok busrider, no need to get so triggered

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>>15270576
I think it's supposed to be a more modern looking s15. Besides, the other concepts look like trash

>>15269828
>implying thats a good thing

>>15269725
>~.67 door car

>>15270351
10/10 I keked out loud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3UpBKXMRto

>>15269426
>sports car
>fwd

>>15272618
woah how do you make those meme arrows

>>15270592
>implying there's public transport where I live

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>>15269723
>>15270068
>>15270312
i hate general motors but this meme has to stop.

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>>15270028

>>15272625
>[arrow]2011+5 the year of our lord[/arrow]
>not being dank AF bae

>>15269859
I like it...?

God its happening isn't it, I'm starting to cuck.

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>>15269544
>>15269561
>>15269802

>>15269426
>/o/
>discussing nissan/Chevy
No. The thread would be derailed in 10 posts

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>>15270028

>>15274125
>implying a third gen Maxima can seat 5 adult males comfortably

>>15274125
>anon says it hasn't been called a 4DSC for many years
>you respond with an old-ass poster in which the Maxims is called a 4 door sports car

K

>>15269561
Nope, Nissan still tries to market it as a "4 door sports car". They even have "4DSC" logos on components in the car.

>>15270402
It's not just drive by wire though. It's the first car with steer by wire. There's literally no feel AT ALL, which makes no sense for a "luxury sports" car.

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>>15274857
I live down the street from a Nissan dealer and occasionally troll theough their lot.
Pic related. You see this decal in the windows of brand new Maximas.

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>>15274857
>>15274897
and this is the shifter of the new 2016 cars. They don't just advertise it as a 3 door sports car. It's fucking branded onto the car as if it were a cow belonging to a ranch

>>15274906
>3 door sports car
*4 door sports car

>>15270098
Have a Q50 but with hiydrolic steering. Much better in every way. the electronic steering is an option that comes with certain packages.

>>15274897
Well considering the average intelligence of the average Murican, maybe s/he needs something like this pointed out to them.

Then again, maybe the stupid that's infested Murica has jumped the Pacific and is ravaging the holy land of Nippon.

>>15274873
Its an option on the infinities.

>>15274897
>>15274906
My bad, never saw any of this shit before.

Well, cvt and ff are hardly sporty so idunno what Nissan are thinking.

>>15274992
The Maxima has always been FF.
Despite that, from 1990 until 2003, the Maxima actually did lice up to the 4 door sports car advertising slogan, with the glory years being 1995-2003.
2004 was when it all went to shit.
In 2002, Nissan introduced the new Altima. The new Altima was cheaper than the Maxima, bigger inside, and offered the same 3.5L VQ35DE engine. The Maxima was supposed to be Nissan's flagship luxury/sport sedan. So 2004 was a rushjob new generation actually based on the new Altima. And the Maxima has been based on the Altima ever since. 1995-2003 Maxima's are the best ones and actually deserve the 4DSC moniker.
2004-2006 models weren't complete trash. There was a 6 speed manual on offer and the 5 speed automatic, while dull, was reliable and responsive.
In 2007 though, they killed both transmission options and the Maxima has been CVT only ever since.

>>15274897
>>15274906
>>15275018
Was reading this article http://www.motortrend.com/news/2016-nissan-maxima-sr-review-update-4/ and noticed this quote in the beginning:
>Now in its eighth-generation, Nissan is again marketing its midsize premium sedan as a four-door sports car.

I actually got a look at a gen 7 Maxima in a parking lot yesterday, I was specifically looking for the "4DSC" emblazoning on the tail lights or anywhere else on the car, but didn't find any. Did they *not* call it a 4DSC from gen 4 to gen 7 and are now reviving that jargon, or am I missing something?

>>15275099
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Maxima
>Eighth generation (A36; 2015–present)
>The Maxima was unveiled at the April New York Auto Show 2015. Sporting an athletic body redesign, it features Nissan's "Four-Door Sports Car" positioning, a return to a marketing term used on the Third Generation J30 series (1988-1992).
>a return
>return

>>15275086
>am I missing something here?
this sticker
>>15274897
is on gen 7 cars.

And ever since Nissan STARTED advertising the Maxima as a 4 door sports car, they haven't stopped.

Gens 4 through 7 may not have explicitly stated it but the idea damned sure is HEAVILY implied in the advertising.

Gen 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSnpSTgVfI

Gen 5 (2000-2001 3.0L):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJNhLbRWPK0

Gen 5.5 (2002-2003 3.5L):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW9On2Hq2cw

Gen 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f58BlmKzQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JG5eeBzaG0

Gen 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvYrIew0OcE

>>15275206
Those ads were fun. Anyways, thanks for the clarification

>>15269426
If it had a regular auto and 6 speed manual that thing would be really fast in the 3.5l

My buddy has an 03 maxima, completely beat to shit and just in general horrible $500 shitbox condition, oddly fast and had a fresh gear at 120..

>>15275475
>oddly fast
Maxima's have been known to be sleepers for years.

>>15269828
i guess you could say that since bimmers have the most problematic out of the 3 German makes

there's a ton of problems with the infiniti g35 involving things like position sensors, oil burning, the cd changer, window motors, crunchy manual transmissions, the gas guage and the list goes on and on

I'm gonna sell mine and get a lexus ls430...those things are reliable af and don't need too much maintenance for the caliber of car that it is

>4dsc

>>15274938
Yeah and I've driven the models without it. The steering is still numb as shit. The new ATS and IS have way better steering racks than the Q50. Even the 3 series, even though its numb, has more precise steering.