Japanese automaker Nissan has made it a point to take their Maxima into a whole new level for this year’s edition, which is already the sixth generation for the Maxima. Its interior has been made more refined and a whole lot of features have been added to it, so that it could now be considered as one of the top large sedans in the automotive world.

Nissan Maxima is now much like Toyota’s Avalon, as it now offers a more comfortable spacious interior that’s present in the Avalon. But of course, it is still a little more different than the Avalon as there’s a few more strings attached to it. These strings are the sporty styling features and road handlings that can level up to that of other expensive sport coups.

Nissan’s flagship Maxima embodies a nearly-perfect combination of comfort, handling, and styling. This is because Maxima targets buyers who love driving, but would still want to have something of a practical family sedan. That’s where Nissan Maxima has its edge over the other large sedans. Its roominess is reflected in its capacity to seat five people and still have room for their luggage.

If the Nissan Maxima of before is greatly designed, then buyers would now be more amazed as Nissan has definitely put its effort into making it even more standout among its lot of large sedans. This effort is clearly reflected in both the Maxima and Altima. These two Nissan models may have shared chassis platforms before but now, the 2007 versions of each model have come out differently. This is because the two have been extremely redesigned and now Altima comes in a slightly smaller platform. Now, the Maxima has its own platform, and not just a plain upscale edition of the Altima.

The uplevel Nissan Maxima SL has a base price of $30,300 plus $605 freight. It comes with the standard facilities like leather seats, wood-tone interior trim, Nissan’s intelligent key system, an eight-way power driver’s and four-way passenger’ seat, a Bose premium audio system with six-disc CD changer and the “SkyView” glass roof.

If buyers would want a bit less than the Maxima SL, then Nissan has an entry-level Maxima SE that costs about $28,050. This model is still well-equipped just minus the leather seats, power passenger seats or the Bose stereo. But the other features are still present like the dual-zone automatic climate control, keyless entry/start system, and the glass roof.

Nissan Maxima’s specs are great as its maximum power output is 255 horsepower from its 3.5-liter V6 engine. It also produces 252 pound-feet. It is connected to the new Nissan Xtronic continuously variable automatic transmission. This new transmission replaces the conventional automatic on last year’s model.

Using the 2007 EPA formula, its fuel economy is quite decent seeing that it is a large sedan. The recorded fuel economy is 21 miles per gallon in the city and 28 miles per gallon on the highway.

Nissan Maxima’s audience is the much younger people but the age of its buyers fall under late 30s to early 50s.

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