Torque steer may never go away in FWD. I've driven it and it's no worse than most other cars with FWD unless you just floor it from a stand still.

I rate the Maxima above the typical Accord/Camry/Avalon in both design and performance. But none of them touch it as far as appeal (in my book).

 

Yup. Not even close.

November sales: 4,995 Maxima 1,751 Genesis
YTD sales: 47,931 Maxima 19,535 Genesis

 

If the Maxima was RWD it would kill the G37 sedan. I think it looks nicer. The almost 300 hp and fwd makes me see images of toque steer on corner exit from stand still. I am sure like Lexus and Acura they have designed a means to reduce the torque steer

 

IMHO

For a Nissan that is made/built in America, this Maxima works. That and the Altima are IMHO the two best Nissan vehicles coming from a factory in America. Indeed, these are force to reckoned with.

Unfortunately, those cars are not sold in my country officially so it's kinda sad. With that in mind, since we don't have Altima or Maxima here (officially), we just make do with this:

The J32





















Oh and if you don't like beige and/or wood, there is always piano black + carbon + black seats (or something like that).



Though unfortunately, this interior trim option is for Australia and New Zealand ONLY (as of the current time). For selection and intent order, you have to make a request to Nissan Japan in order to have this on the car you ordered.

 

The Maxima is definitely impressive, but I like the Teana better. The new Maxima and Fuga (Infiniti M) are too curvy on the side profile.

 

Blackraven, they sell the latest Teana in the Philippines already? Last I heard it was still the previous generation Teana. NMPI is terribly awful in releasing Nissan's latest products...its no wonder Nissan is weak in the country.

 

Both vehicles plus the Altima and a few other Nissan vehicles are nice.

With that said, I think they dropped the "Cefiro" name over there so I guess all J32 that are sold in Hong Kong and Macau use the "TEANA" nameplate. It's only in Australia and New Zealand where the car is given the Maxima name.

A bit of FYI there



NMPI has three units for testing and evaluation purposes (arrived from Japan since April 2009). They're all in the Santa Rosa Laguna facility.

Unfortunately, there is no word as to when the car will actually launch (I'm presuming they're getting ride of existing stock of the J31 I suppose). Nevertheless, I do hope they launch it ASAP.

I say that cause if I were to choose between

This


or

J32


I'd definitely choose the J32 hands-down. For the Honda, only J35 i-VTEC engine (with VCM cylinder deactivation system) is the only thing worth mentioning in that car. Everything else (especially exterior design) is not too my liking.

So yeah, the J32 gets my vote more.

P.S.
They mention that NMPI will import the New Murano next year but unfortunately, they are having trouble securing orders as priority is given to American, Middle East, Russian, European and Australian markets. For us in the Philippines, we have to wait for a while.

 

[QUOTE=Blackraven;5081609]IMHO

For a Nissan that is made/built in America, this Maxima works. That and the Altima are IMHO the two best Nissan vehicles coming from a factory in America. Indeed, these are force to reckoned with.

Unfortunately, those cars are not sold in my country officially so it's kinda sad. With that in mind, since we don't have Altima or Maxima here (officially), we just make do with this:

The J32

 

sicklex, can you edit your post so as not to requote all those pics?