View Poll Results: Which one?
New Maxima
10
41.67%
New TL
10
41.67%
Other vehicle (explain)
4
16.67%
A new Raccoon
0
0%
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2009 Maxima VS. 2009 TL
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My 09 Maxima is a blast to drive, I'd be willing to bet most don't even know what the CVT actual is, it drivers every bit like any smooth powerful crip shifting transmission, this transmission is simply something you can't read about and form an opinion, you can't experience a restaurant, or nightclub by reading about it, you have to go out and do it, otherwise your missing a lot.
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My point it the TL interior is too much like an Accord which is doing it wrong. Maxima is very much like an Infiniti, doing it right.
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April, 2009 Motor Trend.
"The cockpit is superb," says editor at large Arthur St. Antoine, "light years better than the old car's, and one of the best in the class."
A fan of the interior? Yes. A fan of the car as a whole? Not really. "For cruising around town, the Maxima works well enough. But after a while the CVT and its peculiar, non-sporty behavior get tiresome. In my opinion, it wrecks this car. And the front-drive layout finishes the job. If Nissan's intent really was to build a 'four-door sports car,' the choice of FWD seems absurd. Why would you ever buy this car over an Infiniti G37?" On Web producer Melissa Speiring's baby seat test: "I had to have Kirill's strength to help me attach the two lower latches to the rear seat. The hooks are located deep in the cushions, and the straps of the baby seat barely reached them."
"The cockpit is superb," says editor at large Arthur St. Antoine, "light years better than the old car's, and one of the best in the class."
A fan of the interior? Yes. A fan of the car as a whole? Not really. "For cruising around town, the Maxima works well enough. But after a while the CVT and its peculiar, non-sporty behavior get tiresome. In my opinion, it wrecks this car. And the front-drive layout finishes the job. If Nissan's intent really was to build a 'four-door sports car,' the choice of FWD seems absurd. Why would you ever buy this car over an Infiniti G37?" On Web producer Melissa Speiring's baby seat test: "I had to have Kirill's strength to help me attach the two lower latches to the rear seat. The hooks are located deep in the cushions, and the straps of the baby seat barely reached them."
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I like the interior of the TL more than the maxima, but prefer the look of the maxima more. So if I were to choose between these two I would be in a bind here 
But if I were you I would look into the G. I prefer that over both for the same money.
But if I were you I would look into the G. I prefer that over both for the same money.
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April, 2009 Motor Trend.
But after a while the CVT and its peculiar, non-sporty behavior get tiresome. In my opinion, it wrecks this car. And the front-drive layout finishes the job. If Nissan's intent really was to build a 'four-door sports car,' the choice of FWD seems absurd. Why would you ever buy this car over an Infiniti G37?"
But after a while the CVT and its peculiar, non-sporty behavior get tiresome. In my opinion, it wrecks this car. And the front-drive layout finishes the job. If Nissan's intent really was to build a 'four-door sports car,' the choice of FWD seems absurd. Why would you ever buy this car over an Infiniti G37?"
Others, though, including some of us here at CL, don't necessarily agree with it. Auto mags often test on a track, where the cars are wrung out to their limits. Most of us here, in this forum, drive on public streets. I have driven and reviewed both the G37 and some new Nissan FWD CVT models, and, during the reviews, pushed them moderately hard, but not to track limits. All have been nice cars for what most of us use them for. In fact, in my experience, Nissan's CVT, in manual mode, actually has quicker shifts than the conventional Sport-shift automatics. I do agree with the tester, however, that RWD gives slightly better handling and less understeer than FWD. But, for the money, I'd take Hyundai's new 3.8L Track Genesis coupe over either of them, despite its disappointing interior. The 3.8L Genesis coupe, amazingly, is the closest thing I've felt to a classic BMW this side of the blue-and-white propeller.
OK, fine. That's the MT tester's opinion. We respect it. Others, though, including some of us here at CL, don't necessarily agree with it. Auto mags often test on a track, where the cars are wrung out to their limits. Most of us here, in this forum, drive on public streets. I have driven and reviewed both the G37 and some new Nissan FWD CVT models, and, during the reviews, pushed them moderately hard, but not to track limits. All have been nice cars for what most of us use them for. In fact, in my experience, Nissan's CVT, in manual mode, actually has quicker shifts than the conventional Sport-shift automatics. I do agree with the tester, however, that RWD gives slightly better handling and less understeer than FWD. But, for the money, I'd take Hyundai's new 3.8L Track Genesis coupe over either of them, despite its disappointing interior. The 3.8L Genesis coupe, amazingly, is the closest thing I've felt to a classic BMW this side of the blue-and-white propeller.
Others, though, including some of us here at CL, don't necessarily agree with it. Auto mags often test on a track, where the cars are wrung out to their limits. Most of us here, in this forum, drive on public streets. I have driven and reviewed both the G37 and some new Nissan FWD CVT models, and, during the reviews, pushed them moderately hard, but not to track limits. All have been nice cars for what most of us use them for. In fact, in my experience, Nissan's CVT, in manual mode, actually has quicker shifts than the conventional Sport-shift automatics. I do agree with the tester, however, that RWD gives slightly better handling and less understeer than FWD. But, for the money, I'd take Hyundai's new 3.8L Track Genesis coupe over either of them, despite its disappointing interior. The 3.8L Genesis coupe, amazingly, is the closest thing I've felt to a classic BMW this side of the blue-and-white propeller.The only problem was scary amount of torque steer, which is found in all FWD cars with decent power.
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Depends on how the front driveshafts and suspension are designed. In general, equal-length front driveshafts tend to minimize torque steer, but that is sometimes difficult to do in a transverse-engine FWD car. Some high-powered FWD cars, like the Turbo MazdaSpeed3, also limit torque output in the lower gears, but not in the higher ones.
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OK, fine. That's the MT tester's opinion. We respect it. Others, though, including some of us here at CL, don't necessarily agree with it. Auto mags often test on a track, where the cars are wrung out to their limits. Most of us here, in this forum, drive on public streets. I have driven and reviewed both the G37 and some new Nissan FWD CVT models, and, during the reviews, pushed them moderately hard, but not to track limits. All have been nice cars for what most of us use them for. In fact, in my experience, Nissan's CVT, in manual mode, actually has quicker shifts than the conventional Sport-shift automatics. I do agree with the tester, however, that RWD gives slightly better handling and less understeer than FWD. But, for the money, I'd take Hyundai's new 3.8L Track Genesis coupe over either of them, despite its disappointing interior. The 3.8L Genesis coupe, amazingly, is the closest thing I've felt to a classic BMW this side of the blue-and-white propeller.
Others, though, including some of us here at CL, don't necessarily agree with it. Auto mags often test on a track, where the cars are wrung out to their limits. Most of us here, in this forum, drive on public streets. I have driven and reviewed both the G37 and some new Nissan FWD CVT models, and, during the reviews, pushed them moderately hard, but not to track limits. All have been nice cars for what most of us use them for. In fact, in my experience, Nissan's CVT, in manual mode, actually has quicker shifts than the conventional Sport-shift automatics. I do agree with the tester, however, that RWD gives slightly better handling and less understeer than FWD. But, for the money, I'd take Hyundai's new 3.8L Track Genesis coupe over either of them, despite its disappointing interior. The 3.8L Genesis coupe, amazingly, is the closest thing I've felt to a classic BMW this side of the blue-and-white propeller.
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Nissan interior looks like luxury brand, that is fine
Acura interior looks like non luxury brand, that is not so fine
As for Lexus, their interiors look like nothing in a Toyota.
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Was this to me? G/Fs lease is up on the ALtima next spring....a bunch of factors of course determine what would be next. Maxima would be a great logical choice before she met me
. I do like it a lot though.
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I guess everyone look at things differently. I see no resemblance of the TL interior to the Accord at all. I like the TL interior more than my RX350 interior.
To me the interior of the TL is much nicer vs the Maxima/G37 interior, but I guess that just me.
To me the interior of the TL is much nicer vs the Maxima/G37 interior, but I guess that just me.