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The 2016 Nissan Maxima has a new look, improved road manners and a dramatically reinvented style. Does the completely redesigned, 8th generation Maxima live up to Nissan’s marketing hype?
Stickered at $39,850 plus $825 delivery (a modest $1,350 walk-up from the SR model), the 2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum has all the luxury features you’d expect from a traditional luxury brand, from its quilted diamond patterned leather seats to the dual panel panoramic moonroof (a feature not offered on the SR). The Maxima is handsome inside and out, with a striking exterior that features a floating roof design-though that aspect of the look didn’t stand out as much in our dark brown test model.
2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum First Look
The Maxima is a good performer thanks to its stout 300-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT). And with normal and sport modes, the latter is useful in making the acceleration a little less languid in stop and go traffic. But the real virtue of the Maxima Platinum is its comfort. The seats are supportive with a heated/ventilated function, the front cabin spacious and there’s plenty of leather, soft touch surfaces and wood accents with a really subtle diamond pattern in the surface to mirror the sew pattern in the seats.
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