The Nissan Maxima cars are one of the best, top selling luxury cars in the world. The current generation Maxima car is offered in two trim options- S and the SV.
Nissan Maxima
Engine
The 2009 Nissan Maxima car is powered by a 3.5 liter V6 engine that can produce power up to 290 hp and it is mated to a standard CVT automatic transmission. With the powerful engine, the Maxima car can achieve fuel economy of 19 miles per gallon in the city premises, while it can achieve 26 miles per gallon on the highway roads.
Features
Some of the new features added in the latest Nissan Maxima car include iPod integration, navigation system with live traffic updates and LCD touch screen. On the negative side of the navigation system, it does not do text to speed on all the roads. The base price of the Maxima cars is $31,990. The competitor models to the luxury car include Ford Taurus and Acura TL. The cost of Acura TL is more, while the cost of Ford Taurus is less in comparison to the Nissan Maxima.
Some of the other lacking features in the 2009 Maxima car include cell phone contact list importing, automatic traffic diversion and text to speech in the navigation system.