Test drive Nissan Maxima 2000 - 2004 sedan

Available business class

Nissan Maxima from the point of view of a flue manager
 
The main habitat of the Nissan Maxima in Moscow is parking near office centers. And often those where state organizations live. For them, this car is attractive in many ways - an affordable price, representative appearance, Japanese reliability, moderate accounts from the service. In addition, the machine is beneficial not only in terms of savings. We can say - this is a multi -purpose vehicle: both the management or top management of the company is not shameful to come to the business lunch, and for meeting guests at the airport just right. In general, a find for a flue manager.
 
Two years in stock
 
Not to say that Nissan Maxima is striking in its style - this is just a worthy representative of the Japanese school of design at the age of four. Moreover, according to representatives of the company, there will be no replacement of this model on the Russian market for at least two years. However, Maxima looks quite decent in the capital's traffic flow. Almost a five -meter machine protrudes on equal terms with its main competitors, and this is primarily Toyota Camry. And if tone the glass and buy the number more replaced
 
There is no much point in describing the exterior - the car became became awesome on the roads, but the salon is worthy of a separate story. It is very roomy, already in the basic version is finished with skin (do not believe in some dealers who, unknowing the claim that this is artificial material) and inserts that imitate a nut veneer. It looks rather respectable. By the convenience of landing, no complaints can have any complaints or the rear passengers who are provided with very large scope in the knees and elbows. Unless the front passenger (or, possibly, a guard), if he is high, will complain about the low edge of the panel. However, the bodygard has such a job that he is contraindicated to sit relaxedly.
 
It is natural for such a large business class car that seats, mirrors, hatches in the roof have electric drives. Plus, there is a good radio, an on-board computer (a flue manager can calculate the cost of a car with an accuracy of a penny on it, since it gives a huge amount of information about runs, time, fuel consumption, etc.). Maxima also has a couple of important advantages from the point of view of passenger transportation - opening almost 90 degrees with the rear doors and a luggage of 520 liters.
 
From the point of view of running qualities, the car will not cause the driver trouble. He will be able to reliably and comfortly take passengers from point A to point B. The only thing that can be advised to future owners of Maxima in order to achieve an even higher level of comfort (if the car uses the leadership or it is intended for meetings and wires of important guests) is to spend about $ 800 The vibration and noise insulation of the trunk and wheeled arches, as well as from $ 380 to $ 760 per parking system, which is not included in the basic package of the car, but there will definitely not be superfluous.
 
It really pleases the 200-horsepower V6 with a volume of 3.0 liters-it is able to provide a large sedan with explosive acceleration from almost any speed. The motor is aggregated with an automatic gearbox that does not suffer from thoughtfulness, and also has sports and winter modes. The first makes the engine honestly spin up to 7000 rpm and changes the speed in sporting one. The second is to move off in third gear, avoiding slippers. Everything happens as smoothly as only long -distance trains leaving the perce of the next station can do this.
 
Sober calculation
 
The car suspension is very unpretentious. In front, MacPherson racks are installed, behind - a beam. Perhaps not the most progressive solution, but a very reliable and, most importantly, inexpensive repair. If it was about money that will have to be spent on Nissan, then at first it makes sense to talk about the price of the car. The basic version with a two -liter V6 with a capacity of 140 forces and a mechanical gearbox will cost less than $ 28,900. The same modification, but in a rich configuration with skin and electric drives, will require an additional $ 2000. An optional machine is the same. For the Maxima 3.0 who visited our test, they ask $ 38,495. As they told us in the Nissan Motor RUS trading house, wholesale customers are given discounts. Which ones - this issue is solved in each case separately. However, the company's plans for the near future include the withdrawal of competitive corporate sales and maintenance schemes to the market.
 
Since we mentioned the main competitor - Toyota Camry, it makes sense to continue comparing with this particular model. So, Camry in a similar configuration and with a three -liter V6 with a capacity of 186 forces will cost at least $ 39,400.
 
As for the cost of ownership of Nissan, it is also lower. Based on the average annual mileage of a corporate car of 50,000 km, then Maxima will be cheaper than Camry by $ 706. This figure turned out to be due to the more rare ones (every 15,000 km versus 10,000 km) and the attractiveness of their value. For example, a triple visit to the Nissan service during the first year will cost $ 654, and six races per hundred Toyota (the first at the line of 1000 km is free) - $ 1360. By the way, the price of the Normal Council is very noticeable: $ 30-55 for Nissan against the widespread $ 50 - for Toyota.
 
Sergey Ilyinsky
 
 

A source: Newspaper "Automobile Izvestia" [No. 7 (53), 2004]