Nissan debuts all-new Maxima at NYIAS

I saw a new Murano the other day and it reminds me a lot of this thing in that there doesn't appear to be a single visually boring angle anywhere. It may not be your cup of tea but I applaud Nissan for not going the Subaru route. The new Legacy looks like an amalgam of every other midsize sedan.

Car & Driver

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In an age when you can get a stick shift in a Buick and Acuras offer all-wheel torque vectoring, Nissan’s four-door sports car comes with front-wheel drive and a continuously variable automatic transmission. The revised 3.5-liter V-6 churns out 300 horsepower (up 10) and the same 261 lb-ft of torque, while the Xtronic CVT gains a wider ratio spread, more aggressive fake shifts, and an rpm-hold function when the car senses hard cornering. Pretty tame stuff, although fuel economy improves, Nissan says, from 19 mpg city and 26 mpg highway to 22/30 mpg.

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