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2016 Nissan Maxima Nismo?

PranK

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Cowboy1600 Grand Master

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Please not CVT...please not CVT...please not CVT...

I love the CVT in my Pulsar. I'd love a manual also, but I'm in traffic 99% of the time so I went CVT. It's good fun. I can play Mr Manual when I want a play or whack it into D when I don't.

Driving the Stag to work today solidified my decision to go the CVT.

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Cowboy1600 Grand Master

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Yep, for a runaround/daily, CVT would be the go... if they're reliable (which they should be by now).

I've been giving my a hiding and 25,000ks in so far so good. I've already gone through a set of rubber.

It's the perfect gearbox for a daily. Super smooth and the manual mode allows it to act like a sequential box and have a bit of fun when I'm not stuck in traffic. It gets along quite well, too.

For a weekender/track car, no thanks, give me a Manuel. But lets face it, 99.999999999999999999999999999% of Altimas, Maximas, Pulsars, Jukes etc that Nissan ever sell, regardless of badge, will only every be daily drivers. Mine's a SSS and will never see track time.

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Oh I'm not denying CVTs have their place, I just don't think they do the Nismo image any good. Other factory performance brands (e.g. Mugen) have lost their desirability by being watered down to little more than a trim level, I'd hate to see Nismo go that way too, it's already on shaky ground with the latest offerings.

IMO it should remain up there with the likes of AMG/Audi RS/BMW M, where the car remains a cut above the model on which it's based.

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Correct me if i am wrong. The tweaked Nismo version wouldnt come with cvt because of the cvts limit with torque. As far as i am aware the cvt which holds record for highest torque output is the JR006E which was on the skyline v35 gt-8. I dont believe the brains at Nismo would even concider cvt. I do like the look of the car though. Maybe a 6 speed M/t would be the go.

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PranK Grand Master

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Correct me if i am wrong. The tweaked Nismo version wouldnt come with cvt because of the cvts limit with torque. As far as i am aware the cvt which holds record for highest torque output is the JR006E which was on the skyline v35 gt-8. I dont believe the brains at Nismo would even concider cvt. I do like the look of the car though. Maybe a 6 speed M/t would be the go.

That makes sense.

Cowboy1600 Grand Master

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Oh I'm not denying CVTs have their place, I just don't think they do the Nismo image any good. Other factory performance brands (e.g. Mugen) have lost their desirability by being watered down to little more than a trim level, I'd hate to see Nismo go that way too, it's already on shaky ground with the latest offerings.

IMO it should remain up there with the likes of AMG/Audi RS/BMW M, where the car remains a cut above the model on which it's based.

I think you're giving NISMO a bit too much credit. They are in the business of selling cars, not appeasing the truebloods. If it comes to fruition and is sold in both CVT and manual, they'll sell 25 CVTs for every manual they sell. If it's manual only, the people who would have preferred a CVT will shop elsewhere. CVTs have their place in cars the people actually buy.

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