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By JIM MEACHEN & TED BIEDERMAN MyCarData The 2009 Maxima may be the most stylish family sedan that Nissan designers have ever penned. Sitting on a front porch swing and sipping a cold lemonade on a hot late spring weekend afternoon gave us the opportunity to study at great length the Maxima, parked in profile at the curb. As we enjoyed the cool sweet bitterness of homemade lemonade, we drank in the Maxima’s beauty. The sedan flows artfully from front to back, curvaceous in a modernly mature way with muscular fender flares, sharp, flowing, character lines, and with rear haunches that rise ever so slightly. The stylized headlights and the wrap around taillights set off the look.The boat-tail rear, we decided, nicely fits the overall design. We studied—and studied—and decided the proportions of the nearly full-sized sedan—it measures 190 inches —were close to perfect. The interior is also stylishly done with the now familiar Nissan/Infiniti look that is as functional as it is handsome.

And the Maxima did not let us down in its performance, ride, or handling characteristics measured during nearly 300 miles behind the wheel. The Maxima is a very nice rendition of a spacious entry- level luxury family sedan. But wait, didn’t we hear Nissan officials proclaim that the new Maxima is the reincarnation of the “four-door sports sedan,” the label so famously applied to the second-generation Maxima in 1990. In fact, the vehicle’s window sticker calls it “The 4-Door Sports Car.” They have even gone so far as to trademark that signature description. We however, disagree with this self-proclaimed categorization. Frankly, we didn’t see much sports sedan in the Maxima even as we were won over by its “sporty” good looks and how well it works as an energetic, comfortable, and fun-to-drive vehicle. Certainly it handled our favorite twisty rural stretch of asphalt just fine. But when we think of sports sedans as we near the second decade of the 21st Century we think of rear-drive stalwarts such as the BMW 3- Series, the Cadillac CTS, and the Maxima’s cousin, the Infiniti G37. [Download] Source: epoch-archive.com