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Old 12-01-2008, 06:49 AM   #1
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4th gens in North america = built in Japan
Are all the 4th gens in north america imports from japanese?
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im pretty sure yes. It wasnt until halfway through the 5th gens they were made in the US IIRC
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Not until the 6th gen(2004) was the maxima assembled in the us.
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Old 12-01-2008, 09:16 AM   #4
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The VIN decoder link tells which plant in Japan your 4th gen was assembled in.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure 4th gens are the last Japanese built Maximas. Don't we all feel special......?
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Old 12-01-2008, 12:10 PM   #6
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Whoa, wait, what? I thought the fact that the A in "A32/A33/A34" designated American-built, and the "J" in "J30" designated Japan-built? Or am I way off?
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Old 12-01-2008, 12:19 PM   #9
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Mine's a '99.5 SE L.

It was built in MAR 1999 in Japan, or so says the door jamb sticker.
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I could have swore the 5th gens were made in america
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I could have swore the 5th gens were made in america
The 3rd gen Altima (2002-2005?) was the first nissan to be assembled in the us..
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Old 12-01-2008, 01:29 PM   #13
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Once and for all, here's the breakdown:

First assembled in USA- Model year

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All 5th gens were built in Japan
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1 thing for sure, all i30's were made in japan. yaaay we are soo jdm tyte yo. lol
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Whoa, wait, what? I thought the fact that the A in "A32/A33/A34" designated American-built, and the "J" in "J30" designated Japan-built? Or am I way off?
way off. those letters have nothing to do with where they were made.
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Whoa, wait, what? I thought the fact that the A in "A32/A33/A34" designated American-built, and the "J" in "J30" designated Japan-built? Or am I way off?
Those are our chassis code, A32b is maxima for sure.

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the "J" in "J30" designated Japan-built?
So you are saying I30 were made in India, the M35 were made in Mexico, Q45 were made in Quebec, and G-series were made in Georgia?
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Old 12-01-2008, 02:52 PM   #18
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on any car sold in the US the first of the VIN tells where it was built.
1= USA
2= Canada
4=mexico (I think)
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maximas until the 6th gens were built in japan so we are not special
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So you are saying I30 were made in India, the M35 were made in Mexico, Q45 were made in Quebec, and G-series were made in Georgia?
No, the G-series was obviously made in Germany.
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Those are our chassis code, A32b is maxima for sure.



So you are saying I30 were made in India, the M35 were made in Mexico, Q45 were made in Quebec, and G-series were made in Georgia?
Haha I think he was referring to the J30 as the 3rd gen (chassis code J30) not the Infiniti J30
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on any car sold in the US the first of the VIN tells where it was built.
1= USA
2= Canada
4=mexico (I think)
J=Japan
so whats the N?
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so whats the N?
I thought it was common knowledge around here that the N stood for NAWZ.

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Old 12-02-2008, 10:36 PM   #25
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so they are imports.
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i thought my max was previously owned by a ninja..
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i knew 4th gens were made in japan the ones that got sent here they made as front wheel drive but some of the ones the kept there they made then rear wheel. I WANT ONE! ive been dying to get a good car to drift in with rear wheel drive and had something to do with a max. haha i even thought of converting mine to rear wheel haha i dont think ill be doing that i like my max as is at the moment. although it would be good to have one of the rear wheel models
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