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Originally Posted by fflint_18
the reason I bought a Max was I wanted a 4 Door that could hold the family with a MT.
Now the new Max doesn't have one and I think neither does the Altima (Though I'm not 100% sure).
Only thing left is the $35K Infiniti G.
It's kind of funny that they don't have a CVT. 7 Speed Auto or 6 Speed MT. 320 Horses.
Maybe they were afraid of a CVT in something with that many ponies.
Makes you wonder.
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Do not wonder.
For those still enamoured with less-efficient manual trannies, the Altima is available with one. And the reason the $35K Infiniti G doesn't have a CVT is not because of the horses; it is because CVTs are primarily for FWD vehicles (although JATCO has developed one for RWD vehicles), and the G is RWD.
Nothing involved with this should 'make anyone wonder.' The only thing I wonder is how the CVT improved so much between the '08 and '09 Maximas. The '09 CVT is so tight and right. And this improved '09 CVT gets 26 MPG with a 290 HP engine, where the '08 CVT got 25 MPG with a 255 HP engine.
For those who may have forgotten, federal guidelines changed at the end of the 2007 model year, and the '04 thru '08 Maximas were all re-rated at 255 HP and 25 MPG hwy at that time.
Had this '09 CVT been available sixty years ago (when I began driving), I would never have endured sixty years of frustration and disappointment with all those inefficient notchy manuals and even less efficient slushy auto trannies.