Build Your Own 09 Maxima NOW AVAILABLE

[DubbedQ45]

http://build.nissanusa.com/configura...A_Maxima.Build

[4themax]

Thanks for letting us know about the "build your own" link... at least now, we will know what the dealer stickers should read. I am feeling a little better about what we "should" be able to get the new max for in a couple of months! It will be my "4DSP" (4 door very sporty car)!

[Chad Valk]

Played around with it a little this morning and you get bounced a bit out of preplanned packages when you start adding a few options. I did not do the whole gamut of packages, but getting the sport version with a lot of the options seemed tricky. Of course, that could just be poor interface design on their part.

[IlyaK]

Originally Posted by IlyaK

I just priced one out. And I'm shocked to see that after packages, the car is $10k more. Just like f'in BMW and Mercedes.

The cost of the one I priced out was:

2009 Maxima 3.5SV Premium Package (includes HID's, bluetooth phone, heated front, AC in the back, etc. etc.) - $35,440
-- White on Black
-- Rear Spoiler - $370
-- Premium + Technology Package (Navigation and Music HDD) - $1,850
-- Carpeted Floor and Trunk Mats - $180
-- Trunk Sub-Floor Organizer and First Aid Kit - $150

Price of MSRP: $38,650

The f'in Maxima costs as much as the 08 G35x. I don't think I'm getting on now, I rather have the Infiniti G35x since it has 306hp.

This is GAY. I might even consider an 08 TL-S when the 09 comes out and dealers try to get rid of stock.

Another one of my posts in another thread.

[NismoMax80]

this sucks. you can't have the dual roof with the sport package.

[rkurlander]

I attempted to negotiate off of MSRP and dealer refused saying "buyers are willing to pay a premium for this car". Bye-Bye Maxima, at least from this dealership.

[gopack504]

My premium 3.5SV came to $38,270 online. That does seem very pricey. At that price you would think many would start looking at an Infiniti. The new Genesis, which comes out next month, supposedly can be bought for $36k fully loaded, although not too sure how many people will be interested in buying a Hyundai.

I am going to stop at a Nissan dealer this afternoon and check one out in person. If I do get a Maxima I will be waiting next year for the diesel version.

[IlyaK]

Originally Posted by gopack504

My premium 3.5SV came to $38,270 online. That does seem very pricey. At that price you would think many would start looking at an Infiniti. The new Genesis, which comes out next month, supposedly can be bought for $36k fully loaded, although not too sure how many people will be interested in buying a Hyundai.

I am going to stop at a Nissan dealer this afternoon and check one out in person. If I do get a Maxima I will be waiting next year for the diesel version.

Hyundai is actually one of the biggest manufacturer's in the world. I'm sure their quality has gone up considerably. People just don't want to look into it because they have heard years ago that it was poor.

[tmas74]

I bought my '08 SE 4 months ago... loaded... for $27,500. Sounds like a much better deal to me now after seeing the new prices.

[NismoMax80]

when u compare the 09 price to another car, make sure you compare the available features. i agree the prices are high especially what we're used to, but A LOT comes in those packages. anyone wanting to haggle will have to wait. it JUST became available today. why would they want to sell them for less? there are plenty of 08s and altimas to haggle on.

you can get the base S for under 30k.

[MajesticMax02]

Am I correct that the base S doesn't come with fog lights?! To get fog lights, I have to move up to an SV model for $31K?!

[IlyaK]

You don't get fog lights, heated leather, bose, navi, all kinds of other things.

[Blackwind]

Originally Posted by IlyaK

You don't get fog lights, heated leather, bose, navi, all kinds of other things.

so basically a 30k gxe?

[IlyaK]

Yup.

[NismoMax80]

Originally Posted by Blackwind

so basically a 30k gxe?

um a $29,290 GXE with

290-hp 3.5-liter V6 engine
Power sliding moonroof
Nissan Intelligent Key™ with Push Button Ignition
Dual Zone Automatic Temperature Control
Vehicle Dynamic Control [1] with Traction Control System
18x8 wheels
12.60" x 1.10" front and 12.13" x 0.63" rear vented discs
Rear: Independent multi-link
Front strut tower reinforcement
LED taillights
Dual mufflers with chrome-tipped finishers
6-CD changer audio system
Eight speakers
MP3/WMA CD playback capability
Illuminated steering wheel-mounted audio controls
Auxiliary audio input jack

[IlyaK]

No HID = FAIL.

Now that I have projectors I am NEVER driving a car with halogen bulbs.

[MAX2DAMAX]

This guys, they were lazy enough to leave the select transmission option on there

[omelet1978]

I'm sorry, I like the new Max; but it is too expensive!!!

The Maxima's biggest competition is the Altima, and the price point is not going to help. I bought a loaded 3.5 SE Altima about 8 months ago, and while it may not have a dual moon roof it is still a great car. Also, my Altima was 32K sticker and the new Maxima loaded is six thousand more at around 38K. I think the Max will see improved sales, BUT it has kind of wandered into no-mans land for cars here...

[NismoMax80]

32k for an altima is far too expensive for many people. that's more than i paid for my 6th gen new fully loaded.

[anm6]

Yea wow I di mine 34500$ way to much for me. My 04 is good enough.

[omelet1978]

Originally Posted by NismoMax80

32k for an altima is far too expensive for many people. that's more than i paid for my 6th gen new fully loaded.

Most Altimas are sold in the mid twenties. What I did was get the 3.5 engine, leather, Nav, backup camera, etc... so that is why mine was 32 sticker. I paid invoice which was 30,000 even. I love it and all my friends like it too. Like I said earlier, it does not have a dual moonroof or some of the more advanced features. However, its sporty, fun to drive, has a lot of technology, and is thousands less than the Maxima...

P.S. not trying to step on anyones toes here

[BobXX]

Originally Posted by IlyaK

No HID = FAIL.

Now that I have projectors I am NEVER driving a car with halogen bulbs.

You should be allowed to put the HID Xenon option on regular SV's WITHOUT having to add the $2,400 Technology Package .

[NismoMax80]

Originally Posted by BobXX

You should be allowed to put the HID Xenon option on regular SV's WITHOUT having to add the $2,400 Technology Package .

they call that marketing in the US

we call it opportunity to mod for less on the org.

[lightonthehill]

I feel some folks here are not being reasonable about the pricing of the '09. They are pricing their '09 with every option, then expecting a price the same as vehicles (6th gen) designed before some of those options even existed.

MSRP on the 6th gen for a fairly (not fully) loaded car was between $32K and $33K (and sometimers higher). MSRP on an '09 SV with 'Premium' package is between $35K and $36K. Forget adding things like the tech package; that includes things not even available on the 6th gen. Geeze! This is the first significant price hike on the Maxima in five years, which means the average cost increase per year is around 2%; less than the increase in the cost of living. And this new price will probably go essentially unchanged until the eighth generation arrives five years from now.

This '09 is a beautiful, athletic-looking car with many improvements, as well as new features. To compare the DISCOUNTED price we were paying for a 6th gen many months, or even years after its intro, with what the dealer will want the first few months for a redesigned new generation Maxima is totally unrealistic.

By the time the '09 has been out for several months, the dealer will begin discounting it. By next spring, we will be buying from around invoice, and that will last until the 8th generation arrives. The price the dealer will be charging a year from now is the number we should be comparing with what we paid for our 6th gens these last few years. The dealer (not Nissan) controls how that works, and that routine never changes. I'm very surprised there are so many here who appear to be unaware of how that has always been handled. I ran into that when buying my 1949 Studebaker.

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As for not being able to get the double panel roof with the Sports package, Nissan told us a month ago that the double roof adds considerable weight at a point high above the center of gravity of the car, which is acceptable for the 'luxury' version of a car, but a very bad thing for the 'sports oriented' version of a vehicle. They (wisely) made the decision to keep the high weight off the sports version.

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I can't buy gas or food or much else these days for the price I paid for it several years ago. Nissan, however, has come close to accomplishing that feat; probably closer than we had any right to expect. But then I suppose Nissan knew it would have to deal with the toughest audience around - Maxima owners.

[NismoMax80]

i think most of the pricing ignorance comes from many members that bought a used maxima. now they are finally looking at a new one and can't believe how much it costs.

I just looked at an 08 accord online. "fully loaded" comes to $35,700. And it doesn't offer hardly any of the features in the Maxima.