Styling

There's nothing like a first glance to grab shoppers' interest, but the Maxima's looks are a bit strange. It has elegant curves all over, especially in the rear, that remind me of the most recent models from Infiniti, Nissan's premium brand. Then there's the grille.

It looks like the company took an ax to a stylish front end, affixed a chrome grille to the resulting vertical edge and moved on. It's an unfortunate look, but it's large and at least it stands out.

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    Exterior
    The new front end features redesigned headlights, and the familiar angled-strut grille has a slightly refined appearance. The exterior gets a monochromatic appearance with a body-colored grille, b ...

    Map lights
    Map lights Push the light lens to turn the map light on or off. The map light control switch has three positions: ON 1 , DOOR 2 and OFF 3 . The light 4 (if so equipped) will illuminate when t ...

    When reading the manual
    This manual includes information for all options available on this model. Therefore, you may find some information that does not apply to your vehicle. All information, specifications and illus ...