The long-running four-door sedan will be ending production in 2023.
Sport sedan fans, prepare to pour one out for a real one. Car and Driver has confirmed with Nissan that the Maxima will end production next year.
Low sales are to blame, which shouldn’t be surprising as sedan sales have been down for a while now. I bet if Nissan slapped the Maxima name on some crossover things would be different. (Also, please don’t do that Nissan.) Anyway, few people has been buying the Maxima. From April to June of this year (second quarter) just 884 Maxima’s found buyers in the U.S. with just 3,753 sold so far. And while you could blame a sedan sales slump (and probably a parts shortage, too), those same forces don’t seem to be stopping anything with the Altima. Just over 40,000 Altimas were sold in the same period.
Not all is lost though. The rep that confirmed the Maxima’s death mentioned Nissan prioritizing EVs and said “stay tuned for future Nissan Maxima news.” This could mean that Nissan is planning to use the long-running nameplate on a future EV sedan.
2023 Nissan Maxima Sends Off the 'Four-Door Sports Car' With New Badge, Price Increase
This is how Nissan's premium sedan goes out — not with a bang, but with semi-aniline leather.
The Nissan Maxima is dying. But it’s not dead yet, as 2023 will mark the nameplate’s final model year. Nissan very quietly released pricing for the premium sedan once known as the “four-door sports car” last Friday — so quietly that we didn’t notice until now.
The changes are, unsurprisingly, minimal. Nissan’s futuristic new-ish logo — a good logo, I reckon, considering how some other automakers have taken to patting themselves on the back for thinning stroke weights — now features on the grille, just in time for the Maxima no longer be a part of the brand’s future.
The Nissan Maxima is dying. But it’s not dead yet, as 2023 will mark the nameplate’s final model year. Nissan very quietly released pricing for the premium sedan once known as the “four-door sports car” last Friday — so quietly that we didn’t notice until now.