What is the purpose of the G35 again?

3/25/2008 12:40:08 PM

To be a different car?

3/25/2008 12:41:21 PM

That front view does very successfully mimic the G35.

The side view appears to have a little too much in common with the new Accord for my tastes, though.

3/25/2008 12:41:23 PM

yeah dude.. the g35 is still rwd. which imho is better.

3/25/2008 12:48:50 PM

paddle shifters for CVT?

3/25/2008 12:54:03 PM

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"What is the purpose of the G35 again?"

Unless this new G35 is RWD, I think the answer's perfectly clear.

Sweet looking car though, can't wait to see it in the flesh tonight at the show.

3/25/2008 12:56:10 PM

I think this maxima will handle just as good as a G35 sport. Just like the FWD TL-S handles just as good. I still cant figure out why Nissan puts more features on the maxima than the G35. The maxima has some features the M35/45 dont have.

Anybody wanna buy my G35?

3/25/2008 12:58:48 PM

ok... going around a turn at the same velocity and the feeling of a good handling vehicle are two different things. I like the chassis dynamics of a rwd car.. i like the feeling of being able to load and unload corners of the car with the go pedal and not be worried about understeer.

brake in accelerate out thats how i like to drive... not "lets see just how fast we can sling it through there and hope she sticks"

3/25/2008 1:06:37 PM

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"brake in accelerate out thats how i like to drive"

how the fuck else would you drive?

3/25/2008 1:19:26 PM

You know...Granny shifting, not double clutching like you should; all that jazz.

3/25/2008 1:21:07 PM

if its anything like online racing, i just accelerate and use the walls to help me turn

3/25/2008 1:22:07 PM

hahah yeah yeah yeah... usually you can get back into the gas earlier with a rwd than a fwd is what i meant... but to compensate fwds usually enter the turn faster to get through it at nearly the same amount of time or it appears that way to me.

3/25/2008 1:54:32 PM

The TL-S doesn't 'handle just as good' as any other competing RWD car.

Just like this won't 'handle just as good' as the G35.

3/25/2008 2:25:32 PM

wtf is up with the front headlight in that second pic. it looks awful.

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 2:44 PM. Reason : .]

3/25/2008 2:44:19 PM

i'm ready to upgrade my '05

3/25/2008 3:27:51 PM

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"Unless this new G35 is RWD"

it is.

(i'm just giving you shit b/c i know you are talking about the maxima.)

the front is ugly, so is the rear. the interior options is where it shines. lets hope nissan doesn't screw up the interior like they've done for the past couple of years. switches and buttons galore!

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 4:48 PM. Reason : does the maxima still use the old q45 frame/structure?]

3/25/2008 4:48:08 PM

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"wtf is up with the front headlight in that second pic. it looks awful."

that's what the headlights look like; they have an arrowhead shape. not clear in the 1st and 3rd pics. click the 2 links below to see the headlights in detail:
http://images.worldcarfans.com/articles/2008/3/18/3080318.001/1004super2.jpg
http://images.worldcarfans.com/articles/2008/3/18/3080318.001/1014super2.jpg

Huge album:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/3080318.001/2009-nissan-maxima


Some representative pics:










I say it looks very different from the G35. G35 is more bulbous and rounded, in all 3 dimensions, but the Maxima is much flatter/less rounded.

3/25/2008 7:25:40 PM

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" it is. (i'm just giving you shit b/c i know you are talking about the maxima.)"

lol, yes that is what I meant.

I just got back from seeing this car at the auto show. It looked good, however I spent all of 2-3 seconds looking at it b/c it was about 15 ft from the GT-R I spent a good 10 minutes talking to the hot spokeswoman for the GT-R, she really seemed to know her stuff

3/25/2008 11:32:03 PM

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"What is the purpose of the G35 again? "

holy fuck, if you have to ask, nobody is going to be able to explain it to you.

and this coming from a G35 owner...Jesus Christ.

and there is no way on God's green Earth that the TL-S handles just as good as a G35.

3/25/2008 11:36:29 PM

yea, i cant stand those headlights. i guess i can understand nissan trying to establish themselves as a different entity, but those headlight, uggh. i can imagine the updated Z will also have the "boomerang" headlights as well... nissan can keep those. now if i only had the bones for a GTR

3/26/2008 12:17:58 AM

Dude I own a G35, my girl has a TL. I know what each car is capable of. The base TL will out handle a base (non sports package) G35. It will not out handle a G35 with sports package (firmer shocks\springs, lower stance, bigger and wider rims, VLSD)

For example.
Which handles better 240sx SE or Honda Prelude SH?

3/26/2008 10:20:36 AM

TL-S to base G35 is a dipshit comparison.

TL-S always has to be compared to the G35s.

3/26/2008 10:30:56 AM

I don't believe that those track times for a second. Not a chance in hell of a 911 being slower than a TL-S

3/26/2008 11:42:08 AM

^ yeah exactly. WTF.

and just 2 seconds behind a gallardo?

3/26/2008 11:48:47 AM

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"Dude I own a G35, my girl has a TL. I know what each car is capable of. The base TL will out handle a base (non sports package) G35. It will not out handle a G35 with sports package (firmer shocks\springs, lower stance, bigger and wider rims, VLSD)"

Why not, the g35 is RWD , isnt that what matters?

3/26/2008 11:51:41 AM

Viper ACR fastest car lol.

3/26/2008 12:04:15 PM

ok so the 3 cars tested on willow springs


the supercars tested on streets of WS


2 different tracks.

3/26/2008 12:04:15 PM

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"i can imagine the updated Z will also have the "boomerang" headlights as well... "

yes it will... there are spy shots and supposedly leaked pics out there.

BUT, i like the design of the headlights on the maxima.

3/26/2008 12:04:33 PM

^^so why'd you post the times then?

3/26/2008 12:09:29 PM

i searched willowsprings race way and found those times. i failed to realize there are actually 2 different courses. the website was trickery so when i clicked on the track it took me to another.

i cant go back and edit.

3/26/2008 12:11:16 PM

hahahah... BUT YOU BELIEVED IT????!!!!

3/26/2008 12:15:31 PM

huh?

those are real lap times. but from the other willowsprings track. yes a part of me was kinda like WTF. but i said, ok i guess

[Edited on March 26, 2008 at 12:19 PM. Reason : and to be honest, i was in a rush so i just posted them up quick]

3/26/2008 12:17:02 PM

aight... i will let you off the hook... THIS TIME

3/26/2008 12:25:03 PM

How could anyone describe that car as "hotness"?

They took every defining quality of a maxima (which wasn't a whole lot to begin with) and downplayed it to make it blend in even more with every other 4 door sedan on the road.

Ridiculous. What's wrong with a car that stands out from the crowd just a little bit?

Of course I guess if you're getting a 4 door sedan, you've pretty much so given up on standing out.

3/26/2008 12:28:01 PM

I like the front, but that rear end is the spitting image of the Toyota Camry, UGH.

Maybe I like the design of this new one b/c I never liked the previous design?

3/26/2008 12:29:46 PM

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"TL-S to base G35 is a dipshit comparison. TL-S always has to be compared to the G35s."

AHahahahahAHah you got owned again. FWD Acura TL-S faster around the track than the RWD G35s (notice the 6spd manual transmission moniker, which IS the sports package).

Dude, physics is failing you all over the place apparently

3/26/2008 1:04:18 PM

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"BUT, i like the design of the headlights on the maxima."

FYI you better because damn near every Japanese and Korean car coming is going to start having this shit. Gotta love homologous design from asia. This is why I love british and european cars. They may not be as super awesome mechanically, but ill be damned if they don't all look independent of one another.

3/26/2008 1:06:09 PM

^ when all asian cars start having it, then you can talk about copying. right now, AFAIK, the maxima is the only car with it. anyway, do you have a crystal ball.

More importantly:

1) the "boomerang" design will not look good on every car.
2) the "boomerang" design can be implemented in many ways (ratios of sizes of various parts of the boomerang), so again, they won't look all as good.

3/26/2008 1:26:07 PM

so the new g37 comes with an all wheel steer package. lol

good stuff

3/26/2008 1:35:43 PM

They've had that as an option on the G35 coupe for a couple years.

3/26/2008 1:44:14 PM

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" AHahahahahAHah you got owned again. FWD Acura TL-S faster around the track than the RWD G35s (notice the 6spd manual transmission moniker, which IS the sports package). Dude, physics is failing you all over the place apparently "

I was actually responding to the post above me, nig-ah.

However, if you want to be a faggot and beg for me to pat my dick all over your face, yet again then I'll point out that the TL-S does happen to cost nearly 6000$ more then a G35s, contains more aggressive suspension tuning (which is important, as the G35 is already pretty spongy), and the track doesn't seem particularly technical with quite a few swooping turns/straights and two hairpins at 1 and 5.

Furthermore, I wouldn't mind seeing comparison numbers on other tracks with sport versions of the same price bracket from BMW, MB, and infiniti (G37).

Of course, nobody but Honda retards bother with those comparisons because the conclusions are pretty predictable.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison_test/sedans/35_000_sports_sedans_comparison_test/2005_acura_tl_comparison_test

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0405_sport_sedan_comparison/2004_acura_tl.html

The base car, surprise, doesn't hold up to anything.



[Edited on March 26, 2008 at 1:55 PM. Reason : >yawn<]

3/26/2008 1:51:54 PM

I know, im just giving you shit

But price shouldnt matter shouldn't matter right? I mean sport suspension + RWD should rule the earth shouldn't it

3/26/2008 1:54:21 PM

No

Only big wings.

3/26/2008 1:56:15 PM

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"Of course I guess if you're getting a 4 door sedan, you've pretty much so given up on standing out. "

i can think of some exceptions to this

Evo
STi
335i/older M3s
540i/M5

--hell, 3-series and 5-series in general


Quattroporte
RX-8

3/26/2008 3:27:22 PM

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"Gotta love homologous design from asia. This is why I love british and european cars. They may not be as super awesome mechanically, but ill be damned if they don't all look independent of one another."

You must be one of the few fans of Bangle then, b/c I think this is way better than that Bangle-bullshit over at BMW (I realize they're improving).

3/26/2008 3:46:12 PM

^Not at all actually. BMW ruined their design language IMHO. Awful, awful. But it still looks european, at least.

3/26/2008 4:36:20 PM

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"However, if you want to be a faggot and beg for me to pat my dick all over your face, yet again then I'll point out that the TL-S does happen to cost nearly 6000$ more then a G35s, contains more aggressive suspension tuning (which is important, as the G35 is already pretty spongy), and the track doesn't seem particularly technical with quite a few swooping turns/straights and two hairpins at 1 and 5."

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a hair pin turn the worst nightmare for FWD?

Acura's come very well equipped at their MSRP. I mean yeah you can pay extra for all season floor matts, but you are not going to have to pay extra to get a heated seat.


I don't really care and am by no means an entry level luxury car expert (im 22) but I do think its worth noting.

3/26/2008 5:21:21 PM

When did they stop calling this thing a Camry?

3/26/2008 5:22:50 PM

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"Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a hair pin turn the worst nightmare for FWD?"

my nigga, that is why we have hand brakes!

3/26/2008 6:06:48 PM

you going to help me pick out these coilovers or be like every other jack ass with a Bigheavy-MW who thinks i'm joking?

3/26/2008 6:10:49 PM