New Nissan Murano

[Char]

I like the VQ - does the job fine, competetive fuel economy and NHV, as well as power output.

Oh and it's dependable.

[Northlands]

Does Nissan even have a new engine lined up so are they going to milk the VQ for as long as they can?  The thing is what?  15 years old?

Sounds like what GM did with the 3.8, 3.1 , 5.7....etc.

[12,000 RPM]

It sounds soooooo bad with a CVT.

Yea I dont think I could ever get used to this

2009 Maxima 0-130mph - CVT - intake, grounding kit only

I dont see the problem with the VQ. LSx, Honda's V6 and a bunch of other engines are just as old. I tell you what though. I'd rather have a 20 year old VQ than a brand new 2.0T.

[Char]

Yea I dont think I could ever get used to this

2009 Maxima 0-130mph - CVT - intake, grounding kit only

I dont see the problem with the VQ. LSx, Honda's V6 and a bunch of other engines are just as old. I tell you what though. I'd rather have a 20 year old VQ than a brand new 2.0T.

No you wouldn't. You like shit characterless engines made by VW.

[12,000 RPM]

No you wouldn't. You like shit characterless engines made by VW.

Lol, which is why I drive an Audi TT and not a 350Z, and have owned a ton of turbo VWs and not Maximas. Wait, actually no.

What do you drive again?

[2o6]

Yea I dont think I could ever get used to this

2009 Maxima 0-130mph - CVT - intake, grounding kit only

I dont see the problem with the VQ. LSx, Honda's V6 and a bunch of other engines are just as old. I tell you what though. I'd rather have a 20 year old VQ than a brand new 2.0T.

I love CVTs with big engines

[CALL_911]

Yea I dont think I could ever get used to this

2009 Maxima 0-130mph - CVT - intake, grounding kit only

I dont see the problem with the VQ. LSx, Honda's V6 and a bunch of other engines are just as old. I tell you what though. I'd rather have a 20 year old VQ than a brand new 2.0T.

Jesus that sounds terrible

[12,000 RPM]

Jesus that sounds terrible

Some folks really love it

[CJ]

They really shouldn't. That sounds horrible.

[CJ]

And it also just looks slow.

[ifcar]

With a powerful engine, you're not hearing the steady volume for a sustained period of time unless you're trying, as in this case, to get up to 130 mph. It's just not going to be a problem very often.

[CALL_911]

With a powerful engine, you're not hearing the steady volume for a sustained period of time unless you're trying, as in this case, to get up to 130 mph. It's just not going to be a problem very often.

That may be, but it still sounds shitty under hard acceleration

[12,000 RPM]

Yah when I give my car the goose I want to hear a thousand lions charging, not Tina from Bobs Burgers on steroids.

But for a car I dont drive for pleasure anyway (i.e. wifey's ride), no biggie. That thing had an intake and exhaust, I think. I doubt a stock Maxima is that loud.

[hotrodalex]

SHIFT ALREADY YOU DUMB TRANSMISSION!

Also, seems very hard on the engine to keep constant high rpms like that.

[Soup DeVille]

SHIFT ALREADY YOU DUMB TRANSMISSION!

Also, seems very hard on the engine to keep constant high rpms like that.

Like has been pointed out, that is a rare event in a normal car

[SVT666]

I had a CVT in the Freestyle we used to own.  It was cool on road trips where you are going up and down hills for hours at a time on cruise.  The revs change, but there's no downshifting, or speed fluctuations.  In city driving or just normal running around with it, the noise was annoying. 

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Shit that maxima looks slow.

[CJ]

Shit that maxima looks slow.

Right?

[TBR]

I've had a couple of Maximas and a Murano with the VQ CVT combo as rental cars. Didn't bother me at all around town and found them to be quite pleasant vehicles, much more so than the Altima with the I4 CVT combo, which I've had three or four times.

[AutobahnSHO]

sounds like a Plane LOL just humming along

[Madman]

I kinda dig the looks of the Murano and always have.  But the VQ is just too much of a gas guzzler for my liking.

As for the CVT, I just don't know.  The only CVT car I've ever driven was a 1998 Honda Civic HX coupe and it felt weird.  When I put it in reverse it made such a godawful noise I thought I had broken it.  Nope, turns out they all sounded like that.  I certainly hope CVTs have improved over the last sixteen years.

[Soup DeVille]

I kinda dig the looks of the Murano and always have.  But the VQ is just too much of a gas guzzler for my liking.

As for the CVT, I just don't know.  The only CVT car I've ever driven was a 1998 Honda Civic HX coupe and it felt weird.  When I put it in reverse it made such a godawful noise I thought I had broken it.  Nope, turns out they all sounded like that.  I certainly hope CVTs have improved over the last sixteen years.

They have, although they still exude weirdness.

[SVT_Power]

I kinda dig the looks of the Murano and always have.  But the VQ is just too much of a gas guzzler for my liking.

As for the CVT, I just don't know.  The only CVT car I've ever driven was a 1998 Honda Civic HX coupe and it felt weird.  When I put it in reverse it made such a godawful noise I thought I had broken it.  Nope, turns out they all sounded like that.  I certainly hope CVTs have improved over the last sixteen years.

I didn't even know CVT's were available back then

[Madman]

I didn't even know CVT's were available back then

The late-'90 Civic HX was a fuel miser special that could be had with either a five speed manual or a CVT.  But, because gasoline was practically free at the time, nobody bought it.

By the way, DAF introduced the Van Doorne Variomatic CVT in the DAF 600 way back in 1958.

[2o6]

I kinda dig the looks of the Murano and always have.  But the VQ is just too much of a gas guzzler for my liking.

As for the CVT, I just don't know.  The only CVT car I've ever driven was a 1998 Honda Civic HX coupe and it felt weird.  When I put it in reverse it made such a godawful noise I thought I had broken it.  Nope, turns out they all sounded like that.  I certainly hope CVTs have improved over the last sixteen years.

Nissan CVT's are the best in the biz. They're pretty adept at finding the correct gear ratio, and matching correctly without too much rubber banding .



Chrysler/Mitsubishi, however, have some of the worst.

[68_427]

From what I've read the Subaru high torque CVT is bettars

[CJ]

I had a Sentra in LA. It was surprisingly good.

[Catman]

The 2007 Maxima we had was good. 

[thewizard16]

The last gen Altima was my go-to rental of choice. The CVT was a little odd at first but I grew to like it a lot. Ex's Murano wasn't bad either. I really had no complaints about the recent Nissan CVTs.

[MX793]

The late-'90 Civic HX was a fuel miser special that could be had with either a five speed manual or a CVT.  But, because gasoline was practically free at the time, nobody bought it.

By the way, DAF introduced the Van Doorne Variomatic CVT in the DAF 600 way back in 1958.

Daimler and Benz patented a type of friction belt CVT back in 1886.  American inventor and automotive pioneer Milton Reeves invented a CVT in the 1870s for use in saw mills and later adapted it into his cars in the 1890s (Reeves is also credited with inventing the muffler).