Which is your favorite midsize sedan available?

[okra1981]

If you're including a Maxima, then I'm going with a TSX or an IS250, better cars than the beefed up Altima known as a Maxima. I remember an article a few years back that broke down how it is pointless to buy a Maxima when you can get a comparably equipped Altima for thousands less.
What I'm really getting at in this post is that you posted another opinion thread with a bias towards your chosen brand, Nissan. I notice how you put the Camry against the Maxima instead of the Altima (which it is getting more difficult to distinguish between categories as the models fatten up over the years, big cars falling off as new compacts are added, putting the Civic and Sentra in the midsize category, but anyway). The car to compare to the Maxima is the Avalon and the TSX or TL, which the Maxima will most likely lose against wholeheartedly, not to mention the 3-series, A4, C class, and even Nissan's own G-series. I'm sorry, Nissan loses in every way, the Maxima is a Pterodactyl, majestic in it's day, but useless in a current world.
Now, if you would have put the Altima up against this crew, I might have voted in that direction, my friend has a six speed V6, it's pretty nice without having a $30k plus base price.

[RL...]

If you're including a Maxima, then I'm going with a TSX or an IS250, better cars than the beefed up Altima known as a Maxima. I remember an article a few years back that broke down how it is pointless to buy a Maxima when you can get a comparably equipped Altima for thousands less.
What I'm really getting at in this post is that you posted another opinion thread with a bias towards your chosen brand, Nissan. I notice how you put the Camry against the Maxima instead of the Altima (which it is getting more difficult to distinguish between categories as the models fatten up over the years, big cars falling off as new compacts are added, putting the Civic and Sentra in the midsize category, but anyway). The car to compare to the Maxima is the Avalon and the TSX or TL, which the Maxima will most likely lose against wholeheartedly, not to mention the 3-series, A4, C class, and even Nissan's own G-series. I'm sorry, Nissan loses in every way, the Maxima is a Pterodactyl, majestic in it's day, but useless in a current world.
Now, if you would have put the Altima up against this crew, I might have voted in that direction, my friend has a six speed V6, it's pretty nice without having a $30k plus base price.

The maxima is not in the same class as a 3 series, tsx, tl, c class MB, and definitely not the g class. That's ridiculous, mercedes benze c class starts in the high 30's if not low 40's, same can be said for bmws 4 series.

Mercedes, audi, bmw, and acura are all much nicer brands than nissan, and they also command a higher price tag. A better comparison would be a g37 to a 3 or 5 series, which the nissan is a better deal.

I wanted to compare cars that are WITHIN the same size class(midsize sedans) and the same price range.

You apparently think the altima is better, and that's fine, but you need to make better comparisons.

[abmobil]

The maxima is not in the same class as a 3 series, tsx, tl, c class MB, and definitely not the g class. That's ridiculous, mercedes benze c class starts in the high 30's if not low 40's, same can be said for bmws 4 series.

Mercedes, audi, bmw, and acura are all much nicer brands than nissan, and they also command a higher price tag. A better comparison would be a g37 to a 3 or 5 series, which the nissan is a better deal.

I wanted to compare cars that are WITHIN the same size class(midsize sedans) and the same price range.

You apparently think the altima is better, and that's fine, but you need to make better comparisons.

Rick its ovious that the only Maxima you have driven is yours and there nothing wrong with that generation ,but the new ones are a totally diff machine and I think they fare very well against other cars in the 30 to 40k range.

Im not saying they are the best ,but they hold there own.
I doubt the Audi, BMW, or Benz will be as reliable as the Nissan.