Is this new Nissan ? (Probably Cefiro)

[kyutip]

I was driving in Hwy 101 and I passed these 2 exact cars.
They look a bit odd and I don't remember seeing any car like this.
I don't follow car news that much but maybe they were testing a new car ?
They removed the car logo but the shape looks very much like Nissan Logo.

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edited title per martensite information.

 

[envy me]

looks like a sentra

 

[CraigRT]

definitely looks like a nissan logo ... cool

 

[ballmode]

cool,. make sure to take them for ice creamz

 

[OS]

that's the new maxima

 

[Eli]

Anyone else notice the dents?

Maybe they did that on purpose? lol...

 

[raildogg]

The back looks a bit like the RL.

I :heart: RL.

 

[clickynext]

Bleh... the body looks ugly to me.

 

[UNCjigga]

Hmm, I think that's too small to be the new Maxima, and too big to be the new Sentra (unless their making it a bigger car), and they already refreshed the Altima for 2007 and that's definately NOT it...so I have no idea what car that is. But from the side profile it looks like a shrunken Maxima more than anything else.

edit: on further inspection, I'm 99% sure that's a new Maxima

 

[kyutip]

I've checked out all the 2007 Sentra, Altima, or Maxima and none of them look like this.
Very odd indeed.

 

[martensite]

It seems to be a variant of the Asian spec Nissan Cefiro. They are very common around here, in Singapore, much like the Maxima in the US. They are mid-size cars, and look quite elegant in real life, especially the interiors.

http://www.nissan.com.sg/lookfor/cefiro/cefiro_gallery.cfm

It has MI manufacturer plates, so it might be a test example, not meant to be sold in the US. When I lived in MI a few years ago, I used to see Renault Meganes and Hyundai Equus test mules never (meant to be) sold in the US.

 

[kyutip]

Good find martensite.
The pictures that I took definately look like Cefiro.
While the car have MI plates, I took these shots in AZ.
Is it possible that Nissan is considering to bring the Cefiro here ?

 

[bleuless]

canadian version ? MI is quite close to canada, i doubt its a not released car.

 

[martensite]

Originally posted by: kyutip
Good find martensite.
The pictures that I took definately look like Cefiro.
While the car have MI plates, I took these shots in AZ.
Is it possible that Nissan is considering to bring the Cefiro here ?

IIRC, there is a Nissan testing ground somewhere in AZ, maybe that would explain it. I dont think the Cefiro would come there since you guys already have its cousin, the Maxima.

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: martensite
It seems to be a variant of the Asian spec Nissan Cefiro. They are very common around here, in Singapore, much like the Maxima in the US. They are mid-size cars, and look quite elegant in real life, especially the interiors.

http://www.nissan.com.sg/lookfor/cefiro/cefiro_gallery.cfm

It has MI manufacturer plates, so it might be a test example, not meant to be sold in the US. When I lived in MI a few years ago, I used to see Renault Meganes and Hyundai Equus test mules never (meant to be) sold in the US.

Good call, looks like a Cefiro.

 

[kyutip]

Oddly enough, these cars does not have the usual black tape/cover anywhere on the body like the usual test cars.
They don't make any effort to hide them.

 

[Mrvile]

Looks a lot like a Passat.

 

[Maximus96]

its a nissan teannanissan Teanna

here is the 07 maxima

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: martensite
It seems to be a variant of the Asian spec Nissan Cefiro. They are very common around here, in Singapore, much like the Maxima in the US. They are mid-size cars, and look quite elegant in real life, especially the interiors.

http://www.nissan.com.sg/lookfor/cefiro/cefiro_gallery.cfm

It has MI manufacturer plates, so it might be a test example, not meant to be sold in the US. When I lived in MI a few years ago, I used to see Renault Meganes and Hyundai Equus test mules never (meant to be) sold in the US.

Here's another hypothesis--what if it's being used as a test mule to disguise a new US-market Infiniti model? IMO, a Cefiro-derived premium luxury sedan for Infiniti would make sense, possibly as a new I35 model to compete against the Acura TL/Lexus ES.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Looks a lot like a Passat.

Passat
Passat 2

What gen Passat are you talking about, because it's certainly not the current gen one.

 

[alfa147x]

to me it looks like the toyota echo