The Maxima lasted through eight generations before Nissan dropped it due to the steadily declining popularity of traditional sedans and the company’s plan to focus on electric vehicles.

Officials declined to nail down a timeframe for us, but given what we know about Nissan's product cadence over the next 12 months or so, we suspect the eighth-generation Maxima will arrive for 2015.

First introduced in 1980 as the Datsun 810 (ahead of the 1981 model year), the Nissan Maxima was sold continuously through ...

The Maxima lasted through eight generations before Nissan dropped it due to the steadily declining popularity of traditional sedans and the company’s plan to focus on electric vehicles.