Car in the Nissan superbowl commercial

At the end, he picks up the kid in some kind of mutant bloated hybrid of a Murano and a Mazda6. Is this the new Maxima? Man, that thing is hideous.....

I thought it looked huge and ugly too, but the race cars were nice to look at

Yeah, I thought it was a great commercial all the way up until they showed that thing...

screen capture. Oddest combination of non-flowing seamlines I've ever seen. And then all that oddness around the rear quarter window. Is that some kind of black plastic vent behind it?

IDK, just overall a really ungainly looking car.

Maybe the Nissan took a "blue pill" too?

That was my thought, next gen Maxima.

I agree with you guys. I was all excited to see a Motorsport commercial and it ends like that. The car is not one I would end up with. Not sure what it could be tho. Maxima maybe.

I just don't understand Nissan's styling choices. While they deserve a commendation for taking chances, it's more than offset by the crappy results.

It's like someone described a Mazda 6 to them over the phone.

Looks like a Maxima saw an Infiniti FX35 and said, I want that nose. Then the surgery when awry...

yep, new maxima...

Those taillights look familiar - Toyota Avalon or something?

I was hoping it would be a four door GTR super family car thing. You can afford a little awkwardness if the car is mechanically awesome.

mazdeuce wrote: I was hoping it would be a four door GTR super family car thing. You can afford a little awkwardness if the car is mechanically awesome.

Q50 Eau Rouge?

Music usage was completely against what Stevens was singing about with that song. Agreed about the car looking awful. Would have been better to pick the kid up in a nice 510 or 300zx or good lord almost anything not styled by Nissan/Renault lately.

I bet it doesnt have enough horsepower.

I bet it has CVT.

My rental Maxima last year with the CVT felt like it had about 150hp, not 290. And felt far slower than my 2000 Maxima, which had about 240....

Harry Chapin not Cat Stevens. Song was an odd choice Buy a Nissan, be a bad father and pass that trait along to yout son, and as a bonus you can drive a butt ugly car.

In reply to T.J.:

Ah, right. Still, yeah, you get why I thought that was a really odd song to use. Maybe the awful dad deserves to drive an ugly car?

No worse than Carnival Cruise using Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life." Although if Nissan used that song, the liquor and drugs would help explain that... thing.

I think you nailed the best descriptor of Nissan's current design language: odd.

Looks like a botox job gone bad on a Mazda 6, or like one of those females from mob wife's.

It looks like they've let the Renault side of the house loose in the Nissan design studios.

Glamour shots don't help it any. The lines just don't flow together. I'm afraid it's a miss for me.

I actually like the profile of the grey one above, but the one in the add, no thanks.

T.J. wrote: Harry Chapin not Cat Stevens. Song was an odd choice Buy a Nissan, be a bad father and pass that trait along to yout son, and as a bonus you can drive a butt ugly car.

I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who was having the complete song play out in my head instead of the cut-short version, and having it give a completely different explanation of what is going on than what Nissan (presumably) wanted you to take away from the ad. Especially since the verse right after they cut it short is about how the kid is more interested in borrowing the car keys (to the new Maxima?) than in seeing his father. See you later, can I have them please?