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This is an '83 Nissan Maxima Wagon. Introduced in 1980, the Maxima is Nissan's flagship sedan offering, primarily in North America, the Middle East and China. The first generation Maxima, internally named the G910, was initially marketed as the Datsun 810, which was essentially a Datsun Bluebird 910 with a 3.9 inch elongation for it to accommodate an inline-6 engine, in this case the 2.4L L24E. The second generation 810 was not offered in Japan; it was instead offered in North America under two different trim levels: the 810 Deluxe and the 810 Maxima, the lower and higher trims respectively. For 1981, the 810 was renamed the Datsun Maxima and with the gradual phasing out of the Datsun brand the car was rebranded as a Nissan.
The Maxima was also the second Nissan to use American-sourced parts (the first was the 300ZX), with some power steering pumps sourced from GM's Saginaw Gear division; other parts were sourced from Atsugi. Like some other Nissans of the time the Maxima featured a phonograph-based voice warning system which informed the driver of specific happenings within the car like an open door or the key is in the ignition. Production ended in 1984, replaced by a new generation of Maxima, the PU11.
Now this casting was designed by Dima Shakhmatov and introduced in 2022 in the HW Wagons series of the mainline. This is currently its only release. This casting depicts a heavily modified G910 Maxima with new side windows, bolt-on fenders, new front and rear diffusers and most notably, an RB26DETT swap. This casting introduces a new wheel type imitative of the Yokohama Super ADVAN SA3R series of wheels; this wheel was designed by Fraser Campbell.
