The Nissan Cefiro is a mid-size car that was produced by the Japanese automobile manufacture Nissan Motors. Introduced to Japan in 1988 as the A31 series four-door sedan, the Cefiro initially shared its basic rear-wheel drive chassis with the Nissan Laurel and the Nissan Skyline . The Cefiro dropped its sporting pretensions in the second and third generations, switching to the front-wheel drive layout. In Europe and Australia, the A32 and A33 series models were sold as the Nissan Maxima. In North America, the Middle East, and Africa, Nissan retailed the A32 and A33 series Cefiro sedans... through the Infiniti brand as the Infiniti I30 and later as the Infiniti I35. While the styling of the Infiniti versions was essentially identical to the Cefiro sold in other markets, the same car with revised front- and rear-styling was also sold in North America as the Nissan Maxima as cheaper, lower-specification model. Nissan released the A31 series Cefiro sedan to Japan in 1988. The top-range model used the same engine as found in the R32 GTS-t, a 2,0-liter turbocharged inline-six cylinder engine capable of just over 150 kW .
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