Nissan

Product Description

The Nissan Teana is a mid-size sedan produced by Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan. It was exported as the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Cefiro to certain markets. It replaces the Nissan Bluebird, Laurel and Cefiro. It shares a platform with the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Altima which are sold in North America, as well as the Japanese market Presage minivan. The Teana has been available in East Asia, Russia, Ukraine, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean.

As of 2007 the Teana shares its platform with its French cousin, the Renault Laguna and Renault Latitude in most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and in Southeast Asia as the Renault Samsung SM5.

With the introduction of the Teana, Nissan continued the J lineage for the model codes (J31 and J32) from the Nissan Maxima (J30). Starting with the introduction of the third generation in 2013, the Teana became a badge engineered version of the North American Altima. The Teana nameplate was temporarily retired in 2020, being replaced by the L34 Altima or discontinued without any successor in some markets. The nameplate returned in 2025 for the Chinese market under the name Teana Plus.

The name "Teana" is from that of a small village in Italy, sharing a naming influence for the Nissan Murano which was released in the same era, which was named after another city in Italy.

The second generation Teana utilized different engines, namely the MR20DE (successor of the QR series) four-cylinder for the Chinese market, and the VQ25DE and VQ35DE V6 engines for Japan and most export markets. The latter six was tweaked to produce 20 more PS than the first generation Teana. The Japanese-exclusive four-wheel drive model "FOUR" used a QR25DE four-cylinder engine.

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