Put Maxima’s Drive Mode Selector in Sport, and it’s like kicking in the afterburners. Throttle response gets sharper, steering gets heavier, shifts get quicker, and the engine growl becomes a roar as the available Active Sound Enhancement (ASE) pumps a more powerful engine note into the cabin. Switch back to Normal Mode, and the supersonic gives way to super-smooth, super-refined, and surprisingly fuel-efficient.