I'm not really a big fan of that style maxima. Maybe if you were talking 2k and up, but 98's are kind of ugly to me. That motor is probably the best v6 on the market, nissan has been using the vq series motor for almost 10 years. Anyways, either one is a great car, accord looks way better IMO, and is 5 spd EX, so I'd go for the accord.