I really like the plain white one.
I really like the plain white one.
That is FUKKING_HIDEOUS.
Fix the nose and it might be okay....looks like a throatpunched Z puking up it's whirley bits 
nothing about that seems more intriguing than the FRS/BRZ thing
Joe Gearin wrote: FWIW, I like the looks. It reminds me of the simplistic aggression that most Datsuns had in the early 70's. I see a little 510, a little B210, and yeah, a little 1st Gen Toyota Celica. This is the first Nissan in a while that I've liked the looks of.
+100 to all of this
the thing that kills it for me.. is the body "kicking up" towards the roof at the back. It breaks the flow of the car. The original 510 didn't have that
it has fender flare rivets. even though the fender flares are molded into the fenders. After saying the BRZ is a midlife crisis car, Nissan comes out with the 14-year-old comic book car?
irish44j wrote: it has fender flare rivets. even though the fender flares are molded into the fenders. After saying the BRZ is a midlife crisis car, Nissan comes out with the 14-year-old comic book car?
Let's be optimistic, here. Maybe they are trying to continue the corporate styling cues that are evident in the Frontier?
Appleseed wrote: I swear I've seen that car on SEGA's "Hard Drivin."
Meanwhile, the cars in Hard Drivin' had three pedals and an H-gate shifter.
(Many, many, many quarters were plunked down that particular timesink when I was a kid)
I'll join the minority, and say I think it looks awesome. I'll even forgive the CVT if it's reasonably priced and the rest of it doesn't suck.
I will only forgive the CVT if there's a stick shift available. I don't mind the looks, but I do mind not being able to get a stick in a car.
Thinking about a lightweight Japanese sportscar, the last thing that comes to my mind is 19" wheels.
Like some others are saying, I'll wait to see the production version. I'm not very excited about it though.
Cars with two pedals used to be the bane of my existence, but there comes a time you must accept the future. A well done CVT with a torquey turbo 4 could be fun.
I won't wait. I'll just go ahead and vomit, then move on to companies that make E36 M3 that isn't a hideous caricature of a bygone era but without anything that made the original great.
I like it less every time I see it. 
RE: CVTs, An older guy that I used to work with, that had at least a bit of real car guy cred, spent some time driving a Nissan CVT equipped car (IIRC it was a V6 Altima). He said that after adapting to it, it was actually pretty fun to drive. through the years this guy had owned quite a few cars that people on this forum covet, including a REPU, a turbo mazda 626, and an MB C230 compressor coupe. I haven't driven any modern CVTs yet, but I'm not going to condemn them until I've driven them. I'd still prefer a traditional stick shift though.
RE: This new Nissan. I'm not sure what to make of it. It looks like a blend of futuristic 510 with a bit of early skyline. As a big fan of seventies Datsuns, I really want to like it, but its just not working for me. The BRE version is close though.
this looks like some throwback, I would love to see the Japanese start doing throwback cars. I would love a throwback to the MK2 Supra.
irish44j wrote: it has fender flare rivets. even though the fender flares are molded into the fenders. After saying the BRZ is a midlife crisis car, Nissan comes out with the 14-year-old comic book car?
Yeah I'm a Gen. Y'er and I feel too old to be driving the Nismo edition...
If they decide to offer it with three pedals I'd be in, I like the way it looks.
Storz wrote: If they decide to offer it with three pedals I'd be in, I like the way it looks.
It's one of those cars that I would actually buy I like the idea of a turbo 1.6. However it would benefit from the mandated japanese concept car rule of toning their 11 down to 6.
I think the Nismo with the other concept's front end would be killer.
Of coarse, it should have three petals and be RWD. However, I'd much have a NA 2.0/2.4 than some 1.6T.
Mazda787b wrote: I think the Nismo with the other concept's front end would be killer. Of coarse, it should have three petals and be RWD. However, I'd much have a NA 2.0/2.4 than some 1.6T.
oh yes, if it's not manual or at least a good dct (NOT a cvt) i would never consider it.
Well, even if we dont get the new 510s great grandkid, maybe at least we can get a respectable SE-R again...
LA AUTO SHOW - SENTRA NISMO EDITION CONCEPT
Autoblog said: packing a turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine with 240 horsepower and 240 pound-feet of torque - that's 110 hp more than the regular Sentra.
More pics of the Nismo version:
It looks more like the 510 than the latest z's look like the 240
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