Nissan is bringing half a dozen idea automobiles to the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon opening its doorways in January. The entire design research are primarily based on present fashions, as they had been constructed to showcase how design and tools modifications can utterly change a automotive’s persona.
Two of the ideas are primarily based on the Rogue, which is named the X-Path in lots of world markets. Nonetheless shrouded in darkness, the Crawler Idea seemingly will get an extended checklist of off-road modifications together with what appears like an enormous raise equipment, wheel arch flares that trace at a wider observe, a roof rack, and auxiliary lights. We’re instructed that the trunk “contains the tools that have always been looked for in the X-Trail.”
If this sounds acquainted, it is probably as a result of we noticed a lifted Rogue on the 2023 SEMA present. The brand new idea appears much more succesful, nevertheless.
Nissan-owned tuner Autech created the second idea, and it took the Rogue in a very completely different route. It added new-look exterior trim, darkish blue paint, and vibrant wheels to offer the crossover a glance that is each sporty and upmarket. Inside footage have not been launched but. The boxy Serena, an enormous minivan that is not offered in the US, will get the identical therapy from Autech for the Tokyo Auto Salon.
Leaving the pavement once more, the Catastrophe Assist Cellular-Hub began life as a Caravan, which is one other minivan offered in world markets. In contrast to the car-derived Serena, it is nearer to a industrial automobile and marketed as a heavier-duty hauler. These sturdy bones made it excellent for its new function as a catastrophe assist heart. Nissan added a winch, beefy tires, a roof rack, and a cool sliding rear finish earlier than packing the inside with an extended checklist of communications tools. It then put in a Leaf-sourced battery pack on the roof to energy the electronics.
Often called the Micra in Europe, the March will get re-imagined as a bakery on wheels. It loses its rear seats to realize a wooden ground, little storage cupboards, and a fridge mounted behind the entrance seats. Wooden-look inside trim, particular upholstery, and chalkboards the place you’d usually discover the rear home windows full the look and permit the driving force to promote scrumptious pastries in any spot the small hatchback suits in.
Showgoers who cease by the Nissan stand will even get to take a look at a personalized Roox kei automotive in addition to the Nismo-tuned variants of the GT-R, the Z, and the Skyline (which is named the Infiniti Q50 on our shores). Subsequent yr’s version of the Tokyo Auto Salon is scheduled to open its doorways on January 12 on the Makuhari Messe, so extra particulars concerning the off-road-ready Rogue will emerge within the coming weeks.
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