Interesting prototype in the late 80's

[MikeW]

This prototype was shown by Nissan in 1987. I saw it just yesterday for the first time. I don't say it's cool, but...there are marked similarities. :wink:

It looks like it was seriously planned for a series production. Why did it not turn up?

 

[ALSWEL]

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101472&highlight=nissan+prototype

 

[MikeW]

^ Thanks!

I found it here: http://www.carstyling.ru

 

[nastinupe1]

Typical late 80's look. A lot of Jap cars had that look back then. I'm thinking about the Pulsar, the 3000 GT, and the Prelude to name a few.

 

[Aiken Drum]

Kinda makes you wonder if it was Yet Another Surprisingly Similar Car Designed By Ken Okuyama. I don't think he was involved, though.

 

[Aiken Drum]

I had some fun with some of the software I've accumulated over the years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6For1JfDItY

 

[nastinupe1]

I believe that the take home message from this design is whom were the Jap's trying to emulate? Back in the 80's they were more like the copy cat Chinese than today.

I believe that everyone looked at the Ferrari 348 and C4 Corvette for inspiration back then.

 

[MikeW]

I had some fun with some of the software I've accumulated over the years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6For1JfDItY

:biggrin: This is great!