Nissan unveils new crossover design at Frankfurt show
FRANKFURT, Germany, September 17, 2015
Nissan has unveiled a new era in crossover design, EV performance and light commerical vehicle quality at the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
With a striking array of bold new ideas and ground-breaking developments in Nissan's celebrated EV range, Nissan again confirms its status as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking brands in the industry, said a statement.
Packed with innovation and introducing a bold new design language, the Nissan Gripz Concept is the key highlight of Nissan's 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show presence, it said.
Conceived and designed by teams in Europe and Japan, the Nissan Gripz Concept offers a tantilising glimpse into the future of Crossover design.
Created to be a ‘sports road warrior', the Nissan Gripz Concept combines the practicality and ability of a compact Crossover with the performance, excitement and driver engagement of a traditional sports car.
The combination gives Gripz a dual personality - delivering the perfect blend of everyday refinement and agility with the ability to take on more adventurous terrain when desired.
The Nissan Gripz Concept not only illustrates the brand's ‘no boundaries' approach to design, it also showcases Nissan's engineering possibilities.
Gripz has debuted a prototype hybrid system based on technologies developed for the brand's best-selling electric vehicle (EV) models.
Shiro Nakamura, senior vice president and chief creative officer, said: "Nissan pioneered the idea of the compact crossover, and this is reflected in the enormous popularity of Qashqai and Juke and the resulting growth of the market segment as other manufacturers play catch-up.
"While the Nissan Gripz Concept is not seen as a direct replacement for either of those two iconic vehicles, it does show the extremes to which the compact crossover can be pushed."
Created through collaboration between Nissan Design Europe in London and Nissan Global Design Center in Japan, the exterior of the Nissan Gripz Concept has been guided by the ‘emotional geometry' body sculpting concept which depicts strong contrasts through the dynamic, tensional, yet edgy surface.
Nissan's leadership and innovation in the EV market takes another significant step forward at Frankfurt with the announcement of a new battery for the LEAF that delivers a driving range of up to 250 km - an increase of 26 per cent.
The new sector-first 30 kWh battery is at the heart of the new 2016MY LEAF which too makes its global debut at Frankfurt, said the statement.
With revised internal chemistry and new electrode materials, the new battery will transform the Nissan LEAF driving and ownership experience and reinforces its position as the most capable, practical and affordable electric vehicle in the world.
The ongoing show is also witnessing the European debut of the all-new NP300 Navara, said the statement.
Redesigned using Nissan's celebrated Crossover philosophy, the NP300 Navara builds on Nissan's eighty year experience in the pick-up sector with some of the most advanced design and engineering features in the industry, it said.
With new technology, bold design and clever engineering at its heart, the new NP300 Navara sets new standards in every key area.
The comfort levels have been raised significantly, with the introduction of a redesigned interior, while the integration of a new lightweight multi-link rear suspension system transforms ride quality. - TradeArabia News Service
