Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative
Nissan unveils Pivo concept car
Some of our readers (you know who you are) think Nissan's Versa is, shall we say, styling-challenged. Well, Nissan
ditched the styling department and enlisted artist Takashi Murakami to design the Pivo for this year's Tokyo Motor
Show. The results speak for themselves.
The 3-seater art car features an egg-shaped passenger compartment that revolves 360 degrees, eliminating the need to
back up. The drive-by-wire, all-electric car features Nissan's lithium-ion batteries and its "Super Motor."
The car was introduced at Nissan's Ginza Gallery in downtown Tokyo, displayed alongside a "futuristic vegetable garden
installation." (I swear I'm not making this up.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul Kastner 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
boy I wish gm had designed this there would be 100 posts about how ugly and pos etc. Would have made for some great reading
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VW-Guy 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Holy crap! It's a sperm on wheels. The only thing it's missing is Woody Allen driving it into a crowd of women.
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Kevin 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
looks more like a beetle than sperm.
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Chris 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
LOL, good one VW Guy!
Sometimes concepts like these are just too stupid. Especially with the costs of making them incredibly high. I mean really? What's the point? Is this going to make me buy a Nissan? A 350Z, yes, the Pivo (horrible name by the way,) no.
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whofan 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Yea its not American it`s Japanese so its terrific. When will dumb GM ever design vehicles like this? Boy are they stupid!
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Tyson 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
if you guys go to the GUEST designers website, youll see where his ideas come from. its just a concept car people.
http://www.takashimurakami.com/index.php
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Danu 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
The one feature I think is cool is the way it swivels around to get rid of backing up. That would be a very sweet thing to have.
Past that it is a very ugly car.
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Hank 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103271
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dan 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
IT SUCKS-BIG TIME!
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Dave 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Paul - Get a life. There hasn't been a single post that sad anything about this car being anything except ugly. It's a small battery powered 2 person go cart. Who cares?
Although I suppose if GM designed it, it would probably spontaneously catch fire. *rimshot*
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Teve Torbes 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
the insipiration for the Pivo:
http://www.takashimurakami.com/images/art/murakami5.jpg
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iQuack 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Nice Scotch Tape dispenser!
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paulkastner 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
#10
Since I am posting I am alive. One must understand tongue in cheek. I could have used your rimshot after my post but I believe good sarcasm does not need an obvious sign ie rimshot.
"Although I suppose if GM designed it, it would probably spontaneously catch fire." Is funny and sarcastic enough to stand on it own.
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Glenn 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
O.K. tell them to put down the crackpipes.....
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Richard Warren 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Good one iquack!
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WDP 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
The incredible, edible car.
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Coorva Goovnoski 10:49PM (12/18/2005)
Pivo is the Polish word for Beer.
Let the Polish jokes begin!
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