Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Crossovers/CUVs, Nissan
Nissan Shiraz is half car, half SUV, all odd
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Nissan Shiraz Concept
Design student Miguel Ángel Iranzo Sánchez created the vehicle you see above, and he describes it as "a mix between a[n] SUV and a sportscar infused with Nissan brand DNA." For his efforts, which took an entire summer, he won a scholarship to get his Masters in Car Design in Valencia, and -- put on your Price is Right voice for this -- a brand new car! A Nissan Note, to be exact.
Billed as 100-percent all-terrain, ecological, sporty, and Nissan, we admit it's interesting. The doors are gullwing, and the interior is terrific concept car simplicity. And our guess is that the purple glassworks have to do with the purple drink after which the car is named. But that vastly arcing front end that descends to the windshield... well, that just reminds us of a moose. Bullwinkle, to be exact. And the rear end reminds us of something that... excretes things. But have a look at the gallery of hi-res images below, and let us know what you think. While the Shiraz isn't exactly us, with the Seat Brisa on the other hand, now we're getting somewhere... Thanks for the tip, Yogesh!
Gallery: Nissan Shiraz Concept
[Source: Design Launches]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Todd 12:10PM (8/29/2008)
All ugly I'd say.
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sk 12:17PM (8/29/2008)
I rater have a glass of Shiraz than looking at this
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kevin 12:19PM (8/29/2008)
After looking at this I have to take a Shiraz lol
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Jim 12:45PM (8/29/2008)
I prefer the Renault Bordeax instead...
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bakka 12:48PM (8/29/2008)
Go away!
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Dave 12:56PM (8/29/2008)
Initial thought of this design is that all it will do is give a headache. Step back a moment and look again. Your eye is drawn to the doors which are a light color with dark flowing glass. Picture the door the same color as the rest of the car w/a beltline bottomed window and it will look quite pleasing. As far as the rear hatch, if it was on a Volvo you'd be raving about it as a heritage design.
As an Altima sport CUV it would work quite well.
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GOT 10:40PM (8/29/2008)
Agreed. How they think their coloring helps is beyond most people.
Nissan needs to change the hideous coloring and get rid of the retarded side window and maybe, they will have a contender.
Why doesn't the "remember me" function work?
BrianM 1:26PM (8/29/2008)
At least we know what they were drinking when they came up with that, wow I didnt realize that there were enough grapes to make enough wine to justify that thing.
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Charger06RT 1:58PM (8/29/2008)
Anyone see the similarities?
http://clipswtf.com/ssimages/1613.JPG
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Mehdi 2:08PM (8/29/2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz,_Iran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qashqai
lol
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Stuka 3:51PM (8/29/2008)
Not sure why, but I like a lot of aspects of it. Obviously its a concept, so looking weird is normal. But with a bit of work, I would take one.
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Krush 4:37PM (8/29/2008)
This will force me to wear pants while driving ... now way I'll buy this.
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tbirdman 7:02PM (8/29/2008)
sounds like the 96 ford thunderbird i had, except for trecks through lose sand. i could pretty much go were ever an explorer could.
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Eakarach 4:58AM (8/30/2008)
Wacky!
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Jon 6:03AM (8/30/2008)
I don't understand why people design RANDOM cars and say a bunch of don't-make-sense sentences to explain it? Like "infused with Nissan brand DNA"...
I don't like people over elaborating.
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ConceptVBS 4:44AM (8/31/2008)
They stole Daewoo's 1997 Shiraz Concept's name:
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z315/Daewoo_Shiraz/default.aspx
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mike 3:22PM (9/01/2008)
Looks kind of like a 1999 Isuzu Vehicross to me:
http://images.motortrend.com/roadtests/suv/112_9905_road_test_1999_isuzu_vehicross_ironman_edition_01l+1999_isuzu_vehicross_ironman_edition_+front_side_view.jpg
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