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Production Nissan Qazana will bring new era of design, love it or hate it reaction
2012 Nissan Qazana – Click above for high-res image gallery
By this point in the year it's not as easy to find worthy entries for Understatement of the Year – there is just so much competition – but a comment made about the Nissan Qazana certainly qualifies: a Nissan insider told UK-based Autocar that the gelatinous crossover "will split opinion."
And not only will you get your chance to buy one in 2012, statements by Nissan indicate that you'll have your chance to buy other cars that also look like it. Nissan's customer research appears to have also given the company every reason for believing "it will be a success," and that this will give the brand "a more attractive and emotional appeal in the future."
Nissan hasn't said what Qazana design features might be seen on other cars, and we don't know if we're ready to even think about that possibility. Europeans have three years to get ready for it, and we in the States have that time to prepare for an Altima that looks like Admiral Ackbar.
Gallery: Geneva 2009: Nissan Qazana
Photos copyright ©2009 Chris Paukert / Weblogs, Inc.
[Source: Autocar]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ofsoundmind 9:07AM (11/30/2009)
Hate it. Sorry Nissan...
Mold in some Maxima headlights and we'll talk..
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dystroglycan 9:08AM (11/30/2009)
it all depends on execution, which will likely be ugly and/or boring and yet still sell
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Reece Lightning 6:42AM (12/01/2009)
say hello to the new pontiac aztek!
RG 9:08AM (11/30/2009)
Yeah... you might wanna run this strategy by BMW to see how that worked out for them with their all but defunct "Bangle-era" cars.
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txdesign 9:55AM (11/30/2009)
Worked out well for them actually. Until the downturn they sold more cars than ever before and the flame surfacing and especially the Bangle butt was copied by several competitors such as the S-Class.
ghost650 4:11PM (11/30/2009)
yep. was gonna say the same thing.
that being said. props to nissan for pushing the boundries with their design language.
id rather have some (or even many) people think my car was ugly than for EVERYONE to think it was boring,
Level 5 9:13AM (11/30/2009)
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ack154 9:17AM (11/30/2009)
At least it's not a Crosstour....
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Almo 9:21AM (11/30/2009)
wow, and I though the FJ Cruiser was fugly...
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cedar 9:34AM (11/30/2009)
Shades of the Isuzu Vehi-Cross......they'll sell a couple thousand of them then sell the tooling to some Chinese company for knockoffs.
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dukeisduke 9:30AM (11/30/2009)
Hate it.
How about a poll, Johnathon?
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Kid Red 10:14AM (11/30/2009)
x2^
Aowolf 9:42AM (11/30/2009)
I think one night over beers, the Nissan and Honda teams must have wagered over who could make the ugliest crossover...seriously this car is gross.
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dougefresh 9:52AM (11/30/2009)
With the exception of the headlight treatment, this thing looks great. Like ofsoundmind said, throw in some Maxima headlights and we're in business.
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bobepinette 10:38AM (11/30/2009)
Another NIssan "design failure"... "Nissan Cube" anyone ?
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txdesign 9:55AM (11/30/2009)
I applaud them for taking the chance. Most current "we don't want to rock the boat" car designs put me to sleep. Compared to european design, in particular the French, we get only the most conservative stuff. The Volt looked great until the turned into a pseudo crossover looking 4-door design. It seems among the americans only Cadillac has found a design language that is fresh. The new CTS wagon looks fantastic.
My last car was a 2000 BMW M-Coupe, yes the shoe or breadvan as it was called. You may hate it but I never got bored looking at it. And most people really only ever saw it from behind :)
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Hmmm 10:00AM (11/30/2009)
DEFINETLY PUT A POLL ABOUT THIS DESIGN AUTOBLOG! PLEASE...
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Wanted 9:59AM (11/30/2009)
Nissan, just stop.
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JimmyJ 10:06AM (11/30/2009)
Ugly. End of discussion.
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F50 10:08AM (11/30/2009)
Is this the new AMC Eagle?
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