The new Silvia?
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Jan. 3, 2010 7:46 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork
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Jan. 3, 2010 8:29 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork
I hope not.
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:16 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Both ends are a styling miss, and suicide doors....really
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:24 a.m. 4cylndrfury Dork
It reminds me of the roof line of a GTR, the ugly buttface of a 2003 Infiniti M45m and they stole the wheels from a genesis. Theyre trying to make the sportiest consumer car in their recent history (domestically cough GTR excluded cough) into a ridorkulous luxo barge crap tanker. Such a shame. Apparently, like Detroit, Japan cant get out of their own way either.
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:44 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork
aussiesmg wrote:
Both ends are a styling miss, and suicide doors....really
Honestly, I wish more 2+2s would have those opening panels. Makes it a lot easier to justify a sports car to a significant other when you can actually get a child seat in and out of the back (and for the record, while she doesn't mind rotaries, she's heard too many horror stories about RX-8s to ever consider one).
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:45 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork
Looks like they grafted the murano front end onto a coupe-ified m45.
Kinda doesn't follow any one theme. Hopefully this is just a ahoddy Photoshop, not a shoddy Nissan design
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Jan. 3, 2010 2:38 p.m. lesabre400 New Reader
Those images are of the Nissan Foria concept from 2005, back when they were trying to instill "elegance" in small cars (Cadillac Cimarron anyone).
As a Nissan fan, I'm desperately hoping they realize this won't cut it against cars like the Genesis Coupe and the Toyobaru FT-86.
I've seen concept drawings that look like a shortened and freshened Altima coupe. Fingers crossed.
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Jan. 3, 2010 2:45 p.m. Buzz Killington Reader
ReverendDexter wrote:
Honestly, I wish more 2+2s would have those opening panels. Makes it a lot easier to justify a sports car to a significant other when you can actually get a child seat in and out of the back (and for the record, while she doesn't mind rotaries, she's heard too many horror stories about RX-8s to ever consider one).
she's missing out.
but you're right...the half doors are really, really useful.
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Jan. 3, 2010 3:00 p.m. BAMF Reader
Looks like an old time Silvia, which looks like a Lancia Fulvia. I actually like the look of this car, which was first shown a few years ago.
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Jan. 3, 2010 3:57 p.m. TJ Dork
I like 510's. Other Nissan's since then just don't do it for me.
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Jan. 3, 2010 4:44 p.m. wbjones HalfDork
+1000000000000000000000000 on the 510's
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Jan. 3, 2010 5:10 p.m. Nitroracer Dork
I don't get the feeling this car is going to see the light of day, that is an old concept.
However I would be in favor of building the S15 Silvia again, for US consumption.
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Jan. 3, 2010 5:15 p.m. m4ff3w Dork
I think I like it.
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Jan. 3, 2010 6:13 p.m. gamby UberDork
Lower the beltline and it would make a bit more sense.
Very bland, though. Murano front end looks awful on a car.
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Jan. 3, 2010 7:53 p.m. foxtrapper UltraDork
So that's where the Chrysler design team went.
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:31 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
4cylndrfury wrote: Theyre trying to make the sportiest consumer car in their recent history (domestically cough GTR excluded cough)...
Was the Silvia supposed to be a sports car? Or was it something that just happened when they jammed the SR20DET in it? I know very little about that car.
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Jan. 3, 2010 9:35 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
Oh, I agree with OP. Kill it with fire. Kill it quickly. They can't even salvage the concept and make it look good! The whole thing should be scrapped.
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Jan. 4, 2010 6:41 a.m. Gearheadotaku HalfDork
yuck
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Jan. 4, 2010 7:09 a.m. Luke SuperDork
Looks to me like they've tried to recall the shape of the very early Silvia's.
Unsuccessfully
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edit: what BAMF said
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Jan. 4, 2010 8:29 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork
confuZion3 wrote:
Was the Silvia supposed to be a sports car? Or was it something that just happened when they jammed the SR20DET in it? I know very little about that car.
Everywhere else in the world, it had the SR20 stock. Only in the US did it get the truck engine.
Seems to be a common thing for Japanese sports cars. When they're brought over, they lose a cam (and turbo if they had it) and gain some displacement. Heck, the only place in the world that was sold an N/A FC RX-7 was here in the US.
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Jan. 4, 2010 8:36 a.m. zomby woof Reader
I know it doesn't look like it, but the first thing I thought of was this atrocity.
I can't believe that people actually bought these
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Jan. 4, 2010 9:39 a.m. Autolex HalfDork
Dear Nissan,
Build this:
1: (New) Miata sized coupe with convertible option (<2500lbs)
2: 5 or 6 speed manual
3: Independent front and rear suspension
4: 2.5L four out of the SE-R (front engine, rear wheel drive)
5: Make it look like a baby 350z/370z. (2 Seats)
Call it the 250z/Silvia (oh, and keep it under $25k.)
Thanks,
The whole world
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Jan. 4, 2010 11:40 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork
Yeah, I don't get the SC430 either.
I mean, I really want to... it's a 4.3L all-aluminum DOHC V8, which is pretty awesome. But then it's put in a UFO, and priced in line with a space program.
