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At a Glance: Nissan Sport Concept.


FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills  

A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400.
, Mich. -- The Nissan Sport Concept, which will make its public world debut at the 2005 New York International Auto Show The New York International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in late March or early April. It is usually held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It usually opens on or just before Easter weekend and closes on the first Sunday after Easter. , is the latest in a series of dynamic performance/youth concept vehicles, following the Nissan Actic The Nissan Actic was a concept car design study by Nissan Design America in La Jolla, California, and presented at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. The vehicle itself is a crossover SUV style, with smooth, bullet-shaped bodywork that looks vaguely like a small  and Nissan AZEAL concepts.

The Sport Concept is a dynamic three-door hatchback with a dramatic four-seat interior. It offers the look and feel of a sports tuner car, yet is conceived as an affordable, attainable vehicle for buyers entering the new car market for the first time. The Sport Concept brings Nissan's heritage of innovation, sportiness and driving pleasure to a category of vehicles that traditionally lack excitement and visual appeal.

Highlights of the Nissan Sport Concept include:

Exterior

--Aggressive, athletic roofline roof·line  
n.
The profile of or silhouette made by a roof or series of roofs.
 with large rear spoiler spoiler: see airplane.

1. spoiler - A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when reading the book or watching the movie.
2.
 

--Bold surface composition and robust fender character lines

--Large, muscular front bumper air intake with large wings

--Rear bumper outlet with strong negative surface and bold composition

--Projector-style headlights and rear combination lamps with multi-layered reflectors

--20-inch aluminum-alloy six-spoke wheels with machined and painted surfaces

--Extensive use of carbon-fiber composite parts

--Pearl White metallic paint

--Wheelbase 102.4 inches

--Overall length 171.3 inches

--Overall height 59.1 inches

--Overall width 71.1 inches

Interior

--Driver-oriented cockpit designed to enhance the driving experience

--2+2 seating with emphasis on the deep, body-wrapping front seats with built-in 4-point seat belts

--Front seats covered in Wolf Gray leather with double-layered pearl suede inserts

--Sporty instrument panel with integrated tachometer tachometer (tăkŏm`ətər), instrument that indicates the speed, usually in revolutions per minute, at which an engine shaft is rotating.  and gauges

--Distinctive center console with emergency brake lever integrated into the console lid, distinctive sport-throw shifter lever

--Leather-wrapped three-spoke steering wheel

--Individual rear seats with built-in 4-point seat belts, leather and suede coverings

--Rear console-mounted support grips

--Large blue-cone speaker and woofer (jargon) woofer - (University of Waterloo) Some varieties of wide paper for printers have a perforation 8.5 inches from the left margin that allows the 3.5 inch excess on the right-hand side to be torn off when the print format is 80 columns or less wide.  located in rear parcel shelf

Design

--Designed, created and managed by Nissan Design, Nissan Technical Center, Atsugi, Japan
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Geographic Code:9JAPA
Date:Mar 17, 2005
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