(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Nissan has revealed the Xmotion concept, a design exploration for a potentially groundbreaking compact SUV, building on the company's long history of cutting-edge crossovers and SUVs.
Making its world debut at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the six-passenger, three-row Nissan Xmotion (pronounced 'cross motion') concept fuses Japanese culture and traditional craftsmanship with American-style utility and new-generation Nissan Intelligent Mobility technology.
'In the Xmotion concept, we explored the more rugged and powerful side of Nissan Intelligent Mobility. Bold and powerful forms and proportions are, upon closer inspection, contrasted with aspects of traditional Japanese craftsmanship expressed in a contemporary way,' said Alfonso Albaisa, senior vice president of global design at Nissan Motor Co, Ltd.
He added, 'The exterior's combination of western and eastern concepts continues inside the Xmotion, where advanced connectivity and autonomous technologies mix with modern Japanese digital art and cultural craftsmanship. At a glance, Xmotion may appear to have a minimal design language, but a closer look reveals layers of detail that make this concept exceptional.'
Signalling the future of Nissan design, the Xmotion concept's stunning exterior features a powerful dynamic presence with understated sculptural beauty, including unique U-shaped highlights and a bold evolution of Nissan's signature V-motion grille.
The visual simplicity of the Xmotion concept exterior is contrasted by the rugged, metal-crafted wheels and all-terrain tire design. Like the rest of the vehicle, the mechanical tool-inspired wheels and all-terrain tyres coexist as one piece, with the tyre tread physically laminated over the 21-inch aluminium-alloy wheels. Additional exterior features include a retractable 'rooftop box' and a unique tail light design inspired by Japanese woodwork.
With its long wheelbase, with wheels and tyres pushed out to the extremes of the corners, the Xmotion concept allows for the creation of a fresh, '4+2' passenger layout. Featuring three rows of side-by-side individual seats, it's designed to provide a perfect space for a young couple, another couple and two children or pets in the third row.
Inside, the Xmotion concept's crafted interior design symbolises a Japanese landscape, honoring Nissan's roots while incorporating advanced graphic user interfaces and autonomous driving technologies.
The interior itself was created with the imagery of a river on the floor, with the centre console acting as a bridge. The console, the core of the interior design, uses a traditional Japanese architectural wood joinery technique, kanawa tsugi, found in the carpentry used to build religious temples and shrines.
The Xmotion concept's instrument panel design is a modern interpretation of traditional kigumi wood joinery. By using the kigumi structure in the instrument panel and console, the vehicle's interior suggests a robust bone structure, creating a sense of strength and trust.
The interior includes a total of seven digital screen portions. Three main displays and left and right end displays span the width of the instrument panel. There's also a 'digital room mirror' in the ceiling and a centre console display.
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