Well it seem that Nissan has taken notice to the Scion brand's success. Every manufacturer doubted Toyota when they announced they would launch the youth-oriented brand . Now,Nissan wants a part of that market and will soon release 2 vehicles to compete with Scion,though they will remain Nissan badged. They released the Azeal at the North American International Autoshow and most recently, The Sport concept. Do you guys think they will put a dent in Toyota's profits? I personally don't care to much for the Azeal,the coupe styling doesn't work in a vehicle this small. The Sport Concept has great potential and looks fantastic in my opinion .



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Nissan Azeal,Turbocharged Inline-4 (concept) 6-Speed manual





Nissan Sport Concept

 

I dont like the first one at all. It looks like an ugly tC. I do however like the Sport Concept. Very European in design and has a Sport Clio look to it (I guess parent compant Renault had a lot to do with that design). They should produce that.

Ohh, I also hate the xB look a like too.

 

I think its a good move for Nissan, their image is sportier than Toyota so they don't need to have a seperate brand which is good and bad. Its good as they don't have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars setting up a franchise. And I just hope the production car does not look like that pic
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The white car is nothing more than a rebadged Renualt......

 

can you please merge this one with the other one Sic I accidently submitted before I posted all the pics

 

Oh how could I forget the Cube
I really don't like it either It seems as if they are copying all three vehicles from Scion

 

Unoriginal...
Very...

 

I saw that sport concept at the NY Auto Show like 2 months ago and it looked pretty good. Caught my attention for sure. I like the little carbon fiber accents on the front and rear bumpers

 

I saw it in person this January & took this pic, not the prettiest but a cute little car :

 

No...the Cube has been on sale in Japan for some time now. It is not just a hurriedly-designed clone of the xB. Nissan marketers have been carefully watching the xB's sales to determine if there is a good enough market here in the U.S. for the Cube. Apparantly there is.

 

I've said this before - but I think if Nissan produced this car with a SR20DET powerplant, a decent tranny, and AWD - people would flip over it.

Of course, to make the line profitable they'd have to have lower trim levels - but I think the above described trim would stir up a lot of excitement in the auto world - especially mags.

M.

 

What came first the bB or the Cube? Didn't Daihatsu make a box thing even before the bB? Daihatsu being a subsidiary of Toyota.

 

bB- 1999
Cube- 1998
Daihatsu Move (first boxy one)-????
The 1st gen Move- 1995 but it doesn't really look like the bB or Cube
Naked- 1999

 

The little white one is going to be based on a renault so Euro influence is always welcomed in my book

 

it would be a very good move for nissan. it would be a really nice if nissan can offer something that would compete with scion. i would love to see them, personally.

 

I actually think the Cube is pretty sweet.