The head of the global design for Nissan has confirmed that the automaker is that Close design studios In San Diego, CA and São Paulo, Brazil, next year and reduce the size of the design department in Japan and the UK.
Although we know that Nissan is currently struggling due to considerable financial problems, it is a shame that they now need the design studios and have to close design sources throughout the company. Nissan has a remarkable history of bold, innovative and successful car designs, all of which will be more difficult for the company to live up to in the future with fewer designers who have come up with their agencies that have come up with the next Z-, GT-R or Nismo model.
Reuters reports Nissan’s design office in Shanghai, China, will be Play Of these cuts, because it has been proven to be the most productive design studio in the company. That is what it’s all about, as the new Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa has publicly said that he hopes to lower the development cycle for new cars from 52 months to 37 months, and the refreshing cycle of 48 months to 30 months.
Five favorite Nissan designs
In the light of these closures, we want to celebrate some of the amazing car designs that have come through the history of Nissan. From production cars to concepts to racing cars, here are our five favorite Nissan designs.
Nissan 300ZX (1990-1996)
Did you know that designers from the 300ZX were some of the first to use a Cray-2 super computer to design the car using CAD software? You can hardly say that a computer was involved because the design of the 300ZX is so elegant, so clean and so powerful. Every part of it is perfect, including the headlights, who received a license from Nissan for use on the Diablo.
Nissan R390 GT1
The R390 GT1 from the late 90s is the most beautiful of all Nissan racing machines. Perhaps that is because it was first developed as a road car to meet the homologing rules for the GT1 class on the 24 hours of Le Mans. Only one R390 road car was once made, but eight racing versions participated in the famous Endurance Race in 1997 and 1998. They never won the race right, but they looked damn well.
Nissan Pulsar NX (1986-1990)
The second generation Nissan Pulsar NX should not be considered strong because of his design aesthetics, which was at best clear, but because of the design innovation. Thanks to removable roof panels and two rear Liège modules, the Pulsar NX could transform a coupé into a T-top, shooting brake or even an outdoor pick-up truck-like construction. It was a unique example of experiments, innovation and having the guts to design something else.
Nissan Skyline R34 GTR (1998-2002)
There have been many Skylines and GT-Rs in the history of Nissan, but the typical thing for us is the R34 GTR. Some were perhaps more beautiful, some more practical, but the R34 GTR looked like a boxer who stepped into the ring. The body was bulging and muscular, and the familiar did not trust overly aerodynamics to convey its point. And those headlights are perhaps the ones who have stopped the design trend of the “angry eyes”.
Nissan Idx Nismo and Freeflow
Sometimes indicated as the greatest Nissans never made, the IDX concepts were unveiled in 2013 as a new kind of Nissan for younger customers. However, designers looked at the past, in particular the Datsun 510, for inspiration. It is such an honest form, boxy in nature, but with interesting details everywhere, and the design team has done great to update it for the 21st century.
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