We talk with Alfonso Albaisa at the New York International Auto Show about Nissan design. More variety, as well as 'charming' cars are on the docket.
At the New York International Auto Show, we had an opportunity to chat with Nissan's Senior Vice President for Global Design, Alfonso Albaisa, about a variety of things related to car design. And naturally it focused on Nissan, and he shared a number of things that have us excited to see where Nissan is headed over the next several years. Particularly, it seems like Nissan may buck a couple of trends in car design of the last few decades.
Albaisa also noted that the corporate design language model has the issue of instantly dating a lineup. When the new language is adopted, it only comes out on a model-by-model basis. So you have one super new car, and the rest of the lineup is suddenly old. But that's not all that he loved about that time for Nissan. We talked a bit about the Pike Factory cars, the retro-inspired small car models including the Be-1, Pao, Figaro and S-Cargo. He recalled seeing the Figaro, which is extremely retro-looking with lots of chrome, circular lights and bakelite-style switchgear, and being wowed by it.
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