Nissan FORUM Concept
Nissan’s FORUM Concept will be showcase at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show in January next year, and it is a vehicle that Nissan hopes to produce in the future for all your Nissan Grand Livina buyers to graduate to one day.
Nissan designed the Nissan FORUM Concept to offer an ‘engaging space’ for children and a ’sophisticated space’ for adults. The interior is done up in leather and aluminium, and features wireless displays for DVD and gameplay.
The 2nd row seats can swivel 180 degrees to create a “living room” configuration, with the second and third row seats facing each other. Passengers can easily engage in activities during a long tiring “balik kampung” drive this way.
The second and third row is accessed via long sliding side doors using a special hinge system to allow for a clean, trackless profile, and the omition of the B-pillar, safely engineered by reinforcing the roof and door frame.
Each headrest has speakers in them, and the audio system is engineered by Bose. Cameras mounting the 2nd and 3rd rows send images to a display at the front - a CCTV system of sorts to monitor your kids. There is also a “time out” button to pause all media (each passenger can view his own media, like on a plane), allowing the front occupants to announce whatever they need to announce.
More photos of the Nissan FORUM Concept after the jump.
December 21, 2007 @ 2:13 am
The rear lamp look a bit like the latest model of Toyota Estima. I simply loves the last row seat, it looks ’superb’-ly comfortable
December 21, 2007 @ 5:35 am
amazing ! check out the wing mirrors!
December 21, 2007 @ 5:55 am
Looks like almost a production car. Remove the funky chairs and dashboard, and maybe it will be a production vehicle
December 21, 2007 @ 7:32 am
Too much glass space, in our humid tropical country, it may invite too much sun.
December 21, 2007 @ 9:15 am
Great design, very organic!
December 21, 2007 @ 10:25 am
not too bad exterior,
because MPV need to be exteriorly exciting,
if not this big automobile a piece of boredom
December 21, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
i like the omition of B-pillar. the space created just that only can give a great impression compared to other mpvs. now, even the furious alphard concept look tame to compared to this nissan forum.
anyway, i think the 3rd row seat is likely will not into the production since most of the current mpvs have foldable 3rd row seat and the design of this seat is not foldable ‘friendly’. heheh
the front design is a bit familiar to the new 2008 murano especially the headlamp and grill.
December 21, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
just a personal view,
so far the french have a good collection of interestingly designed MPV,
well… to some, its quirk or too avantgard, but its an MPV
i think, MPV its not a car, its a transport that glide on the highway, its not a fast car on a twisty road, its not hard core handling and performance, therefore its should be in its honest pristine way of a people carrier, at this moment, central meter display is acceptable, soft seat is acceptable, home like gadget is acceptable, high profile tyre is acceptable for extra comfort, but not to sacrifice style and aerodinamic, also with unique iterior flavoured of classical or avantgard, or simply tropicana
December 21, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
quite good
December 21, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
huh! look at those chairs…. look like dentist chairs to me. lol
December 21, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
I kinda like it. But, agree with Big Fish, the glass roof will turn it into an oven in a country like ours.
December 21, 2007 @ 11:31 pm
Very very curvy.
3rd picture from the bottom, looks like a toilet.
December 22, 2007 @ 9:18 am
WOW the color look like SHIT!
THe steering wheel like a SHIT with White color some more?
I think only the exterior look great not the interior.
But, based on engineering point of view, the body structure is WEAK no B-pillar, Glass Roof, No Sliding rails for slide doors…..Almost Impossible job to do on Mass-pro. The final version must be COMPLETELY different from this.
December 22, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
auctioncenter2u
i do agree with you, interior is awful,
if look at late french MPV, it give some feel of MPV-ness,
December 22, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
this car no safety at all….
December 22, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
this mpv look really not safe to drive… to many mirror …. front view like bulldog head..side miror like bulldog ear..
December 22, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
maybe the interior need a new theme, simply replace wood with brush aluminium and using black leather…no more shit. no need redesign
December 23, 2007 @ 7:22 pm
how many ppl will be in the forum ?
December 24, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
nice design but the roof if in our country we will become ayam roasted lol
December 24, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Very nice curves and creases on the exterior…but in case of accident, will be an absolute nightmare to ‘ketuk body’…hehe