God Bless America...
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04-14-2003, 08:23 AM
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Or a Japanese/French car ( Nissan is 44% French owned )
You think all those interesting new Nissan's are designed by Nissan ? Bah ! ;-) Les noix de voiture de gullable ! Renault pas le besoin de se retourner au marché de voiture américain, quand ils peuvent vendre français ont conçu nissans. ( Gullable car nuts. Renault does not need to return to America, when they are already here as Nissan. )
Notice the headlights, the turn signals, the surfacing design, etc. See a lot of G35 and 350Z in that nose ?
<img src="http://www.webcarcenter.com/concept-car/renault-talisman/talisman-1.jpg">
See shades of the Murano ?
<img src="http://sport.auto.free.fr/photoautre/renault/koleos/2000_renault_koleos_03_m.jpg">
And has anyone noticed that the new Nissan Primera looks a little like the old Renault Megane with a bit of Clio ( headlights ) thrown in?
<img src="http://www.bilinform.no/nyheter/Nissan-primera-m.jpg">
<img src="http://www.fia.com/tourisme/crash3/megane.GIF">
<img src="http://www.autointell.com/News-2002/January-2002/January-2002-3/Renault-Clio.jpg">
The designers may still technically belong to Nissan, but their inspiration is not entirely their own if their past works are anything to go by;-)
"The individual design teams are led by three Studio Chief Designers: Christopher Reitz, Stéphane Schwarz and Makoto Yamane.
Christopher Reitz graduated from Art Center Europe in Switzerland, and began his career at VW, before joining Audi in 1996, where he worked on the inthe interior design for the Audi A4, A6, A2 and the AL2 concept. He joined Nissan Europe in 1999, where he led the design of the Crossbow 4x4 concept, unveiled at the Frankfurt Show in 2001.
Stéphane Schwarz, also an Art Center Europe graduate, began his career wth Pininfarina, and joined Nissan Design Europe in1994, where he worked on the Primera and Primera Estate concept and production projects, as well as the Kino concept, shown at the last Tokyo Motor Show.
Makoto Yamane graduated from the Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo, and began his career at Nissan in Japan in 1988, where his work included the exterior design of the Silvia and Presea. After further study at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, he returned to Nissan to work on the Stagea and GT-R concept, exhibited at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2001."<ul><li><a href="http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=8601">http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=8601</a</li></ul>
Notice the headlights, the turn signals, the surfacing design, etc. See a lot of G35 and 350Z in that nose ?
<img src="http://www.webcarcenter.com/concept-car/renault-talisman/talisman-1.jpg">
See shades of the Murano ?
<img src="http://sport.auto.free.fr/photoautre/renault/koleos/2000_renault_koleos_03_m.jpg">
And has anyone noticed that the new Nissan Primera looks a little like the old Renault Megane with a bit of Clio ( headlights ) thrown in?
<img src="http://www.bilinform.no/nyheter/Nissan-primera-m.jpg">
<img src="http://www.fia.com/tourisme/crash3/megane.GIF">
<img src="http://www.autointell.com/News-2002/January-2002/January-2002-3/Renault-Clio.jpg">
The designers may still technically belong to Nissan, but their inspiration is not entirely their own if their past works are anything to go by;-)
"The individual design teams are led by three Studio Chief Designers: Christopher Reitz, Stéphane Schwarz and Makoto Yamane.
Christopher Reitz graduated from Art Center Europe in Switzerland, and began his career at VW, before joining Audi in 1996, where he worked on the inthe interior design for the Audi A4, A6, A2 and the AL2 concept. He joined Nissan Europe in 1999, where he led the design of the Crossbow 4x4 concept, unveiled at the Frankfurt Show in 2001.
Stéphane Schwarz, also an Art Center Europe graduate, began his career wth Pininfarina, and joined Nissan Design Europe in1994, where he worked on the Primera and Primera Estate concept and production projects, as well as the Kino concept, shown at the last Tokyo Motor Show.
Makoto Yamane graduated from the Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo, and began his career at Nissan in Japan in 1988, where his work included the exterior design of the Silvia and Presea. After further study at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, he returned to Nissan to work on the Stagea and GT-R concept, exhibited at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2001."<ul><li><a href="http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=8601">http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=8601</a</li></ul>
