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Qashqai New Generation - Half-secret Show

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Video: Next-gen Nissan Qashqai teased with Nissan IMQ concept - Geneva Motor Show - DrivingElectric 2024, March
Qashqai New Generation - Half-secret Show
Qashqai New Generation - Half-secret Show
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Nissan Qashqai 2019: how “Driving” completed the crossover

The term suicide door appeared at the dawn of the automotive industry - at the very beginning of the 20th century. The structural imperfection of the early “rear-hinged” (opening against the door) doors often led to the fact that they were opened or torn off by an oncoming air flow - and people fell out of the car. Remember, the same doors were on the "humpbacked" Zaporozhets? And although engineers defeated the problem decades ago, the term has proved tenacious.

Now the “suicidal” doors are features of expensive sedans such as the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Or London cabs. By the way, welcome to England!

While the tough LTI TX4 cab is winding through the streets of London, we with Nissan PR and two fellow journalists fuss about Oscar nominees and recall Arthur Haley’s novels.

Usually traveling conversations come down to discussing the culprit of the presentation, but this time along with plane tickets we were sent only the name of the concept car and its dimensions. And those with a typo.

Nissan IMQ габаритами превосходит нынешний Qashqai и почти дотягивается до Икс-Трейла. Колёса - 22 дюймовые, шины Bridgestone Connect сварены специально по заказу Ниссана
Nissan IMQ габаритами превосходит нынешний Qashqai и почти дотягивается до Икс-Трейла. Колёса - 22 дюймовые, шины Bridgestone Connect сварены специально по заказу Ниссана

Nissan IMQ is larger than the current Qashqai and almost reaches the X-Trail. Wheels - 22 inch, Bridgestone Connect tires are welded specially for Nissan. Nissan IMQ is larger than the current Qashqai and almost reaches the X-Trail. Wheels - 22 inch, Bridgestone Connect tires are welded specially for Nissan.

Nissan IMQ Concept

Length / Width / Height 4558/1940/1560 mm

Power plant e Power, gasoline engine 1.5 and two electric motors; total output of 250 kW / 340 hp.; 700 N ∙ m

Thanks, cab

Taxi stops in the industrial zone on the "outskirts of the center" of London. We verify the address in the invitation with the address on the ragged hangar without identification marks and go inside. At the reception you need to sign in a thick notebook and pack the smartphone in an opaque bag. About two weeks are left before the official premiere of the Nissan IMQ concept car in Geneva, and Nissan is afraid of the leak. Especially online streaming.

Передние стойки заставляют вспомнить Range Rover Velar, а головная оптика - современные Лексусы
Передние стойки заставляют вспомнить Range Rover Velar, а головная оптика - современные Лексусы

The front struts make you recall the Range Rover Velar, and the head optics - modern Lexus. The front struts make you recall the Range Rover Velar, and the head optics - modern Lexus. Related Materials

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The first updated Qashqai off the assembly line of the Russian Nissan plant

IMQ is an abbreviation. IM stands for Intelligent Mobility - as the Nissan team calls the concept, their vision of how the car should integrate into human life. Q - Qashqai. So the serial Nissan IMQ will be the third generation of the Japanese bestseller. Following will appear Nissan IMX (X Trail). And it is possible that the name of the successor Murano (IMM) will remind of the rampant rogue Mavrodi.

The IMQ concept car also launches a powerful associative loop. Head optics - any modern Lexus. The front pillars and part of the roof up to the start of the tailgate is the Range Rover Velar. The virtual mirror mirrors remind of the Audi e tron electric car. And only in profile the new Nissan is original and bold. Too dare to go in circulation in a similar way.

Серийный кроссовер будет пятиместным, обзаведется средней стойкой кузова и почти наверняка лишится «суицидальных» дверей. Обратите внимание на ламели в отделке пола. Они перекликаются с оформлением передней решетки и расширителями колесных арок
Серийный кроссовер будет пятиместным, обзаведется средней стойкой кузова и почти наверняка лишится «суицидальных» дверей. Обратите внимание на ламели в отделке пола. Они перекликаются с оформлением передней решетки и расширителями колесных арок

The serial crossover will be a five-seater, will acquire an average body stance and will almost certainly lose the “suicidal” doors. Pay attention to the lamellas in the finish of the floor. They have something in common with the design of the front grille and wheel arch extensions. The serial crossover will be a five-seater, will acquire an average body stance and will almost certainly lose the “suicidal” doors. Pay attention to the lamellas in the finish of the floor. They have something in common with the design of the front grille and wheel arch extensions.

What the serial IMQ will lose in the first place is the “suicidal” doors that categorically do not take root in the automobile mass market (hi, Opel Meriva, Honda Element and Mini Clubman!).

With their disappearance, an average pillar will appear, and the “evil” cutouts on the doors will surely turn into moderately expressive stampings. Add the familiar door handles and side mirrors and imagine something smaller in place of the 22 inch wheels.

Dreams and plans

The current Qashqai has entered the second, final phase of its life cycle - in three or four years it will retire. The interior of the IMQ replacing, swirling around an 840 mm driver’s display, is good, but its detachment from reality is elevated to absolute. Okay, let's not be boring and dream together with Nissan designers.

Главная «фишка» интерьера - 840 миллиметровый дисплей, показывающий всю текущую информацию о состоянии автомобиля, заряде высоковольтной батареи и работе ассистентов
Главная «фишка» интерьера - 840 миллиметровый дисплей, показывающий всю текущую информацию о состоянии автомобиля, заряде высоковольтной батареи и работе ассистентов

The main "trick" of the interior is the 840 mm display, showing all the current information about the condition of the car, the charge of the high-voltage battery and the work of assistants. The main "trick" of the interior is the 840 mm display, showing all the current information about the condition of the car, the charge of the high-voltage battery and the work of assistants.

Материалы отделки хороши. Узоры на алькантаре должны вызывать у сведущих людей ассоциации с кумико-дзайку - японским искусством ажурной мозаики из дерева
Материалы отделки хороши. Узоры на алькантаре должны вызывать у сведущих людей ассоциации с кумико-дзайку - японским искусством ажурной мозаики из дерева

Finishing materials are good. Patterns on Alcantara should evoke associations of knowledgeable people with kumiko-zaiku - the Japanese art of lace mosaic made of wood. Finishing materials are good. Patterns on Alcantara should evoke associations of knowledgeable people with kumiko-zaiku - the Japanese art of lace mosaic made of wood.

Daniel Schlapp, who works at the London-based Nissan Design Europe studio, was in charge of the interior. And it’s obvious that they didn’t put sticks in the wheels. There are no buttons or keys! Only the touchpad on the "log" of the central tunnel.

Navigation, microclimate and other systems are managed by a personal assistant with voice control. The results of its activities are displayed on the bottom screen.

Daniel answers the natural question about the number of seats in a production car without a hitch: IMQ is a family crossover for all occasions, so, of course, five. And if the production version does not shrink in size (length 4558 mm, width 1940 mm), passengers will be spacious. This is somewhere between the current Qashqai and the X-Trail. But still a little closer to the latter.

There is no point in discussing ergonomics. The serial interior will be different. This is just a model: the seats are not adjustable and can not withstand the load, there is no trunk. A steering wheel of this form should make no more than a half-turn from lock to lock - otherwise it will be inconvenient.

Слева направо: Мэтью Уивер - директор по дизайну в Nissan Design Europe; Прянка Гайтодне - ответственная за подбор цветов и фактур; Ялим Эркайя - дизайнер экстерьера; Даниэль Шлапп - дизайнер интерьера
Слева направо: Мэтью Уивер - директор по дизайну в Nissan Design Europe; Прянка Гайтодне - ответственная за подбор цветов и фактур; Ялим Эркайя - дизайнер экстерьера; Даниэль Шлапп - дизайнер интерьера

From left to right: Matthew Weaver - Design Director at Nissan Design Europe; Gaitodne gingerbread - responsible for the selection of colors and textures; Yalim Erkaya - exterior designer; Daniel Schlapp is an interior designer. From left to right: Matthew Weaver - Design Director at Nissan Design Europe; Gaitodne gingerbread - responsible for the selection of colors and textures; Yalim Erkaya - exterior designer; Daniel Schlapp is an interior designer.

Gas generator

As you already understood, IMQ is not going anywhere yet. But he will go! There will be two electric motors (one on each axis) and a one and a half liter gasoline engine, which, if necessary, will recharge the high-voltage battery - it is more compact here than in the Nissan Leaf electric hatch. The total return of the power plant is 340 horsepower and 700 Newton meters. Maximum traction is available from the bottom, and they promise to keep fuel consumption at the level of other "advanced" hybrids - this is 3-4 liters per hundred.

В таком ракурсе IMQ выглядит наибо­лее самобытно. Но не кажется ли вам, что отсутствие дверных ручек не идет на пользу образу?
В таком ракурсе IMQ выглядит наибо­лее самобытно. Но не кажется ли вам, что отсутствие дверных ручек не идет на пользу образу?

In this perspective, IMQ looks most original. But do not you think that the lack of door handles does not benefit the image? In this perspective, IMQ looks most original. But do not you think that the lack of door handles does not benefit the image?

К сожалению, такие агрессивные дизайнерские решения редко доживают до конвейера
К сожалению, такие агрессивные дизайнерские решения редко доживают до конвейера

Unfortunately, such aggressive design decisions rarely survive to the assembly line. Unfortunately, such aggressive design decisions rarely survive to the assembly line.

They don’t talk about the suspension, but most likely there will be McPherson struts in front and a multi-link in the back. However, Leaf rides quite well with a beam.

Invisible-to-Visible (I2V) technology was introduced at the beginning of the year at the CES 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Information from the cameras and sensors of each car is accumulated in a public cloud storage. As a result, the car can warn the driver about traffic jams, accidents, poor visibility or a broken section of the road.

Coming out of the hangar, I took the phone out of my bag, loaded into a taxi and headed for Heathrow Airport. Of course, in Nissan's vision of the future there is something alluring. But for now, I like the present: steering wheels of a classic form, multimedia systems with physical buttons and distinctive names. Agree, the name Qashqai is much more harmonious than dry IMQ. But it seems that the issue of naming the future crossover has been resolved completely and irrevocably. Goodbye Qashqai?

Qashqai new generation - half-secret show

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