Datsun XLink Concept Design Exercise

Datsun XLink design concept study / Benjamin Nawka / Carbodydesign

Say what? Datsun coming back?

By Thami Masemola
July 30, 2008 4:00 PM
Filed Under: Concept Car, General, Japanese, Nissan

Are we seeing the first of its kind, a concept destined to become the first Datsun-badged car since 1986? Could very well be. This is called XLink, a coupé SUV-sort of vehicle designed by a student named Benjamin Nawka, a former Volkswagen design intern, at Nissan Yulon Design Center as his final thesis project. It’s a concept that features adjustable suspension, four doors for four passengers and a two-mode diesel hybrid. As a world car it is supposed to drive in a number of different surfaces, including very bad roads, hence the adjustable legs. A nice futuristic feature in the XLink is something called XLINK Experience communication system which connects “XLinkers” with each other for the purposes of sharing a vehicle or a ride.

The aim of the project was to investigate the possible reintroduction of the Datsun brand as a vehicle – pun intended – to carry certain sporting and technological aspirations of parent Nissan, outside of Infiniti and the mother brand itself. Datsun was quite famous for its Fairlady or 240Z coupés which were quite sporty during their heydays. How serious is Nissan about a future Datsun brand? Sweet concept overall, but truly, why resurrect dead Datsun? To compete with MINI and Scion?

Source: Carbodydesign via Carscoop

Comments

asif
July 30, 2008 4:10 PM
wowsers!!!!!! i love this. Datsun okay was panned in some markets (okay loads of them perhaps!) but i reckon it could be revived into a youth orientated brand like Scion. Japanese retro? im already turned on! c'mon Nissan!!!!

alessandro
July 30, 2008 4:26 PM
Yes please, finally! Hahahahahaaa.

aston
July 30, 2008 4:52 PM
Absolutely love it! Brig back DATSUN

tiguy2000
July 30, 2008 6:30 PM
WAAAAT?!! Don't mess it up. This could be major threat to other Japenese automakers!

Tuner_Mad
July 30, 2008 6:39 PM
Nice concept, now make the 370Z.

PotatoEater
July 31, 2008 3:38 AM
Suitable for a star wars movie as a storm-trooper's phallus. Nice work daschund.

benz_man
July 31, 2008 4:17 PM
If they bring back Datsun, we should get a small, light, fast, affordable, 4-cylinder (turbo), two-seat 240...again!

mortz
August 1, 2008 2:37 AM
Yes About time

kenta
August 4, 2008 3:41 PM
" Fair Lady " is one of the most beautiful symbolic name for a car I have ever heard. ... Just love it !!!!

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