December28
[Updated: Several new images have been added.] Nissan has released new images of its URGE design concept, set to debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The motorcycle-inspired car seats three and focuses on light weight and performance. It’s also the first car to offer a “fully integrated gaming system,” according to the automaker. It features a built-in Xbox 360 from Microsoft that enables drivers (while parked) to play “Project Gotham Racing 3″ using the car’s own steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal while viewing the game on a flip-down seven-inch LCD screen. “Nissan conducted an Internet survey of 2,000 echo boomers, a majority of which said technology and gaming are among the most important attributes in their first car,” said Bruce Campbell, vice president of design at Nissan Design America. Earlier this month, Nissan released the a sketch of the car. Several images after the jump…
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If anything would encourage people to drive fast and recklessly, it would be playing a racing game in your car, and then driving off for real!
Two things…One, the car is the worse concept car I have seen in a long time. Two, what good is it when your technology is outdated. Hey my car has an intergrated Atari 2600 !!!! How to upgrade that???
How to intergrate electronics into cars is the next challenge for the automotive world.
I thing the industry needs to adopt a modular dash with standard “rack” sizing. The electronic industry could then design their products to fit that footprint. Then the car’s electronics can keep up with technology without having to redesign the workings of the car every year. The additional electronics should function independent of the vehicle’s system.
I would even design a pathway along the tunnel to get wiring into the trunk. In the trunk I would have further modular designs to house additional electronics.
The Gen X/Y crowd that can’t afford new cars can at least upgrade the electronics on their used cars if the cars had the modular system. Then when they can afford a new car, they will buy the car that has the modular set-up.