Spy photographers have captured images of what looks to be a production version of the Nissan Intima concept. The Nissan Intima concept looked quite close to a production-ready car when it debuted last year at the Tokyo Motor Show, and this sighting could be an indication of why.
Although the photos aren’t of the highest resolution, the images were captured just outside of where next month’s Beijing Motor Show will take place, indicating that the road-going Intima will make its world debut at that event.
The car seen in the spy pictures is still partially covered, but you can clearly see that the car’s rear windows are heavily influenced by the show car. However, the concept’s smooth bumper was lost in the translation to production.
According to Autoblog, if the Intima is indeed launched at next month’s show, it will become Nissan’s flagship sedan in China.
03/31, 10:45 AM
posted by:
affliction
maybe nissan’ll scrap the whole “2009 maxima” thing and replace it with something we can at least stare at w/o going blind.
03/31, 10:50 AM
posted by:
CleanGTO
First. This doesn’t thrill me except in the respect that it’s not for the American market.
As a side thought, I’m personally tired of Nissan, Toyota, and Kia making up names for their cars. I mean, Intima, Altima, Sentra, Camry, Corolla, Sportage, Sephia – these words are not in the dictionary, nor are they poorly translated words to English, which would not only be excusable but also funny. Use a number designation or something. Sheesh.
03/31, 10:50 AM
posted by:
CleanGTO
i mean, second
03/31, 11:21 AM
posted by:
HoosierHero
Great, then we can all say we own a 533883M or maybe a 9939329939Z…
03/31, 11:24 AM
posted by:
stingbutt1
That sounds a little to close to enema
03/31, 11:43 AM
posted by:
HoosierHero
Give it up GMSales…
03/31, 11:45 AM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
Great. Another ugly-ass Nissan polluting the roads.
03/31, 12:16 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Not ugly
Corolla is Latin for “small crown”, and Camry is an Anglicized version for “kan-muri,” Japanese for “small crown”.
03/31, 12:53 PM
posted by:
Syrax
^^if the camry was a “small crown” it would be a little less ugly. i like the crown.
03/31, 1:09 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
The jdm crown isn’t bed
03/31, 4:43 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
Intima? Isn’t that a sanitary towel?
03/31, 6:49 PM
posted by:
zoomzoomr
How do we know they aren’t planning to bring this to the US to battle the Avalon? It looks a good sight larger than the new Maxima, which has gone the 4-door coupe route and made room for a full-size Nissan sedan. Too bad it looks like poo.
03/31, 6:50 PM
posted by:
zoomzoomr
Then all they would have to do to complete their 5-sedan US lineup would be to rename their lower models Sentima and Versima for the next generation.
03/31, 9:58 PM
posted by:
autonut
Nice looking Renault.
03/31, 10:35 PM
posted by:
sharpie
CleanGTO, I am tired of all the alphabet soup “names” Caddy, MB, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Jaguar, Lincoln, Acura, Lexus, Infiniti, et al. are using. I am not a mere number and neither should my car be. Names are fine, real or not. One thing they won’t have to worry is trademark right. The more weird the name, the easier it is to get a trademark. Can you imagine trying to get a trademark for a Toyota “Automobile” or Kia “Car”? Too generic to say the least.
03/31, 11:34 PM
posted by:
CleanGTO
JackJimTurkey, nice try, but there’s no excuse for even bastardizing their own language. The words are still made up. I don’t know anyone who speaks latin as a native tongue these days. Let alone anglicized Japanese phonetic transmutations.
03/31, 11:36 PM
posted by:
CleanGTO
Sharpie, point taken on the alphabet soup, however, why not have some creativity in the naming instead of the comedic nomenclature that’s so cheap sounding and bogus.