Nissan to reveal Nails concept car

18 October 2001: The Nissan Nails concept car to be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show suggests new, flexible ways of using vehicles as ‘a tool for communicating with friends’, rather than simply as ‘a means of transportation’. The Nails concept integrates advanced communications tools including cellular phones. This concept can be used either as a two-seater or as a light pickup in whatever creative way one might desire.

The vehicle has outrageous looks, with the wheels/tires positioned at the four corners, and achieves an exceptionally efficient use of space in the compact body.

The pickup styling of the Nails concept features a unique construction formed by placing an A-shaped cabin frame on the low floor that runs from the cabin along the length of the bed.

Various body panels such as the hood, fenders and doors are given a treatment to allow rough use without being concerned about scratches or dents. The front mask incorporates a skeletal design that seemingly allows a peek at the mechanicals over the tops of colored glasses.

A ‘cellular phone pocket’ boosts function of cellular phone of a owner of the car. When the owner inserts his or her cellular phone in the pocket provided in the center of the instrument panel, personal data and vehicle data are linked and the system turns on. A driver can have a conversation with multiple friends by cellular phone, seeing these their pictures and checking information of each one displayed in the screen.