Nissan will show the concept mini-van Forum in Detroit

The choice of Nissan for Detroit to be a starting point of the new mini-van is not accidental. The minivan Quest which is produced in the US for the local market will be 5 years next year, and in the very near future it simply must be replaced by a new model.

The research, conducted by the experts of the company, has showed that the overwhelming majority of Quest owners are family couples with 2 or more children. That’s why when the new concept Forums has been developed, the engineers paid special attention not only to the front but to the rear passengers.

For adults proper the designers left only two front seats, whereas the other 5 are made for children. Due to the transparent glass top and transformable interior “nursery” got very spacious and airy. Moreover, the second seats row can be rotated by 180 degrees enabling the small passengers to play games or watch TV together.

At the same time, all that is going on in the back can be well monitored by the parents as the space is observed by two cameras which can be accessed from the central panel. In order to simplify access to the “nursery” it was equipped with sliding doors and deprived of the central stand. According to Nissan experts such a solution didn’t affect the body stiffness.

Nissan Forum is just a demonstration dummy at the moment with no engine and transmission. Nevertheless, when it will be launched serially, the car is likely to get either a turbodiesel or a hybrid engine. However, there are no confirmed data on the point as the serial “life” of the model will start no sooner than 2010.

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