Nissan Concept Ellure Hybrid live photos and details Los Angeles Auto Show 2010
Until the publication of images (and more) and presentation at the show in Los Angeles, nothing had filtered through the concept Nissan Ellure to "demonstrate any innovation that will bring the Nissan sedan traditional sector." That's the pitch. The information and illustrations eventually tumble. While the future of the Nissan sedan in the U.S. market?
At the template, this concept must prefigure the future sedan in the U.S. manufacturer is located between two water oscillating between coupe and SUV.
Optical stretched wide flanks, high beltline, sculpted lines, aggressive prow, stern impressive, panoramic glass roof, grille unpublished contained ride height, large windows (etc etc): the concept plays between aerodynamics and mass printing . The front fascia equipped with deep cavities and the imposing grille transparent and powerful, equipped with small openings, bringing the wind above and below the body.
The Ellure also characteristic for a fully flat underbody, side compartments built into the housing body cameras (instead of the usual mirrors), wheel arches and a small transparent surface covering the whole wheels Aluminum alloy 21-inch five spokes which are mounted on Michelin tires with low rolling resistance.
Nissan Concept Ellure Hybrid interior pics 
Return to the Design Contest in Los Angeles and let's look a moment on the proposal shifted Mercedes called Biome.
The Biome fully respects the subject of the challenge (designing a car less than 450 kg versatile for four people) with a sort of ultra-lightweight car that uses technology from nature to achieve unsurpassed efficiency and integration called "transparent" in the ecosystem.
The Mercedes design team based in California has created a vehicle emerging from a nursery Mercedes from two seeds princpales: a sip of the DNA of the brand to build the cabin and the other for the body. The wheels are "grown" with four separate single seeds.
The Biome collects the sun's energy and stores it in its "veins" in the form of a liquid called BioNectar4534. Mercedes unfortunately remains shy about using this "fuel" and the propulsion of the craft. We only know that the star vehicle develops a technology that will upgrade the trees by equipping receivers. These convert solar energy surplus BN4534.
