The Nissan that gave the impression of a Pontiac.
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Nissan AD-2 Idea
First Proven
1977 Tokyo Motor Display
Description
Luxurious sedan design idea
Gross sales Tone
“Ultimate luxury sedan”
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Main points
First perceptible on the 1977 Tokyo Motor Display, the Nissan AD-2 used to be a luxury-car design learn about, and imaginable template for what used to be to grow to be the emblem’s Maxima top class sedan. The AD-2’s dry, creased edges and wrap-around rear glass have been, certainly, harbingers of design developments to return, even though now not essentially at Nissan.
Except for the tech-forward cabin parts, visible most effective by means of drawings—the auto’s inner used to be now not on show—the AD-2 used to be slightly standard. The rear-drive sedan’s energy got here from the maker’s L28 6-cylinder engine displacing 2.8-liters and generating an estimated 160 horsepower. The suitable-hand-drive AD-2 Idea used to be now not, to the most productive of our wisdom, perceptible at any U.S. auto presentations. Observe that during 1977, the Nissan logo used to be nonetheless referred to as Datsun right here in The States.
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To those optical, the AD-2 seems to be two distant idea automobiles joined within the center—the entrance and the rear, particularly in profile, appear totally unrelated. That’s ok even though, because the design itself is daring, and on the occasion used to be breathtakingly fashionable.
What impresses us is how a lot after Pontiac fashions would glance as though influenced by means of the AD-2, particularly the entrance clips. And, it’s virtue remembering that the Pontiacs in query, the J2000 and the 6000, have been very fashionable taking a look when offered.
Had we been consulted, we may have attempted to squeeze an AD-2 cameo right into a length science-fiction movie, most likely the James Bond mystery, Moonraker.
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Nissan AD-2 Photos
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