You people expect too much. It's a Sentra-based compact coupe. More RWD cars can come later.

All Nissan currently has below $20K are the Sentra and Frontier. Yawn. They need this compact coupe to attract people who won't be looking at one of Nissan's $30K+ V6 PROFITmobiles.

 

what exactly is this supposed to compete with? It's too small to compete with an EVO, STi or SRT-4. I guess without a base price I can't assume what it's competition is.

 

Civic coupe, Scion TC, Chevy Cobalt coupe, Focus ZX3, GTI, etc...

 

The idea of a turbo QR25 sounds nice enough.. and I actually like the idea they're pursuing. If they pay attention to suspension design and tuning, a FWD turbo coupe wouldn't be all that bad..

After all, Fiat had the Coupé Turbo 20v back in the 90's, and Alfa had that gorgeous GTV.

And looking past the overdone wheels and head/taillights, I like the form of the concept vehicle. h:

 

Without any specs, you can't say anything. But it's not another stupid hopped-up compact sedan. Give it credit there.

 

Scion tC.

 

Except better. It's a Nissan and not some econobox Toyota nameplate.

 

I like that idea of a Sentra coupe, but that thing ain't look like a 350Z. It looks like a mitsu.

 

I guess you've never been inside a tC, much less a Nissan or Toyota. Nissan's interior quality is nowhere near Toyota/Lexus/Scion's. It seems like dont know how the tC was made (off an exsisting platform) for the Scion brand. It's not an encobox by any means The specs for this are better performance wise, but remember it is a concept. Not to mention it ugly as sin. It's such a tC rip off it makes me sick.

 

but then again, the tC is a G35 ripoff. i liked the idea of a sporty coupe based on the next gen sentra platform, mainly bacause i have a 1st gen Sentra SE-R, and i really like it, but after seeing the concept, and it's ungainly proportions, i aint feelin it too much. i just hope they tone down the cues like the grille, rear lights, and make the damn a pillar window meet with the top of the hoodline, and no 19 inch dubs please, 16's will be reasonable enough, 17's should be the most they should go. just make this a good successor to the 1st gen SE-R of light, nimble, basic, affordable, and fun, and many would truly consider it.