Infiniti Kuraza Looks Toward the Future of Luxury SUV

Interiors With Equal Room and Comfort for All Passengers

The Infiniti Kuraza Concept, a design exploration of future luxury utility vehicle interiors, traces its origin to one simple idea: In the future, all luxury passengers should be created – and treated – equal.

That idea, the designers took to mean, dictated that 3 rd row seating should be as comfortable as the 2 nd row seating, which should be as comfortable as the driver and front passenger accommodations. As a pure, unconstrained design study, “equal” also applied to 2 nd and 3 rd row dimensions – including headroom, legroom and shoulder room. The result is a conspicuously indulgent-sized vehicle with as many doors as seats – six.

“The Kuraza Concept is about hospitality, not transportation,” said Kojii Nagano, product design director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., who headed the Kuraza design team at the Nissan Technical Center in Atsugi , Japan . “Kuraza, like a beautiful guest room in a fine home, is not designed to be used everyday. It is intended as a social space for six adult friends, such as couples meeting at a resort and heading out together for a special dinner. Therefore it doesn't need all of the usual utility features, including cupholders, excess luggage space, storage compartments and individual DVD monitors.”

Kuraza makes its world debut at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.