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The Japanese automaker Nissan presented the second-generation Kicks sporting enlarged dimensions, a more powerful engine, and a completely new design ethos – then it also dropped the bomb with a bold new strategy for the next few years.
Many Japanese car fans probably thought that Nissan was slipping away on a boring and predictable path – luckily, the fresh Kicks threw that perception down the drain. Now, we all have very big expectations from the 30 new vehicles the company is set to introduce by 2027 – 16 of them being hybrids and EVs, plus seven of the total dedicated to the North American markets.
We already know that the Armada is coming soon – and it's twinned with the massively cool 2025 Infiniti QX80 packing the new 450-hp 3.5-liter turbo V6 mill. There's also a new Patrol on the way, which is good news for international markets, but there's also a lot of leeway when you have a 30-model roster for the next few years ahead of you.
Naturally, the rumor mill quickly started listening to all possibilities, and some reports claim that some of Nissan's corner office head honchos hinted that a third-generation Xterra is "actively being considered." For the imaginative realm of digital content creators, that is another way of saying, "We are working on it," so they finally saw their unofficial Xterra prayers answered. Of course, no one has any idea about the looks of the potential new iteration of the truck-based compact SUV that was produced by Nissan between 1999 and 2015 over the course of just two generations.
No worries, Vince Burlapp (aka vburlapp on social media or burlappcar.com) is a prolific virtual artist who loves to dream of all the latest models across the wide-ranging automotive realm – and he's got some ideas for what comes next from the Japanese automaker, including a potential Nissan EV sedan coming to replace the aging Leaf hatchback. As far as the pixel master is concerned, "a new Xterra makes a lot of sense."
His accompanying illustration is wildly optimistic and could run around the crossover-based yet rugged Ford Bronco Sport carving trail-ready circles, but in the real world, the author believes that a revived Nissan Xterra would be affordable, even though the executives also mentioned they want it to be "authentic" and "a serious truck." As such, he has two distinct solutions – either a shrunken-down D41 Frontier-based chassis or simply taking the Alliance's Dacia/Renault Duster and selling it rebadged, slightly tweaked, and re-engineered.
So, what do you think about the possibility of seeing the Ford Bronco Sport fight for its life with a reborn Nissan Xterra? Also, how do you see the future of EVs at Nissan – with or without a Leaf and with a new EV sedan in its place?
We already know that the Armada is coming soon – and it's twinned with the massively cool 2025 Infiniti QX80 packing the new 450-hp 3.5-liter turbo V6 mill. There's also a new Patrol on the way, which is good news for international markets, but there's also a lot of leeway when you have a 30-model roster for the next few years ahead of you.
Naturally, the rumor mill quickly started listening to all possibilities, and some reports claim that some of Nissan's corner office head honchos hinted that a third-generation Xterra is "actively being considered." For the imaginative realm of digital content creators, that is another way of saying, "We are working on it," so they finally saw their unofficial Xterra prayers answered. Of course, no one has any idea about the looks of the potential new iteration of the truck-based compact SUV that was produced by Nissan between 1999 and 2015 over the course of just two generations.
No worries, Vince Burlapp (aka vburlapp on social media or burlappcar.com) is a prolific virtual artist who loves to dream of all the latest models across the wide-ranging automotive realm – and he's got some ideas for what comes next from the Japanese automaker, including a potential Nissan EV sedan coming to replace the aging Leaf hatchback. As far as the pixel master is concerned, "a new Xterra makes a lot of sense."
His accompanying illustration is wildly optimistic and could run around the crossover-based yet rugged Ford Bronco Sport carving trail-ready circles, but in the real world, the author believes that a revived Nissan Xterra would be affordable, even though the executives also mentioned they want it to be "authentic" and "a serious truck." As such, he has two distinct solutions – either a shrunken-down D41 Frontier-based chassis or simply taking the Alliance's Dacia/Renault Duster and selling it rebadged, slightly tweaked, and re-engineered.
So, what do you think about the possibility of seeing the Ford Bronco Sport fight for its life with a reborn Nissan Xterra? Also, how do you see the future of EVs at Nissan – with or without a Leaf and with a new EV sedan in its place?
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