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INFINITI KURAZA CONCEPT

The Infiniti Kuraza Concept, a design exploration of future luxury utility vehicles, makes its world debut at the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Kuraza takes design forward by focusing on space, rather than enhanced utility – creating a highly social atmosphere to share with friends.

Focusing on the next level of interior design, where all passengers will be provided with equal comfort, roominess and amenities, the Kuraza is marked by six doors – with the 3rd row doors on each side operating from rear hinges – and three rows of large, luxurious side-by-side pairs of individual seats.

Kuraza also combines traditional Japanese design cues, extensive use of natural materials and modern technology to a vehicle with gracefulness and strength.

Key interior design features include stadium style seating for the 2nd and 3rd rows, which combine with the large windows and three overhead glass panels to provide a truly panoramic view; a centre-beam console with drop-down sections for unrestricted side-to-side access; and extensive use of natural materials, including rich, beige leather, hand-crafted wood and milled aluminium-alloy.

Along with its six doors and large, wrap-around greenhouse, Kuraza’s exterior offers an Infiniti-style grille, unique multi-lens LED headlights and taillights, carriage-style side combination mirrors, turn signal indicators and spotlights; automatic retracting aluminium with wood-inlay side steps; and 23-inch aluminium-alloy Infiniti-style wheels.

Highlights of the Infiniti Kuraza include:

Interior

Six-passenger seating with luxurious "kimono-style" shape with layered, leather and silk construction

Stadium-style 2nd and 3rd row seating

Panoramic views for all passengers with large windows, overhead glass panels

Driver-oriented cockpit with analogue and digital instrumentation

Full-length centre-beam console with drop-down pass-throughs

Wood and aluminium-strip inlay construction flooring

Wood and aluminium pedals

Infiniti analogue clock with hand-etched aluminium face

LED lighting in overhead console, arm rests, door grips and foot wells, six individual overhead reading lights

Exterior

Exterior designed to express a dynamic movement from front to rear and catch light reflections as if by a vigorous brush stroke

Six doors with rear-hinged 3rd row access, one-piece rear cargo area access door, wrap-around rear glass

Stepped roofline

Infiniti-style "double-arch" tinted aluminium grille

Wide aluminium band roof surround, three large glass roof panels

Hidden, sectional side steps that pivot out from beneath the vehicle when doors are opened; lighted, milled aluminium and wood-inlay construction

Sculpted-quality, multi-lamp LED headlights with tiny "surround-view" camera to detect potential blind spots, pin light-style fog lamps

Multi-lamp LED taillights with anodized violet-tinted metal surrounds

Carriage-style side mirrors with integrated LED spotlights and turn signal indicators

Large, milled aluminium door handles

Rich, deep violet three-coat pearl metallic paint

Information Technology

16x6-inch vertically oriented "Kakejiku" touch-screen centre monitor

Multi-functional display with changeable image screens and programmable information displays (weather, road conditions)

Instrument panel mounted compass and gyro meter displays

Analogue gauges with violet LED illumination

Wood and aluminium-strip flooring

Wheels and Tyres

23-inch 8-spoke aluminium-alloy wheels

Special Dunlop 305/45R23 tyres

Design

Designed by Nissan Design, Nissan Technical Center, Atsugi, Japan