WTF Was Nissan Thinking?

by Frank Williams

January 17th, 2008 3:33 PM

The newly-restyled Nissan Murano went on sale this week. The good news: the MSRP is $1500 lower than the previous model's. The bad news: someone let Subaru's stylists into Nissan's studios. Apparently pissed they had to give up the "flying vagina" on the B9 Tribeca, they surreptitiously altered the front of Nissan's CUV to show the next evolutionary step in the development of the infamous flying-v. While they were at it, they threw in a bunch of insectoid headlights under creased plastic covers. Then they moved to the rear where they designed a derrière that looks like a WRX hatchback with a fanny lift. The only logical explanation is that Nissan discovered their mischief too late to make any corrections before the planned intro date. At least I hope this wasn't intentional!

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Morbo on Jan 18, 2008

Another CUV that won’t get me out of my Aztek.

And there you have it. When an Aztek owners calls a car ugly, It's U-G-L-Y

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Kjc117 on Jan 18, 2008

The original Murano was a great balanced design and was going to be a tough act to follow. With this generation Murano it seems the designers tried too hard to improve on last generations design. However, the Murano is not in the same league of "uglyness" as the first generation Tribecca B9 flying "V". Anyone remember Nissan's "Space Van"?

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