"Amoore100" (amoore100)
04/21/2016 at 00:47 • Filed to: Good Night, Renault, Nissan
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"Amoore100" (amoore100)
04/21/2016 at 00:47 • Filed to: Good Night, Renault, Nissan | 2
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Did you ever notice how the new Espace looks strikingly similar to the new Murano? I mean, look at these pictures.
They both have this funny dip below the front badge, and the fog light housings are this weird parallelogram shape. Also, under the license plate is a grille which mimicks the design of a skidplate. Both their hoods have well-defined ribs as well which continue to form the upper outline.
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The motif continues on the back and sides, with both of them having a chrome strip along the bottom of the doors, and taillights with two red stripes running through them. The side window on both is pinched as it moves towards the D-pillar and the housing for the licesnse plate has a very emphasized downward crease (hard to see on the Purple Espace). Finally, the bottom part has a similar sweep upwards, again mimicking a skidplate as the grilles in the front did.
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Obviously the Renault-Nissan relationship is there, but the Espace is based on the Rogue platform and not the larger Murano, so are these details a coincidence or was the Murano styled by a Frenchman? Or am I just too tired and need sleep? Help me Oppo, tell me I’m not just seeing things here...
Leon711
> Amoore100
04/21/2016 at 04:22 |
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There’s some similarities but the Murano is far too over styled.
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Amoore100
> Leon711
04/21/2016 at 04:35 |
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Agreed. Recent Nissan designs have been pretty ugly IMO, yet in my eyes the Espace actually looks quite decent, especially from the front. I think the difference is that the Espace has fewer styling elements which are more accentuated whereas the Murano just has everything mixed together without rhyme or reason.
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Leon711
> Amoore100
04/21/2016 at 05:04 |
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There isn’t a Nissan in the range that I would call good looking (except maybe the GT-R) but renault has a few lookers. The Clio, Captur, Espace and Kadjar look good. Also, I’m a fan of the twingo.
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Amoore100
> Leon711
04/21/2016 at 20:59 |
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Agreed. Even the new GT-R is pretty over styled IMO and doesn’t look as it did ten years ago.
As for the rest of the Nissan range, well, yeah, they’re all awful, especially compared to their Renault counterparts:
Altima vs Talisman
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Micra vs Twingo
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Sentra vs Megane
Yeah, Nissan’s styling department hasn’t got anything on their French counterparts.
Admiral Asskicker
> Amoore100
04/23/2016 at 01:22 |
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For the love of Christ Nissan, release a new Z already.