Of all the phrases that crackle throughout automakers' conference calls, "subject matter experts," "capabilities assessment reporting" and "advanced product quality planning" are still more likely to be heard than "but will the kids dig it?" In the post-Scion world, however, all bets are on the table. As Nissan indicated in Detroit, with its Azeal concept.
In fact, if we didn't have an adequately conservative view of corporate ethics (cough, cough) we'd suspect Nissan designers had a go at a Scion TC with a belt sander. One question: Where's the rear-deck spoiler? Kids dig rear-deck spoilers.
More photos at Autoblog.
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Nissan Azeal Concept to Debut at Detroit [internal]