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I am SO glad that cars like this exist. What a boring world it would be if every high-volume manufacturer churned out the same old predictable machinery, with 'facelifts' and new models amounting to a slight tweak to a headlight here, a minor adjustment on a rear bumper there.
Not the Nissan Cube. This is without doubt the most attention-grabbing car I have ever driven on a public road. Well, since the very first Smart car, anyway. A Porsche 911 or Ferrari of any sort might cause heads to turn and occasional wolf-whistles to be heard but never before have I been at the wheel of a car which is so... unusual-looking... that it makes small children cry. And they only saw it from the outside. Inside, the wavy dashboard is "inspired by the calming way ripples spread outwards as a pebble is dropped into water". I thought it looked like a 1930s cinema - not that that's necessarily a bad thing, you understand.
Opinions from friends were drastically divided. There were some who whooped and wanted to open all the oddly shaped doors, and fondle the strange, shag-pile, toilet-seat cover on the dashboard. (The only practical purpose we could divine for this fluffy dashboard mat is that you can put coins on it, and they don't slide off when you corner gently. But maybe looking for a practical purpose is missing the point.) And then there were others who begged me to park round the back of their house, out of sight of the neighbours. I fall into the first category - I think it's a scream, from its asymmetrical rear body styling and brown, velour seats, to the various cubbies, seven of which were able (my non-driving friends at the pub discovered) to accommodate brimming pint glasses of ale.
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