The hundred in under five seconds
The sports car is as futuristic as it looks. The concept vehicle is powered by two electric motors positioned mid-ships between the rear wheels, permitting a sprint to a hundred kilometres an hour in less than five seconds. The power supply comes from laminated lithium ion batteries which are situated close to the car’s centre of gravity to ensure the best possible weight distribution. The range is estimated to be 240 kilometres before re-charging is called for.
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- A long bonnet with distinctly robust widening for the wheel arches and a truncated and sharply delineated back end - the Esflow has classic roadster proportions.
A classic roadster look
Definitely eye-catching is the traditional roadster styling: At the front there’s a long bonnet with distinctly robust widening for the wheel arches. The LED headlights have blue accents and are positioned like arrows shooting along the hood. The windshield slopes acutely over the forward cockpit section. The rear of the car is truncated and sharply delineated, again with arrow-shaped LED lighting arrays. The interior speaks of quality: The driver and passenger sit snugly in deep seats upholstered in golden leather and the doors are trimmed in dark blue leather and suede. The colour combination is echoed on the dashboard. From the point of view of technology the cockpit is very well equipped: There is an automatic interface for the driver’s PDA so that the fastest route to the rendezvous with wife or girlfriend can be calculated.
The Leaf comes at the end of this year
As well as presenting their electrically powered sports model in Geneva the Japanese manufacturer will be featuring the Leaf, the e-driven compact now starting series production and scheduled to go on sale at the end of the year. But automobiles with conventional motorization will also be on the Nissan stand: There’ll be the special version of the sporty 370Z and the ultra-compact Micra with a new compressor-boosted 98 horsepower petrol engine.
