Nissan BladeGlider Concept Car : Future Electric Car Unveiled

Nissan has unveiled a prototype vehicle that is as startling in its exterior design as its revolutionary powerplant.

It's being called the Nissan BladeGlider, a deltoid-style concept car that is derived from the shape of an experimental racer that Nissan has been trying out.


It has a long, narrow nose with its wide-stance wheels in back. The shape is meant to evoke the lithe grace of a glider combined with the speed of a swept-wing aircraft, but to the average observer, it may remind them more of a top-fuel dragster.

The Nissan Bladeglider has a unique visual appeal, thanks to the rear track being much wider than the front, giving it a triangular footprint. With its roof on, the Bladeglider looks like a delta-wing aircraft for the road. The shape of the carbon body provides all the downforce it needs, hence the Bladeglider lacking large, ugly spoilers.


BladeGlider is going to be formally unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013.