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Meet the new Nissan BladeGlider. It"s a car we"ve met before, in wild concept car form. Notice how it looks a little neutered, a little more production legible? While still not officially a production car, it all fits in with Nissan"s original claim that the 2013 Tokyo show concept might eventually make it into showrooms.For now, BladeGlider v2 is dubbed an advanced prototype". The differences between this and the original are all ones that have us pondering how soon we"ll see it with number plates. Most notably, the front and rear widths are less disparate, though still at odds with one other, as the Inspired by DeltaWing" badge denotes.It"s described as an electric vehicle for car lovers", and its spec bears that out nicely. Only the rear wheels are driven, each one getting its own 130kW motor. Total system output, in relatable numbers, is 264bhp and 521lb ft.Not bad with a fair 1,300kg to shift. That may sound a lot for something so racecar-esque, but there are batteries to shift around, don"t forget. Size-wise, you"re looking at a car similar in length, width and wheelbase to a Ford Focus. Or, indeed, Nissan"s electric Leaf.The power is metered between the two motors via torque vectoring, to ensure any understeer, from that narrow front end, is kept in check. It comes in three flavours: off", agile", and drift mode". What will a BladeGlider be like at powersliding? For now, we can only imagine.Britain has played its part in the BladeGlider, too, with Williams Advanced Engineering providing the powertrain. The top speed is described as in excess of 118mph", while 0-60mph takes less than five seconds.
Date written: 4 Aug 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4534
Meet the new Nissan BladeGlider. It"s a car we"ve met before, in wild concept car form. Notice how it looks a little neutered, a little more production legible? While still not officially a production car, it all fits in with Nissan"s original claim that the 2013 Tokyo show concept might eventually make it into showrooms.For now, BladeGlider v2 is dubbed an advanced prototype". The differences between this and the original are all ones that have us pondering how soon we"ll see it with number plates. Most notably, the front and rear widths are less disparate, though still at odds with one other, as the Inspired by DeltaWing" badge denotes.It"s described as an electric vehicle for car lovers", and its spec bears that out nicely. Only the rear wheels are driven, each one getting its own 130kW motor. Total system output, in relatable numbers, is 264bhp and 521lb ft.Not bad with a fair 1,300kg to shift. That may sound a lot for something so racecar-esque, but there are batteries to shift around, don"t forget. Size-wise, you"re looking at a car similar in length, width and wheelbase to a Ford Focus. Or, indeed, Nissan"s electric Leaf.The power is metered between the two motors via torque vectoring, to ensure any understeer, from that narrow front end, is kept in check. It comes in three flavours: off", agile", and drift mode". What will a BladeGlider be like at powersliding? For now, we can only imagine.Britain has played its part in the BladeGlider, too, with Williams Advanced Engineering providing the powertrain. The top speed is described as in excess of 118mph", while 0-60mph takes less than five seconds.
Date written: 4 Aug 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4534
