Nissan Max-Out goes from digital to reality

Firm builds physical version of virtual EV sports car concept

- John Mcllroy

NISSAN has moved a step closer to introducing a pure-electric sports car by showing a physical version of the Max-Out concept that it first revealed in digital form back in 2021.

The Max-Out is a two-seat convertible that shows how Nissan could adapt a zero-emissions powertrain to a more emotional type of vehicle. It has been translated accurately from the original renderings, with complex, animated 3D-effect texturing in its headlights, tail-lamps and wheel covers.

The standout feature at the front end is an open duct where the grille would be ona conventionally powered vehicle; it appears to have been designed to channel air over the base of the extremely long, deep windscreen, while retaining a frame in which the regular car face’ can be housed. It also helps to give the Max-Out pronounced wheelarch haunches’ when viewed from the front.