The IDx Nismo - Sixties Style Crisis Coupés

Nissan revealed two concepts at Tokyo - the IDx Freeflow and – hinting at a possible future compact rear-drive couple. Seemingly, both cars are styled with the direct input ò so-called ‘digital natives’, specifically a generation of customers born after 1990. Nissan claims the engagement with future consumers is now a prerequisite for success and an answer to the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GT86, which it describes as ‘mid-life crisis’ models. The Freeflow is a step in a different direction and intended more as a lifestyle companion rather than a hard-charging coupe and most probably powered by its 1.2 and 1.5-liter engines with CVT drive. Nissan says highlights and trim are influenced by the pairing of a white T-shirt and khaki chinos. The Nismo instead is half a meter wider with carbon panels, side exhaust and 19-inch wheels. The familiar DIG-T turbocharged 1.6-liter petrol engine with a CVT is the likely power plant.

The IDx Nismo

The interior of the IDx Nismo is what you’d expect from a concept vehicle with a racing spirit to it.

The red Alcantara looks really gaudy.

The IDx Nismo also comes with a glass roof, an eye-catching three-color finish made up of a predominantly white body with black and red racing accents, including a number "80" livery that has some significance to it that only Nissan can tell us.