Nissan to Debut Sport Concept in New York

The Sport Concept's seats aren't the only items custom designed with hard charging in mind. A nice little short throw

Other than the fancy seats and centre stack, the interior of the concept car looks ready for production. (Photo: Nissan Canada)

shifter sits elevated on the centre console, trimmed in leather and bright metal. The shiny stuff accents other cabin surfaces too, such as the door pulls, vent surrounds, centre stack edging, instrument bezels, steering wheel spokes and foot pedals; just enough to give the concept a high-tech appearance without going overboard.

Its overall interior design looks ready for production too, other than the seats and high-tech centre stack that features a top-tier audio-video system boasting a massive speaker and subwoofer mounted in the rear parcel shelf - a bit on the expensive side for the B-class. The design layout of the audio and HVAC controls, however, could be brought forward as is, and interestingly, appear to be influenced by the best-in-class Mazda3.

While Nissan hasn't announced anything about potential production plans, many elements of the Sport Concept will most likely

Many elements of the Sport Concept will most likely show up on the B-segment vehicle Nissan has been promising to North American buyers. (Photo: Nissan Canada)

show up on the B-segment vehicle Nissan has been promising to North American buyers.

No doubt, the company is looking for feedback from would-be buyers in order to judge its new design, considering that what was to be the Sentra replacement has been sent back to the drawing board after negative results in focus groups.

The Sport Concept definitely embodies much of the excitement the brand needs in the small car segment, and for that matter, much of the excitement the small car segment needs on the whole if it plans on luring in the youth of North America.