Nissan IDx Concept 2018

At the Tokyo Motor Show last November, Nissan unveiled probably the car of the decade. Two fastback coup concepts that are the 21st century of the famed Datsun 510. The two coups are the Idx Freeflow and Idx NISMO, which is their sporty vision of their cars. Most likely the 1.8 liter from the Sentra will be mated to a CVT in the Freeflow and a 1.6 liter turbocharged hopefully mated to a normal manual gear box in the NISMO we hinted at the release. Why I say "hopefully" is because they talked about a sporty 6 speed CVT for the NISMO which would be silly.

There was also some talk from Nissan that customers could 3-D print body panels for the car if they so choose. I'm guessing in 2018 they will also supply a flying car option, hopefully.

On the inside it's just as cool as the outside. With an analog gauge positioned at the eye level of the driver. In the NISMO it's just a little fancier, think slacks and jeans.

However, since these are only concepts four years from their release date there is not a lot of info. Also in four years a lot of things can change on these hopeful, awesome cars. There is an estimate that the Freeflow will start in the low-to-mid $20,000 range which is fine with me. Until 2018 all we can do is twiddle our thumbs and wait, and I think that's what I will do.