Wow this is one cool van or is it a car! The Nissan NV200 (October 2009) is dedicated to small business professionals that always on the move. This exterior might not appeal too much for design conscious people but the NV200 has a very cool interior design. Inside Nissan NV200, you’ll get the impression that this particular model is built for professional oceanic photographer, a full equipment-specific storage to a full computer workstation is ready to use. Definitely not just a regular small van but one with innovative and smart design to suit any people with different lifestyle.
Style and spaceNissan’s European Design centre had plenty to do with the smart exterior of the NV200, so much so - it hardly looks like a van at all. It also manages to disguise its commercial status thanks to the handsome grille, SUV-like headlights and chunky flared wheelarches. The design gives it an excellent driving position and a clear view out, which helps to improve safety too.
Built for all requirementsIt may be stylish and spacious, but this van still comes with a practical element. You can specify your NV200 with black plastic bumpers, rather than body-coloured ones, and steel wheels rather than alloys – so you’ll have no trouble coping with the rough and tumble with this set up. There’s also the option of a Combi version, which brings a second row of seats that can be folded away and a rear cargo area.
Fully loadedThe real crux of any van is the load area, and on this score the NV200 doesn’t disappoint. It can handle over 750kg and 4.1 cubic metres of cargo: Nissan says it’s the largest payload in the class. Thanks to some clever design it can swallow loads that are 2 metres in length – up to 2.8 metres if the front passenger seat is folded away too. It can also swallow two standard Euro pallets - few of its rivals pull this off!
Car-like interiorThe good news doesn’t stop once you get behind the wheel. As well as a distinctly car-like cabin with a smart layout and generous equipment, the NV200’s mechanicals are based on Nissan’s B-platform, which underpins the Micra and Note. It also has available features like ESP, keyless go and a reversing camera. Nissan claims to be the lowest in class running costs too.
When can I get one? Van lovers will need to exercise patience for this one: the NV200 doesn’t reach the UK until October 2009. The only downside is that the seven-seater version, designed to be a people carrier rather than a commercial vehicle, won’t be coming to the UK at all.
Checck out this cool camera van! One night, in the fall of 1993, Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his van with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. The public, unaware that the cameras worked, reacted naturally. At the end of the dream, Harrod looked at pictures taken with the van of faces frozen in the moment of awe, pictures so powerful that the next morning he decided to attempt to build such a vehicle in reality.
With the help of friends, Harrod spent the next two years designing and building the van. With a lot of trial and error, the van was completed in 1995 and made it's debut voyage in April leaving his home in Berkeley California, stoping in Houston and New Orleans and ending up in New York City where he would live and take pictures with the van for the following six months.
Where is the van now?
