Wondering what an all-electric midsize sedan from
Infiniti could look like eight years from now? Check out this hypothetical
successor to the Q50. The designer, one Navneeth Kannan, started out by
imagining a futuristic Infiniti-badged model, with a driver-focused design
inside and a bold architecture that will subtly hint at its electrified
powertrain.
The driver would sit in a sort of
enclosed structure, surrounded by an elongated center console. The front
passenger however could kick back and enjoy what the designer calls a
"lounge-like environment", with a swivel function for the seat.
The steering wheel is particularly interesting
though. First, you can hardly even call it a "wheel" since it's
shaped like something you'd see in a sci-fi movie where people take a left at
the asteroid belt, instead of at a light. Second, it's got a slim display
embedded into the top part where you can see the car's speed and presumably
other bits of info as well.
As for the exterior, while there are one or two
features that help you recognize this concept as being an Infiniti, you could in reality put just about
any badge on it since the design si so far-removed from the cars of today, you'd
have no problem passing this off as a European or an American model.
Also, if you feel the design is a bit too futuristic
for something that would presumably hit the roads only 8 years from now, know
that you're not alone.