2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet teased on Facebook

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By Tim Beissmann | November 15th, 2010

Nissan has used Facebook to reveal the first official teaser image of the 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet.

Set to debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Friday, the vehicle that Nissan claims to be the “world’s first all-wheel drive crossover convertible” has been confirmed to go on sale in the US early next year.

Overlooking its polarising styling, the obvious lack of a Chrysler PT Cruiser convertible-style “shopping basket handle” is a clear tick in the design department.

Nissan says the Murano CrossCabriolet will have “room for four adults, space for golf bags or luggage (even with the top down), and a premium level interior” while representing “a breakthrough in concept and design”.

Nissan North America senior vice president for sales and marketing, Brian Carolin, confirmed late in August that a topless two-door version of its luxury soft-roader would surprise a lot of people when it debuted.

“It’s not going to be a volume car … But there’s a degree of bravery for us to bring out a car like that right now,” Mr Carolin said.

To be built in small numbers and only in left-hand drive, Australian admirers of the 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet will have to do so from afar, with the CrossCabriolet unlikely to ever be sold locally.

Baddass

Better than expected, still a stupid idea.
Duckula

The car no one asked for or wants… me thinks… oh actually having said that it will probably do really well in the US…
Nick01

The world’s gone mad!!
Shak

And we all thought BMW were the only ones who knew how to make a completely pointless car. Nice concept, but like most of BMW’s current line up, it really doesnt fit anywhere, even in its own weird niche.

http://Gallardo Adlove

I think you are the only one dreaming…
Have you ever seen X5 in bush and outback?
Which mining company use BMW as a company car?

Igomi Watabi

how is the response related to Shak’s post?

Bob

Its the new Barbie Jeep!

I suspect they’d sell a few in the US, or on the Gold Coast if it went ahead.
Tim

This will be extremely popular in areas like California, Dubai, even the already mentioned Gold Coast etc.
JR

so we cant have a new 200sx but we can have this pointless thing
Igomi Watabi

Yeah, it’s certainly not on my shopping list, but given the number of “answer to a question nobody asked” cars out there, you can’t really classify this as any worse.
Grammar Nazi

Kill it with fire.
Duckula

I guess there must be enough ‘teen orientated’ FM radio stations around the world to buy them to turn them into promo ‘cruises’ to give away bottles of sports water and crappy caps…
t39

If you accept that not just farmers drive SUVs, than why not a convertible? It’ll be a “safer convertible” due to its 4WD body: a very well defined market nische.
Popeye

I guess if you own a little white fluffy dog and you start every sentence with “oh my god” then this is the car for you!
What I want to know is if and when Nissan going to bring another midsize car down under? The last of the Bluebirds was a mighty car and had they called it an Altima it would still be selling in this country.

Baddass

The Maxima fills that market, and is selling dismally. I guess Nissan just doesn’t have a presence there anymore.

Igomi Watabi

Maxima’s a step up in size from the old Bluebird, always was. It’s a fair point that, in the Mazda 6, Honda Accord, Subaru Liberty market, Nissan has no presence.

flash

“And we all thought BMW were the only ones who knew how to make a completely pointless car”

Did we? oh you speak on behalf of everyone, thats ok then. I guess one of those cars is the successful X6 which has easily outstripped sales expectations. Yep i guess BMW are chuckling at people like you and your infinite wisdom, chuckling all the way to the bank.

Tomas79

It sells cos of the badge/wank factor…
Shak

I agree that their outlandish niche vehicles have been very successful for BMW, mainly due to badge and wank factor. What i said was that the cars are pointless, because they blur the lines between functionality and form so badly, that they cant even occupy their own niches properly.

Tomas79

Yep, I agree with you with regards to these unpractical sporty cross overs being pointless. Rember the Suzuki x-9?

If i wanted a convertible off-roader, I’d go the the Jeep Wrangler!! A true 4wd, which is simply unbeatable off-road, and can have it’s roof, and even doors removed….

Igomi Watabi

Yes, but the Wrangler is also abysmal on-road. Nobody except for hard-core 4WDers (fair enough) and image-conscious tossers (dumb) would look at it more than once, after being faced by the rudimentary interior design, poor QC, not so great fuel consumption and crippling ride/noise/handling.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Wranglers, but not everyone wants one. I certainly don’t want one of these, but, myeh, if people do, it’s a valid thing. And, yep, if BMW can sell a bunch of the execrably stupid X6, then anything can get a fan base.

Hung Low

BMW could rebadge a Stavic and it would sell beyond expectations.
Some would pay just for the pleasure of having something different with the badge! The X6 is still pointless and ugly!

As pointless as this convertible is, it will sell better than anyone here would expect in the USA. It looks better than the initial generated images probably from the shortened chassis, but still ridiculous.

JabbaTheHutt

Couldn’t agree more on the X6. There’s one up here and it caught my eye for all the wrong reasons. It’s a pointless porker.

oh no

double face palm
Greasy

Personally i think it’s great to reinvent a three door open top jeep. Say 3-door Freelander cabrio, Jeep Wrangler, Suzuki Vitara 3-door in a modern, sleeker format.

Would suit all those Toorak tractor drivers to go showing off on Sunday morning with top down w/out having to buy a convertible separately LOL