Oct 9 2007Nissan's Pivo 2 Concept Car Is Nuts

Nissan recently unveiled their Pivo 2 concept car. It has a 360-degree rotating cabin, and rotating wheels so you can parallel park by driving straight into the spot. It also comes with a friendly little robot, that converses in Japanese and English. The little bastard even has facial recognition software, and keeps tabs on your mood. If you're sad he might tell you a joke. If you get tired he gives directions to the nearest coffee shop. If you get angry you break his happy little head off and he throws sparks and catches fire, voiding your warranty.
A video of the car in action after the jump.
[thanks to Eddy for the tip]
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Reader Comments
1. shoblock - October 9, 2007 12:58 PM
when they make one that folds into a briefcase like Jetson's car, then I'll buy it.
2. Jwh626 - October 9, 2007 12:59 PM
Seems a little odd to me, how many people can you really fit in that thing??
3. Metric Giraffe - October 9, 2007 1:19 PM
Damn, I need a car like that. I can't parallel park to save my life. Or the life of the paint jobs on the cars around me.
4. ilovejb - October 9, 2007 1:28 PM
What about giving head? My mood would really improve if I could get some head from my car on the way to work
5. Magoo - October 9, 2007 1:31 PM
Its the Urkel Car
6. jonbovi - October 9, 2007 1:47 PM
So, can it actually drive like a real car, or can it only go straight and at 90 degree angles?
7. Sam Lamp - October 9, 2007 2:19 PM
makes me wonder what the pivo1 looked like! lol
8. blpressure - October 9, 2007 2:24 PM
That's the gayest concept car so far!
9. poop - October 9, 2007 2:33 PM
perfect for female drivers.
...just like my *****.
10. blpressure - October 9, 2007 2:45 PM
I tell you what it would take for me to love this car, if it was in the next Gran Turismo game and could go 200mph..sideways to cut in front of your competitors.
11. flareback - October 9, 2007 2:49 PM
Americans don't have the patience for that. It took 30 seconds for the door to open and fully close again. And what if it were raining? little R2D2's going to get wet, I sure hope he's water proof. (btw: if that stupid robot looked like R2D2 I'd have to buy that car).
12. icwiener - October 9, 2007 3:26 PM
HAHAHA that thing reminds me of star tours at disneyland that little fucking robot never shut the hell up and sounded like paul ruben that penis hunging wierdo.....
yes but how fast does it go
13. Andy - October 9, 2007 4:39 PM
The Japanese will truly kill us all
14. mr. scruff - October 9, 2007 7:23 PM
0-60 in 20 seconds! YUS!
15. Twinkle - October 9, 2007 9:04 PM
what a cute little robot...
16. guate6 - October 9, 2007 9:43 PM
Ok so here's the deal. First of all, anyone who's ever been to a place where parallel parking is done knows that you have to hunt and hunt for a spot and when you get one, you have to take it quickly, and, if necessary, by force. Realistically, this car took way too long to spin its cockpit, the tires, and actually park.
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Second: in concordance with the parallel parking, the tail lights turn with the cockpit, and don't face the traffic that's behind you, so another car can come, and you get a broken egg on wheels (scrambled if the car's safety isn't all that good). So if the drivers can't see you're stopped and/or reversing into the spot, then it could mean a bad day for you.
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Thirdly: Clearly, this car was made for places where people needed to parallel park, so aside from it being compact, well, see the first two above.
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And Finally: the tires turning on that thing, I mean damn, I don't know about you, but everyone knows it's a bad idea to turn your tures if the car's not turning, it eats up the tread. I personally buy performance tires for my ride, so I know that tires can get expensive. Bottom line, those tires' tread won't last long if it keeps rotating the tires like that on the roads we have here in the U.S.
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So all that said, no word on pricing, insurance costs (No one knows how much it is to insure a large rotating egg on wheels), nor the tech specs. Now if costs $7k or less, then I say it's worth it, otherwise, Toyota already has Nissan beat by having created the Lexus LS460 that can already parallel park automatically (It's got the world's first 8-speed automatic transmission, is a Toyota (Lexus...same thing) so you know it'll last forever, and it actually looks like a regular car). Alright, 'nuff said.
17. myers - October 9, 2007 11:07 PM
I'll keep walking like a fucking caveman
18. robbyrob - October 9, 2007 11:20 PM
this car is insane!!! I would love this with the parking issues down here!!
PARK!!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2275151
19. White667 - October 10, 2007 12:33 AM
Yeah but how goram slow is that.
20. Beatrice - October 10, 2007 11:43 AM
What if you accidentally press the rotation button while you're driving??
Anyway, you can use the rotation function to show your longest finger to the driver behind you, he could be so surprised for your technologic rotating insult to leave you unpunished.
21. Tomas - October 10, 2007 1:07 PM
Thirty years later somebody finally built a car with an R2 unit.
22. Jorge Kooney - October 10, 2007 2:18 PM
I smell a lawsuit from the "sit N spin" makers.
23. Harlen Sponaugle - January 13, 2008 10:42 PM
I like it
I am 44 and this thing is cool
24. Marc de Vries - March 28, 2008 8:16 AM
Nissan Pivo 2 in action
http://nldesktop.nl/gadgets/filmpje-nissan-pivo-2-concept-car.php