Nissan unveils mobile observatory – Navara Dark Sky Concept

HANNOVER, Germany – Nissan today unveiled the out-of-this-world Nissan Navara Dark Sky Concept at the 2018 Hannover Motor Show, proving that the sky is never the limit.

Developed in the UK in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the concept vehicle functions as a mobile astronomy lab, featuring a world-leading, observatory-class telescope on a bespoke off-road trailer. As the latest embodiment of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the vehicle comes with ProPILOT driver assistance technology, which has been upgraded to make it the most capable pickup for safe and convenient towing.

ESA is mapping the stars with unprecedented precision using the Gaia satellite, which has already observed more than a billion stars. The Nissan Navara Dark Sky Concept supports this project by helping astronomers conduct follow-up observations of the universe from hard-to-reach, so-called "dark sky" locations – away from the nighttime glow of urban areas, which decreases visibility.

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[nopsFU]

Bring it to the USA with a four cylinder turbo-diesel and a six-speed manual transmission. The current Frontier NEEDS an update (back seat comfort as well!).

[russellbanfield]

Here David Beasley senior designer of the Nissan design in Europe. Nissan innovation that excites, distributed by courtesy garage.

[PedroKid]

I would like that trailer for a camper.

[Matucks]

Hello @Nissan America needs a new Frontier I will not buy a current one because it has terrible gas mileage but damn is it RELIABLE. I like to save money and enjoy riding my vehicle daily everywhere near and far... I DONT want to jump to a Tacoma and I refuse to buy American brand vehicles. And dont bring a 4 year design here we need something NEW I mean look how fast the Armada aged it looks outdated already... Another thing why the heck did you take the Xterra out of the lineup you know I'm sick of seeing these Jeeps and whatever else BODY ON FRAMEs FJ's and 4Runner's out here we DO, Believe it or Not, America has a heck of alot of Terrains and Weather patterns. These soft body curvy squishy things look ridiculous OFFROAD cruising around throughout every season and weather patterns. Give us a Beautiful Bold Box cut MACHINE with a Manual Thanks BTW beautiful Concept I wish you all moved over more of the concept designs to your SUV's like you do with the cars. One last thing I think you lost track with the color theme IMO should of ended it with more of an electric blue and some deep purple finish the white is just an overkill for the night scene

[tsutsru]

Pretty good, though how will it do off-road???

[kuday]

Can we float the observatory on the sea?

[wildwillyprepper]

So, turn your lab into an off the grid one man camper complete with solar

[josephjannetta]

The cruise control on the Juke is far better than this fururistic model which has the same design as the new Micra - who designed such a bad finger configuration for operation of cruise control ? It's hard to believe !

[xmfchang]

Nissan needs to focus more on the shit CVT's they built.

[IgorGabrielan]

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