Details of what the car companies are going to unveil at next month’s Geneva Motor Show are now coming in thick and fast, but this one caught my eye. With the launch of the Leaf going on, Nissan is maximising the PR opportunity by giving a debut to this stylish machine. It’s called the ESFLOW electric sports car concept and uses technology from its sibling to show how EVs aren’t going to kill the thrill many people get from driving. The rear-wheel drive two seater features electric motors on the back wheels and can hit 60mph in under five seconds. A single charge of the lithium-ion batteries gives a 150-mile range. It’s difficult to tell exactly how it looks from this image, but the long bonnet, high waistline and steep wraparound windscreen are classic features for this type of car. Thankfully there’s no shot of interior; I’m not totally convinced that gold leather and perforated gold suede seats, with doors trimmed in dark blue leather and suede, is going to be easy on the eye. I’ll wait until Press Day on 1 March to find out. The obvious conclusion is that the ESFLOW might be some sort of replacement for the 370Z. That’s certainly a question to be asked of Nissan’s top brass.
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