Mitsubishi Nessie

The Mitsubishi Nessie is a concept automobile co-developed by Italdesign Giugiaro, The Linde Group and Mitsubishi Motors and exhibited at the 2005 Geneva Auto Show. It is the latest in a line of SUVs, space wagons and alternative architectures designed by Giugiaro going back to the 1978 Lancia Megagamma, with the Giugiaro Touareg, Maserati Kubang and Volkswagen Tarek as more recent examples. It uses the platform of the Dakar Rally-winning Mitsubishi Pajero and a hydrogen-powered V8 engine developed by the German industrial gases company The Linde Group, with an automatic transmission. Styling includes 22 inch front and 23 inch rear wheels, glass panels in the lower half of the doors for visibility in town or off road, and an arrow-shaped roll bar and roof rack extending from the C-pillars over the glass roof without touching it. It was rumoured that the second-generation Airtrek and Outlander might take styling from it, but its shape proved too complex for practical production.