Nissan Jikoo

The Nissan Jikoo is an open top, two seater concept car that Nissan showed at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show. Nissan created it during the Tokyo Government project that celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Edo Shogunate, taking its inspiration from the 1935 Datsun Type 14 Roadster. Many of its features stand for trades that were prominent in the Edo period. The steering wheel imitates tortoise shell but is actually made from water buffalo horn, and the headlamps mimic the Japanese art glass and paper lanterns of the period. An automated in-car tour guide gives information about the city of Tokyo and shows maps dating from the Edo period to the present day. Underneath, the car was based on the electric platform of the Nissan Hypermini.