Nissan Car Design: Simple Solution to End Debate?

If you’re not familiar with the Nissan Serena MPV, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. The Japanese car company left the large-capacity car market in Europe (but also the USA) years ago, but at home in Japan it still offers practical cars for families.

Among them, Serena, whose sixth generation saw the light of day three years ago and has now been modernized. The facelift reports, for example, revised multimedia with Google services, a wider range of equipment levels and minor cosmetic modifications. And that slowly brings us to the most interesting part…

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This is the new Nissan Serena…

Nissan offers the car with different front end designs depending on the equipment level. While the basic design is more restrained and reminiscent of its predecessors, in higher trims the mask is more pronounced, and in the highest trims it has a completely different shape and extends to the bumper in the style of former Lexuses.

Photo: Nissan

…and this is the new Nissan Serena…

The slight modification of the mask together with the design of the lights means that the Serena looks like a completely different car in any configuration. If you don’t like the wilderness with a giant mask, you simply choose another equipment level. That Nissan would thus cut off the endless debates about car design, because in short, each customer chooses what suits them best?

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…and yes, this is still the same Nissan Serena.

So far, it’s a clever idea for the only model not sold here, but can you imagine Nissan offering something similar in its European model range? Or that BMW would give you a choice of whether you want small, medium or large kidney bags? We definitely appreciate this possibility of individualization!

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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