Automakers took the wraps off 59 new models and concept cars in Detroit this week during the press days of the North American International Auto Show.
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"We were pushing people very hard, " designing more than ten new models per year, plus five or six concept cars, Nakamura recalls.
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While such a system has been shown in concept cars, Nissan would be the first automaker to migrate the technology to mass-produced models.
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Though most concept cars don't make it to reality, certain design aspects will often work their way into real models.
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