What’s Wrong With This Picture: The Quest For The Minivan Awesomeness Edition

Let's see if Nissan can get the van 'right' this time, I'd almost think of changing the name to disassociate it from the 'Quest' stigma....

Nissan has released more teasers for its forthcoming 2011 Quest, and we’re starting to get the feeling that it could just be the first mold-breaking minivan in some time. It’s not necessarily the most exciting looking thing, but under that blunt-nosed skin, this Quest likely boasts the RWD/AWD chassis of the newest Japanese Elgrand van and an optional 3.5 liter VQ V6. We’ll wait for official details before we start getting too crazy, but the possibility of a 300 hp, RWD minivan is a little to perversely thrilling to ignore. With all the talk of “Swagger Wagons” and “Man Vans” lately, Nissan may just have the most exciting minivan since the first-gen Mazda MPV (to date, the only minivan to be appear in a rap video) hiding up its sleeve…

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http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-the-quest-for-the-minivan-awesomeness-edition/

Nissan Says No Quest for 2010

It's too bad Nissan couldn't get this right, it had some really cool ideas....

If you're shopping for a new minivan, don't look for a 2010 Nissan Quest. The Japanese automaker confirmed today its kid-hauler will skip a model year or two.

The pause is largely attributed to a change in the production venue. The 2009 Quest was built in Canton, Mississippi, alongside the Titan pickup and Armada SUV, and the Infiniti QX56. While Titan and Armada production will remain put, Quest and QX assembly will be shifted to Japan, freeing space in the Canton facility for a new commercial vehicle (possibly resembling the NV2500 concept).

This isn't the first hiatus in Quest production (a one-year pause occurred in 2003), and Nissan isn't planning on leaving the van segment altogether. Expect an all-new Quest -- possibly resembling the 2007 Forum concept -- to roll off the Japanese assembly line in roughly a year's time.

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http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6592915/news/nissan-says-no-quest-for-2010/index.html