At first we thought it was a massive joke because we sure laughed like it was one, but apparently Nissan->ke62 was serious. The company has already shown it has massive cojones with the crazy styling of the Juke, but this new Murano->ke552 convertible is one level up.

We expect to see the Murano convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show->ke211, sporting a soft top and two doors. We had originally thought that a four-door might be hard to pull off, so a two-door configuration makes sense. This leaves us to think that the production model will look a little like a Japanese PT Cruiser convertible, which isn’t a good look for anything. Hopefully Nissan’s design team can think of something to make this thing a bit more stylish.

The workers over at Nissan are smart people and they understand the unusual aspect of this new car. "It's not going to be a volume car," said Brian Carolin, Nissan North America Inc.'s senior vice president for sales and marketing to Automotive News. "But there's a degree of bravery for us to bring out a car like that right now. It will surprise a lot of people."

The normal Murano is a strong seller, with 34,141 examples sold through July.

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