Earlier this month we got our first glimpse of the Nissan Land Glider, a concept vehicle that features the unique ability to lean into turns for increased stability. While we’re sure to hear more about the concept during this week’s Tokyo Motor Show, there have been no words on North American availability.

However, reports have just surfaced that say the vehicle may be coming to the U.S. with an Infiniti badge. Considering Infiniti is Nissan’s luxury line and the Land Glider is an all-electric vehicle, it most definitely won’t come cheap.

We’ll keep you posted.

via autoblog

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With a name like the Land Glider, you might well be expecting just about anything, up to and including a hovercraft.  I was personally hoping for a hovercraft myself, but I’ll console myself with what the Land Glider actually is, a two-seater electric car concept debuting from Nissan.

I have to admit, though, it’s a bit claustrophobic–that ride measures in at about ten feet long and three feet wide.  Plus, it’s designed to lean into turns, like a motorcycle would, up to a maximum pitch of about seventeen degrees.

Considering that I personally am about six and a half feet long and about two feet wide, I don’t think I’ll ever fit into a little beauty like the Nissan Land Glider.  But it can’t stop me of dreaming of my personal hovercraft.

I really want a hovercraft.…

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