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That Time A Major Automaker Tried To Take My Notebook Because Of A Doodle

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Drew
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Drew
26 seconds ago

I promised I wouldn’t, you know, publish it

And now all those PR folks know you were lying. Sure, you didn’t publish it when it would have been an issue, but you still managed to renege. Nissan’s gonna stop allowing in journalists who can sketch now.

Canopysaurus
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Canopysaurus
3 minutes ago

This was a Rogue drawing in both subject and situation.

Phyrkrakr
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Phyrkrakr
8 minutes ago

Torch, it says it right on the drawing, albeit upside down: 2014 Rogue. You even underlined it. Top right.

Huja Shaw
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Huja Shaw
21 minutes ago

Torch

Habitual Line Stepper
-Charlie Murphy.

IRegretNothing, Esq, DVM, BBQ
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IRegretNothing, Esq, DVM, BBQ
18 minutes ago
Reply to  Huja Shaw

Fuck yo’ Rogue, Nissan! Fuck yo’ Rogue!

IRegretNothing, Esq, DVM, BBQ
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IRegretNothing, Esq, DVM, BBQ
24 minutes ago

Of course it would be Nissan that got in a tizzy about someone revealing what their aggressively bland crossover would kind of look like. I could understand if it was something more interesting like the new Z, but the Rogue? Nobody gives a shit about the Rogue.

Shop-Teacher
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Shop-Teacher
29 minutes ago

Looks like a Nissan Rogue to me.

Cameron Huntsucker
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Cameron Huntsucker
30 minutes ago

definitely a Rogue, i’m honestly surprised they had the 2.5 in 2015.

DaChicken
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DaChicken
30 minutes ago

I actually feel good about myself having guessed what it was without peeking at the comments. I also didn’t notice what was written in the pic until afterwards.

Utherjorge, who is quite angry about the baby FJ
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Utherjorge, who is quite angry about the baby FJ
31 minutes ago

nissan blarghmobile

Scott A
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Scott A
35 minutes ago

The sketch looks like a Honda HRV to me

Spikersaurusrex
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Spikersaurusrex
38 minutes ago

You might call that a rough sketch, but compared with my skills, it’s practically a photograph.

MATTinMKE
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MATTinMKE
34 minutes ago

My sketch’s make Torch’s look like a van Gogh..

Sid Bridge
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Sid Bridge
43 minutes ago

I have been a PR guy for almost 30 years and I am yet to have my own group of PR guys to murmur with. Sigh.

Tj1977
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Tj1977
44 minutes ago

Given the number of commentors that immediately knew it was a Rogue, perhaps Nissan unspoken PR hacks were right to want to confiscate your sketch?

Tj1977
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Tj1977
35 minutes ago

I’m just trying to say that I’m impressed by your sketch and I actually really like it…more than I like the actual design of that era Rogue.

Tj1977
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Tj1977
12 seconds ago

And I just showed it to two of my co-workers that own this era Rogue, and they both recognized it immediately and liked it.

Sekim
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Sekim
45 minutes ago

It’s obviously a Rogue. Which is the least “secrety” secret out there. It’s a 7/8 scale Murano.

You could insert the Office meme “It’s the same picture”.

MaximillianMeen
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MaximillianMeen
1 minute ago
Reply to  Sekim

Nissan designers were just so ashamed that they had so little creativity, they didn’t want it to leak to the public.

Spikersaurusrex
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Spikersaurusrex
48 minutes ago

I turned the poicture upside down and read your notes. It was the 2014 ______ _____.

Icouldntfindaclevername
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Icouldntfindaclevername
51 minutes ago

Dude you went Rogue on the PR junket.

Last edited 50 minutes ago by Icouldntfindaclevername
James McHenry
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James McHenry
56 minutes ago

It’s got The Nissan Grille, so I have to guess Rogue based on proportions.

10001010
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10001010
58 minutes ago

Based on the sketch I was certain it was a nissan or a mazda or a lexus or some other forgettable crossover but when I right-clicked and chose to open the pic in a new tab so I could see it a bit bigger the filename kinda gave it away…
https://images-stag.jazelc.com/uploads/theautopian-m2en/roguequicksketch.jpg

James McHenry
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James McHenry
56 minutes ago
Reply to  10001010

Spoilerrrrs!

StillNotATony
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StillNotATony
1 hour ago

So those PR people had never encountered a Rogue artist before?

Highland Green Miata
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Highland Green Miata
21 minutes ago
Reply to  StillNotATony

COTD

Huja Shaw
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Huja Shaw
16 minutes ago
Reply to  StillNotATony

He was given an Altima-tum . . . Give up the sketch or say Ariya-derci to your press credentials.

Trust Doesn't Rust
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Trust Doesn't Rust
1 hour ago

Given how ground-breakingly extreme the Nissan Rogue’s design was, I’m not surprised the PR team freaked out.

Mechjaz
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Mechjaz
1 hour ago

Man, you really had Nissan’s biscuits in a vise with that NDA-shattering doodle of the 2015 Rogue, didn’t you?

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