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nissan Archive
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Obscure Rebadges From Around the World
Posted on March 4, 2025 | 144 Comments(first posted 1/29/2014) Those who follow the auto industry know of all the lazily rebadged cars used to fill different manufacturers’ model line-ups. The derisive term “badge engineering” was coined […] -
Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed
Posted on February 16, 2025 | 72 Comments(first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […] -
Curbside Classic: Infiniti Q45 – l’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, And Doggonit, People Like Me
Posted on January 29, 2025 | 119 Comments(first posted 5/7/2014) You can’t help but pity Nissan who, after making a good name for itself, saw its reputation and influence sink following its name change and a string […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit
Posted on June 14, 2024 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Nissan Avenir (W10) Si Limited – Presently Passé
Posted on June 3, 2024 | 15 CommentsIt’s going to be a ‘90s week for the JDM contingent, folks. There were a lot of candidates to sift through, given that 30-ish-year-old domestic metal is naturally pretty prevalent, […] -
Curbside Capsule: 2001-07 Nissan Primera – La Primera? No, El Último
Posted on May 29, 2024 | 25 Comments(first posted 5/29/2018) Ford made headlines last month with its plans to cull almost its entire passenger car lineup, including all of its sedans. Such a wide scale […] -
CC Road Trip & Car Show Report: A Middle Aged Man & His Elderly Van Cross Paths With Churchill, Grant, and Twain
Posted on May 20, 2024 | 39 CommentsSpring is upon us and summer is knocking on the door. That means warm days, outside activities, and great weather for road trips. For this particular trip, it was a […] -
Used Car Lot Walk & Talk: Humming An Ocean Lyriq During The Solstice
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 36 CommentsHave we ever done a Walk & Talk featuring a late model used car lot? If not, today is your lucky day! All these pictures were taken Sunday, May 5, […] -
COAL: 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Kismet
Posted on February 23, 2024 | 20 CommentsThe time had finally come. I’d been dreaming of having a classic car pretty much my entire life, but either finances, circumstances or both had gotten in the way. -
Rental Car Review: 2024 Nissan Kicks SV
Posted on February 12, 2024 | 17 CommentsMy 2024 started off with a bang, literally. My 2018 BMW 740e COAL was rear ended at a red light in January. -
CC-In-Scale: Nissan Skyline 1963 to 1977 – Race Bred (Part 1)
Posted on February 8, 2024 | 28 CommentsBear with me, this will take some time. But I want to place the Skyline in context, and scrape the surface of why it is so important in Japanese automotive […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 31 CommentsSometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1960s Nissan Patrol 60 – Originally a US-Market Patrol? With an IH Speedometer?
Posted on December 13, 2023 | 58 Comments(first posted 12/13/2017) Nissan Patrols are commonly considered “forbidden fruit” in the US, and often imported privately. But once upon a time, from 1962 to 1969, one […] -
Curbside Classic: 2000 Nissan Cedric (Y34) Premium Limited – Muted Finale
Posted on December 11, 2023 | 14 CommentsFour decades is a long time for a car nameplate. The Cedric burst on the scene in 1960 and ten generations later, in mid-1999, the last iteration of this venerable […] -
Cohort Classic: 1979 Datsun 210 (Sunny) – The Many Identities Of A Nissan Sunny; A Gallery Of Curbside Finds
Posted on September 21, 2023 | 16 CommentsDatsun 210 images from the Cohort by Jerome Solberg. It’s no surprise to Curbside readers that some car models have different lives, all depending on what market they are sold […]
![Obscure Rebadges From Around the World (first posted 1/29/2014) Those who follow the auto industry know of all the lazily rebadged cars used to fill different manufacturers’ model line-ups. The derisive term “badge engineering” was coined […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-MITSUBISHI_PROUDIA_BY51_01_ceficefi.png)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Nissan Pulsar Five Door – So Rare I Forgot It Existed (first posted 5/21/2014) This one had me stumped for, a while. I just didn’t remember this car being sold in the US; I thought the Pulsar moniker was used strictly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-133-123-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Infiniti Q45 – l’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, And Doggonit, People Like Me (first posted 5/7/2014) You can’t help but pity Nissan who, after making a good name for itself, saw its reputation and influence sink following its name change and a string […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-05-12.31.05.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan 300ZX – The Z Tosses Its Leisure Suit (first posted 3/11/2013) As we saw in the recent ’83 280ZX CC, the sporty Z-cars lost their way a bit from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, donning big, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1-27-and-1-28-2013-030.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Nissan Avenir (W10) Si Limited – Presently Passé It’s going to be a ‘90s week for the JDM contingent, folks. There were a lot of candidates to sift through, given that 30-ish-year-old domestic metal is naturally pretty prevalent, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20240201_111154_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 2001-07 Nissan Primera – La Primera? No, El Último (first posted 5/29/2018) Ford made headlines last month with its plans to cull almost its entire passenger car lineup, including all of its sedans. Such a wide scale […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nissan-primera-1.jpg)
![CC Road Trip & Car Show Report: A Middle Aged Man & His Elderly Van Cross Paths With Churchill, Grant, and Twain Spring is upon us and summer is knocking on the door. That means warm days, outside activities, and great weather for road trips. For this particular trip, it was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1389.jpg)
![Used Car Lot Walk & Talk: Humming An Ocean Lyriq During The Solstice Have we ever done a Walk & Talk featuring a late model used car lot? If not, today is your lucky day! All these pictures were taken Sunday, May 5, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240505_104600_HDR.jpg)


![CC-In-Scale: Nissan Skyline 1963 to 1977 – Race Bred (Part 1) Bear with me, this will take some time. But I want to place the Skyline in context, and scrape the surface of why it is so important in Japanese automotive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Skyline5.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush Sometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4011.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1960s Nissan Patrol 60 – Originally a US-Market Patrol? With an IH Speedometer? (first posted 12/13/2017) Nissan Patrols are commonly considered “forbidden fruit” in the US, and often imported privately. But once upon a time, from 1962 to 1969, one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CC-320-050.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 2000 Nissan Cedric (Y34) Premium Limited – Muted Finale Four decades is a long time for a car nameplate. The Cedric burst on the scene in 1960 and ten generations later, in mid-1999, the last iteration of this venerable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20210515_143918_edited.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1979 Datsun 210 (Sunny) – The Many Identities Of A Nissan Sunny; A Gallery Of Curbside Finds Datsun 210 images from the Cohort by Jerome Solberg. It’s no surprise to Curbside readers that some car models have different lives, all depending on what market they are sold […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53006524357_462ff94361_o.jpg)


