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Nissan Bluebird 6th generation

Years
1979–1993
Drivetrain
FR
Nissan Bluebird 6th generation

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Story

The last rear-wheel-drive Bluebird. It topped new-car registrations among small cars for 27 months in a row, the biggest hit since the 510. The taxi version kept being built even after the front-wheel-drive successor arrived.

Chassis

Length 4,510 mmWB 2,525 mm1,370 mmHeightWidth 1,655 mm
Curb weight
1,110kg

Production plants

  1. Nissan Shatai Shonan Plant

    Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

    Oct. 1987–1993 · Commercial (taxi) models

  2. Oppama Plant

    Yokosuka, Kanagawa

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since November 200425 years after sales began in November 1979
Last cars
Eligible since 201825 years after sales ended in 1993 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Isao Sono

Isao Sono

A designer who worked in the design department of Nissan Motor. He worked on the exterior design of the fourth-generation Fairlady Z (Z32) with Yoshio Maezawa, Toshio Yamashita and others.