The S12 Nissan Silvia, also known as the Gazelle and 200sx in different countries.
this particular car is a nugget-spec RX, in the coupe/notchback body style (there was a fastback/hatchback also available).
Looks neat sitting at stock height, and the beefy-ish tyres on skinny, period, 14" Watanabe's, look great.
the fact those 14" wheels are still making the disk/drum combo look tiny - not so much!
and inside,
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Interestingly, you can definitely see how Nissan really dived into the parts bin, inside and out.
No picture of the engine bay, as this rather basic Spec'd Silvia is a little plain in there.
This particular car left the factory with a CA20E; an injected 2ltr I4 that was also fitted to the Nissan Pintara (among others).
Despite having a larger 2 liters of capacity, this engine doesn't really like doing very much. unhappily revving its way up to the point it wheezes out a very average 100hp.
The only wish of being somewhat exotic, is the fact it has dual sparkplugs per cylinder. Probably more of a pain than anything nowadays!
I can forgive though. sweet little car overall. :)
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