This Bluebird beat the industry by two decades: its Hardtop models got the first Active Noise Cancellation system ever fitted to a production car, long before ANC became a mainstream feature.
Median 148 hp across 430 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.4 KA24DE, Australia / US (152 PS) · up to 207 hp
Nissan Bluebird U13 / AltimaU13 · 1991–1997
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FactThis Bluebird beat the industry by two decades: its Hardtop models got the first Active Noise Cancellation system ever fitted to a production car, long before ANC became a mainstream feature.
Launched in Japan in September 1991 as a curvier four-door sedan and a four-door pillared hardtop (the Bluebird ARX), on a longer wheelbase and taller for comfort, with the wagon replaced by the Avenir. It replaced the Stanza/Auster/Violet arrangement that let Nissan sell a Bluebird-sized car through another dealer network (projected 15,000 a month, 13,000 for Japan). The hardtop was available with Active Noise Cancellation, the first such system; ATTESA all-wheel drive was offered, and the SSS Attesa LTD used a "redtop" SR20DET with 210 PS (with a single throttle body and smaller turbo than the Pulsar GTi-R, and a front-mount intercooler). Australia got it from late 1993 to 1997 (LX, Ti and the sporting SSS; Series 2 from 1995 added a driver airbag) with the 152 PS KA24DE also used in the US Altima; New Zealand built it to 1997, and Dongfeng and Yulon built it in China as the Fengshen/Aeolus Bluebird (EQ7200) to 2007.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 GA16DS DOHC | 1991–1995 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 SR20DET SSS Attesa LTD (210 PS) | 1991–1995 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 207 hp | 196 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.4 KA24DE, Australia / US (152 PS) | 1993–1997 | 2.4 L Inline-4 | 150 hp | 154 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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Photographs
This was the last Bluebird of all — and the only market that ever got it new was Japan itself, even as the nameplate lived on abroad as the Altima.
This Bluebird beat the industry by two decades: its Hardtop models got the first Active Noise Cancellation system ever fitted to a production car, long before ANC became a mainstream feature.
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