Tokyo's police force put two Silvias on highway patrol in 1965, making it Japan's first high-performance patrol car at 165 km/h.
Median 180 hp across 112 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.6 L R OHV twin-SU (96 PS)
Nissan Silvia CSP311CSP311 · 1965–1968
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FactTokyo's police force put two Silvias on highway patrol in 1965, making it Japan's first high-performance patrol car at 165 km/h.
The original hand-built Silvia, a two-door coupé on the Datsun Fairlady (SP311) platform designed by Kazuo Kimura and Fumio Yoshida, whose work traced back to Nissan and Albrecht Goertz's cancelled Project A550X. It debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show in September 1964 as the "Datsun Coupé 1500" and was sold as the Datsun 1600 Coupé. Powered by the 1.6 L R-series four with twin SU carburettors and a four-speed manual, at 96 PS. Only 554 were made, mostly in 1965, before production stopped in 1968; 49 went to Australia and another 10 elsewhere, and four left-hand-drive cars were shown in Europe. In December 1965 Nissan supplied two to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for highway patrol, the first Japanese high-performance patrol car, as the fastest production car in Japan at the time (165 km/h, with disc brakes).
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 L R OHV twin-SU (96 PS) | 1965–1968 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 95 hp | 103 lb-ft | — | — | manual | — |
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Tokyo's police force put two Silvias on highway patrol in 1965, making it Japan's first high-performance patrol car at 165 km/h.
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