This Pulsar's unusually long nose wasn't styling for its own sake — Nissan engineered the space for a rear-wheel-drive version aimed at developing markets that was never actually built.
Median 57 hp across 86 similar cars
Lead trim: A10 1.0 L (export, 45 PS) · up to 65 hp
Nissan Pulsar / Cherry N10/N11N10/N11 · 1978–1982
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FactThis Pulsar's unusually long nose wasn't styling for its own sake — Nissan engineered the space for a rear-wheel-drive version aimed at developing markets that was never actually built.
Introduced in May 1978 to replace the Cherry F-II, keeping the Cherry's rack-and-pinion steering and adding coilover struts at the front and coil-sprung trailing arms at the rear; a front-drive subcompact sold in Japan at Nissan Cherry Shops (the Sunny went to Satio Shops). It kept the Cherry name in Europe and most of Asia (Datsun 100A to 150A) and was the Datsun 310 in North America, with the Pulsar name in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Malaysia. Its long nose came from an unbuilt rear-wheel-drive version for developing markets. Body styles were a short-lived four-door fastback, three- and five-door hatchbacks, a coupé with a wraparound rear window (from September 1978), a five-door van and an export-only wagon. It was the first Nissan passenger car assembled in Greece (TEOKAR, 1980). A March 1981 facelift brought the OHC E-series engines, and production ceased in mid-1982. The Langley, launched in Japan in 1980 as a "mini Skyline" at Nissan Prince Shops, was a Pulsar derivative.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A10 1.0 L (export, 45 PS) | 1978–1982 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 44 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| A12 1.2 L (export, 52 PS) | 1978–1982 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 51 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| A15 1.5 L OHV (Datsun 310, North America, 65 hp, from 1981) | 1981–1982 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 65 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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The C13 was the first Pulsar ever officially sold in mainland Europe. Nissan had always used the Cherry, Sunny and Almera names there instead.
Order a GTI-R with Nismo parts a dealer couldn't fit, and Nissan shipped your car to Autech for factory installation instead — only 21 of these Nismo-built GTI-Rs ever left the line.
A bitter falling-out between Nissan and its UK importer meant this exact car was sold in Britain under two different names at once — as a Pulsar from one distributor and a Sunny from Nissan's own new outfit.
A limited-run N13 Pulsar variant ran three viscous couplings for its four-wheel drive — one per axle plus a centre unit — nearly the same layout Nissan launched in the larger Bluebird soon after as "Attesa."
In May 1983, some Pulsars switched from fender-mounted mirrors to door mirrors — a style Japanese law had only just begun to allow, and Nissan grabbed the change before any other Japanese maker did.
This Pulsar's unusually long nose wasn't styling for its own sake — Nissan engineered the space for a rear-wheel-drive version aimed at developing markets that was never actually built.
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