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.
Lead trim: GA13DS 1.3 L (Japan, 79 PS) · up to 141 hp
Nissan Pulsar / Sunny N14N14 · 1990–1995
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FactA 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 rounder Pulsar launched in 1990 on the Nissan B platform, designed by Yoshio Maezawa, replacing the Langley and Liberta Villa with the Primera at Prince Shops. It was sold as the Sunny in Europe (the last Sunny sold there before the Almera in 1995) and, in Japan, was a range of eight models and eighteen variations with six engines, three body shapes and two drivetrains. Wheels magazine named it Australian Car of the Year in 1991, sharing the honour with the Honda NSX. The top European model was the 2.0 GTI with the 143 PS SR20DE, while Japan's top was the 140 PS SR18DE GTI; the homologation-special GTI-R with the turbocharged SR20DET is a separate entry in this catalogue. Nissan Australia built it at Clayton South from October 1991 until the plant closed in October 1992, then imported it from Japan until September 1995. There was no N14 in the US or Canada, where the related NX1600 coupé took its place.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA13DS 1.3 L (Japan, 79 PS) | 1990–1995 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 78 hp | 77 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| GA15DS 1.5 L (Japan, 94 PS) | 1990–1995 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 93 hp | 93 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| GA16DE 1.6 L X1R (Japan, 110 PS) | 1990–1995 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 108 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| SR18DE 1.8 L GTI (Japan, 140 PS) | 1990–1995 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 138 hp | 123 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| SR20DE 2.0 L (Australia/Europe, 143 PS) | 1991–1995 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 141 hp | 130 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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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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