Love that hardtop interior, so that would probably be the deciding factor.Thanks for the history on this mainstay of the Nissan line. The data tag in the engine compartment mentioned both Prince and Nissan. It’s by no means the least and probably not the last, as I’m hoping to Pokemon the lot of them while I’m prowling the highways and byways of Honshu. Finally, a deal was signed with Renault. Just Kent help but smile. Had reclining rear seats, but seemed very dated.Copyright 2011 - 2020 Curbside Classics. At a certain stage of my life, Nissans were a good match for my home. Without that, Nissan might not have seen the present century.This brush with bankruptcy makes dinosaurs like these Glorias all the more interesting – they are symptomatic of a company that was coasting its way to an early grave, a Deadly Sin of sorts. The Y30 hardtop was replaced by the succeeding Y32, and the Y30 Wagon/Van version was not replaced. I’d have a hard time choosing between the hardtop and the wagon.

The panel between the tail lights was covered in metal trim. ignition model 1/43 Nissan Cedric Y31 Gran Turismo SV Black BB-Wheel IG1249 EMS.

The front end was modified with quad headlights and although the grille opening remained the same, the grille itself was changed, with six thick horizontal bars replacing the 13 thin horizontal bars. The overall excess angularity of Nissan’s 80s designs remained. The Y31 hardtop is one of my favourite 80s/90s Nissan designs, simple, clean and somewhat elegant on the Brougham wheels. The seat design and colours/textures are quite appealing.What is a twin-cam V-6? Plus, these were still the boom times for the Japanese bubble economy, so Nissan Prince stores were shifting these at quite a pace. (Coupés based on this platform were called Nissan Leopard, so we’ll leave those aside for another post, if and when I catch one.) Radial tires are introduced. Which would I choose? Many cars featured a small "Nissan" badge on the back. In those staid Cedric taxis, I can understand, but this Gloria feels a bit, well, straight-laced.

It was as if some space-time anomaly had caused it to be transported directly from a 1990 Nissan showroom to this 2019 parking lot, amusingly adjacent to a Toyopet Store.

The new Cima was based on the Cedric/Gloria Y31, but had distinct styling and was only available as a hardtop sedan with the 3-litre V6. Side trim remained identical from the BLSIP-1. The same thing happened abroad: in the US, in southeast Asia and in Europe, Nissan lost ground. “Brougham” was a Nissan trademark on the JDM.As per JDM tradition, the Y33 was given a slight mid-life refresh in 1997. No ifs, no buts, no B-pillars, no window frames – just the roof, please. Engines available continue to be the newly developed VG series engine, with the VG20DET adding DOHC, another first for Nissan. The four-door hardtop, on the other hand, continued to evolve until the wagon and the four-door looked like they were made by two different companies.So let’s start with the hardtop.
The tail fins were capped off with stainless steel trim that ran from one fin, down under the trunk lid opening and back up the fin on the other side.

This was probably a conscious effort on Nissan’s part to make the car appear more European, something more akin to BMW or Alfa Romeo.The big difference between the Nissan and European sports saloons is that the Gloria is a true hardtop. If you’re going to stick out that far there, then you surely need a bigger nose. So here’s the third Gloria of the year. Diesel, a 2.8 litre straight-6 Diesel, a couple of 2-litre LPGs – in straight-4 or straight-6 form) on the Japanese Domestic Market.In June 1988, the Gran Turismo was launched (the SV version being the highest grade) on the Y31 hardtops, both Cedric and Gloria.

I wish I could get the wagon with the 3 ltr turbo. Engines available continue to be the newly developed The four-speed automatic transmission is now computer controlled for smoother shifts. Not once, but 3 times.Nissan had some great engines, decent economy, and a style I liked better than competing models of Toyata, Honda or Subaru. The door handles appear unusually emphasized, like on the first Infiniti Q45, with the large chrome surrounds.

The Y30 hardtop was replaced by the succeeding Y32, and the Y30 Wagon/Van version was not replaced. The Y30 wagon and the Y31 saloon both used the 2- and 3-litre V6s of their (older) generation, with a single overhead cam.

The first F-350 dually would ruin it and of course take up three spaces. The Y33 Nissan Gloria is the full sized luxury performance counterpart to the Nissan Cedric, built to fight the BMW 7 Series in the luxury car market and featuring a number of power accessories including … This was done to counter arch-rival Toyota’s upcoming V8-powered S130 Crown, soon to become the So what about this Gran Turismo version, then? The BLSIP-2 continued to use the GB-30 engine. The Gran Turismo’s headlights give the shape some character, as, to a smaller degree, do the better factory wheels; in Ultima turbo guise it’s rather desirable. I don’t recall any of my Nissans ever having a flat. Nearly bought one a diesel Brougham few years ago, but the mileage was a lot higher than the C34 Laurel I bought instead – and which turned out to be a mistake… The Autech limo version is cool – I have the brochure for it, they put in quite a lot of effort considering the President was supposed to be the flagship.Please keep up with your awesome reports from Japan.There are a few Glorias for sale in the US at well-known JDM dealers now, including a diesel wagon and a 1994 edition of the Gran Turismo.

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