The 1982 B11 Nissan Sentra was, even by the most generous metric, not a beloved car. Like most automakers Nissan had emerged from the Decade of Disco bruised, battered and choked with performance-sapping emissions equipment. The early Eighties were known for further crippling previously zippy rear-wheel-drive J-tin by transforming cars like the Sunny into a new generation of pullers.
But, the Eighties were also known for birthing the turbocharger! Perhaps the American B11 would not be so easily forgotten if we had received a Sentra-fied version of the 1982 Nissan Sunny Leprix Turbo, which had a 115hp version of the oddball E15ET motor and could apparently bust through colonial deco walls unscathed to foil Tommy-gun-toting kidnappers in a quasi-Western, quasi-1920s gangster orgy of American cinema tropes. But honestly, the Leprix had us already at first sight of its mirror-image “TURBO” grille.
This is so strange… just 2 days ago my friend showed me a very rare Sunny B11 Turbo Ninja that is for sale, a car of which I have never heard about.
This must be a signal from the universe… I must tell him to buy it!
If you have pics, please post one of the “Ninja” stickers!!
Ehh, you’re talking to me, right?
Let’s see… the E16T engine:
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_1.jpg
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_6.jpg
The rest of the car:
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_2.jpg
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_4.jpg
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_3.jpg
http://fotos.chileautos.cl/fotos/2030/chi_2030538_5.jpg
I’m not sure if the “NINJA” sticker on the side is original, but I’m sure the “TURBO” ones are.
They are low quality pictures, but they can give an idea!
Thanks for posting. It’s a cool car and we never got the Ninja in the US. Tell your friend to buy it!
You’re welcome!
The Ninja Turbo was sold in Mexico, so it was unknown to me. It’s a cool car indeed!
And I’ll see if I can convince him. Unfortunately, he CAN’T make solid choices. Maybe the next week he will show me another car…
I must be an Extremely generous metric, I love my B11 xD.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/RazoWOLF/DSCN6100.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/RazoWOLF/DSCN6736.jpg
Phew, good thing they make the walls out of polystyrene over there! hahahaha. What an ad!
Check out the wicked understeer at 5sec lol
Love these vintage japanese car commercials!