Shed Of The Week: Nissan Sunny
Your nightmare of a white Christmas
Let's spare a thought then for the owner of this 1989 Nissan Sunny, a simple London trader. All he was doing was trying to make a living when the old geezer came in with the keys and a sob story to end all sob stories.
Those are some super shiny bumpers
The good thing about a Sunny is that it will always take you where you want to go. Unfortunately this is also the bad thing about a Sunny. Handsome, inspiring and memorable are just three of the words that will never be used to describe one.
For those who care, this is the B12 model, named after the vitamins you were well advised to take after driving one, or the N13 as it was sometimes more evocatively named, presumably after the postcode of Enfield where it was a popular vehicle.
Don't go thinking that there can't be anything worse in motoring than a Nissan Sunny, because there is: an automatic Nissan Sunny. And that's what we have here. No worries though, because this one is 'powered' by the Sunny's mediumly sporty spec engine, the feared 1.6 with 84hp. You could even get a GTI version with nearly 110hp. Petrol was the fuel choice of the private owner, whereas cabbies for some reason favoured the glacially slow and not even particularly cheap to run diesel version.
The blemish-free MOT history shows that this low-mileage example has covered just 2,000 miles in the last ten years. It is actually fairly remarkable for a Sunny in that it shows no obvious signs of rust. We have no pics of the underside, which is where they really go brown, but judging by the pics on hand it looks like our Shed has been lovingly billetted in a nice warm garage all its life, possibly with a cosy tartan blanket on the bonnet and a pair of sateen cushions bookending some sort of terrier on the back parcel shelf. Which is what they called them back then, even though nobody in the entire history of motoring has ever put a parcel there.
Mmm, beige
Skirting around the dealer's slightly dodgy use of the shortened form of 'Japanese', we must credit him for making a brave effort to list the car's main attributes, which in this case seem to be anything that's not from the same period as the car, for example the Bluetooth CD player and iPod connection, and the fact that you're unlikely to see any more like it in a day. A year, more like. But there's a reason for that. Nobody else is brave enough to be seen in one.
Seriously though, if you want to feel good about yourself and your life in general, just remember one thing: you don't drive a Nissan Sunny. Happy New Year.
On behalf of a Jap car collector.Astonishingly low mileage by 2 senior drivers who gave up driving. Not the usual cars we sell but just could not resist an old Jap mobile. Imagine how many you will see in a day probably none. This great little very easy car to drive as may be old but has power steering, auto gearbox, central locking electric windows and many more little options including a optional expensive pioneer bluetooth CD player with iPod connection and Bluetooth phone!! How cool is that.This car comes with 2 factory keys, the original dealer book pack with stamped service book mainly serviced by main Nissan Dealer. Even has the dealer mats and number plates. I also have a big file of receipts etc. The bodywork is immaculate and so is the plush interior. This really is a time warp car that was in a garage and under a dust sheet with a big steering lock to protect it. Great first car or even town runner perhaps a collector???
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What's the deal these days with using "Jap"? Some people seem to think it's poor form as per this article but there's two huge UK car shows who use this term int he title. Japfest and JapDay.
Jap crap was the expression of the day.
Explains it - but doesn't excuse it.
BTW, I see that it does 0-62 in 1 sec according to the spec. Wow! Some "Jap" car!
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