Best CL ad ever!!!!!! LOL
 

1986 Nissan Stanza Wagon

I might buy it LOL, just because of this ad. Talked a state trooper out of 80 MPH driving one.

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mech

Bunch of smarty pants college students in the fan.

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...73d95bf12e.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...dLf6pFxFbohR9V

http://i.qkme.me/3vergu.jpg

Nice ad. Price is a little out there, though.

For a second I thought it was an ad for the one and only Nissan/Datsun I've ever owned:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/...dee2c2447f.jpg


Mine was a sweet, low-miles first generation Sentra with both "Nissan" and "Datsun" badges on the tailgate. I owned it less than a year in university and remember it fondly as a softly sprung, pleasant little car to drive. 5-speed... with a 2 foot long shifter. It had a calming effect -- definitely did not encourage sporting driving.

Amazingly, at its introduction it was apparently (if you believe wikipedia) the most fuel-efficient car available in the US, according to the EPA:

43 MPG (US) city (5.5 L/100 km), 58 highway (4.1), 48 combined (4.9). (Though that's likely the rating for the 2-door sedan, not the porky wagon with a suspiciously unaerodynamic looking angle to its rear tailgate.)

That's not surprising, considering the 67 hp 1.5L 4-cyl engine, 5-speed manual transmission, and light weight (~1875 lbs / 850 kg).

Anyway, that's enough OT!

Back on topic: a buddy of mine in high school drove around in one of those old Stanza wagons, but I think it went by a different name in Canada... will have to look that up.

Might have been the 1.7 liter diesel version of that Sentra that got 50 MPG.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/26645.shtml

regards
mech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXpWhu2CQxI

Motorweek video on the the "Wally Wagon" I was surprized it weighed 2250 pounds.

regards
mech

In Canada, they called it the Nissan Multi.

Dunno why - we had the Stanza cars.