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Car Of The Day: September 3, 2009; Tomica Limited Vintage Neo '73 Nissan Violet
Topic Started: Sep 3 2009, 02:54 AM (1,727 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Tomica Limited Vintage Neo's 1973 Nissan Violet.

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The Nissan Stanza started out in Japan as the Nissan Violet in 1973, and then was split into two other models in 1977 called the second generation Nissan Auster and Nissan Violet . All three bore the A10 codename, and were built in Japan at Hiratsuka and Oppama, Incidently, the codename A10 is also used by Toyota for the first generation Toyota Carina. A new third generation front-wheel drive model was launched in 1981 and shared the platform with the Compact MPV Nissan Prairie/Multi/Stanza Wagon. Final versions were Nissan Bluebirds series U12 rebadged for some international markets.

The Stanza/Auster/Violet were discontinued in 1990. The Stanza was replaced by the Nissan Altima in North America; the Auster in Japan was replaced by the Nissan Primera and the Stanza was replaced by the Nissan Cefiro in Japan, and the Violet was replaced by the established Nissan Pulsar in Japan.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Violet

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Another gorgeous replica from Tomica! I look at Japanese cars of this era and then I look at their current offerings and I'm forced to wonder what happened? Sure, Japanese cars have always been regarded as 'basic transportation' here in the USA. But somewhere along the line they became soulless appliances (a trait which the Big Three soon copied as well). Cars like this still had style. Sure it was a compact car but it didn't have to look ugly or be made out of the cheapest plastics known to man.

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Before the Stanza, there was the (Japanese: Nissan Violet), a sister car to the Nissan Sunny, which sold outside Japan under Nissan's Datsun marque as the Datsun 140J/160J — except in the United States where it was the Datsun 710. This model was built as a 2-door saloon, 2-door coupé, 4-door fastback, 4-door notchback, estate, and van. The Violet was placed above the Nissan Sunny but just slightly below the Nissan Bluebird. Introducing the Violet allowed Nissan to moderately increase the dimensions of the older Nissan Bluebird.

The sporty SSS model has rear independent suspension, others have leaf spring.

This car was assembled in Mexico from 1973–78, and in the relevant markets was known as the Datsun Sedan and Datsun Guayin. It was offered with an optional 3-speed automatic gearbox. It is sometimes referred to as the "bolillo" (white bread) because of its rounded design.

This car shared a platform but remained a rear wheel drive car with the new front wheel drive Nissan Cherry that was developed by Prince Motor Company before the Prince - Nissan merger in 1966.

This vehicle was available for sale around the same time as the first generation Toyota Carina.


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james_autos
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Minivan
:drool: Need I say any more?
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diecastdingo
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Minivan
Mine's in blue, but otherwise...maybe the closest competition to the Torino this year.

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The Reflex
I like that model quite a bit.
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

Jewelled headlights, great paint and realistic wheels . . what's not to like?
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Ezekiel 25:17
Outstanding!
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Very nice! I like...a lot.
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