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Car Of The Day: December 26, 2009; Suntoys '90 Nissan Prairie
Topic Started: Dec 26 2009, 03:04 AM (462 Views)
Swifty
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Today's car of the day is Suntoys' "1990 Nissan Prairie".

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The Nissan Prairie, introduced in Japan in 1981 and Europe in 1982, was a car from Japanese manufacturer Nissan. It was also known as the Multi in Canada and the Stanza Wagon in the United States. The second generation was renamed the Nissan Axxess in North America , but due to disappointing sales, was no longer offered and replaced by the larger Nissan/Ford joint venture called the Nissan Quest, and in Europe it was replaced by the Nissan Serena. When the third generation of this vehicle was introduced in Japan, it was renamed initially Prairie Liberty, with the "Prairie" name eventually dropped in November 1998. This vehicle was discontinued and replaced with the Nissan Lafesta December 2004 in Japan.


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

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Seriously, your guess is as good as mine on this one. I'm calling it a copy of the Matchbox Nissan Prairie casting. Your opinion may vary- hit reply and make a case for whatever you think this may be. Adding to the poor casting is the theme. We have a military-decoed minivan. Let's rephrase that: a Japanese minivan in US military theme. Fear our third row seating and tremble before the might of our built in DVD player (neither of which would have been available on this particular minivan)!

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The second generation of the Prairie was introduced September 1988, and it was renamed the Nissan Axxess when sold in North America. The vehicle sold for six years (1990–95) in Canada, and in 1990 only in the United States.

The Prairie came with optional AWD but because it came with a 2.0 litre engine, it wasn't designed or equipped for vigorous off road driving. In North America, that market segment was offered an all new vehicle, called the Nissan Pathfinder. Because of the Pathfinders similar cargo carying capacity added to a increased ground clearance and a larger 4- and V6 engine, the utility that the Prairie(Axxess) offered was seen as a lesser vehicle.

Nissan didn't retreat from the family oriented minivan market, and introduced the Nissan Quest in 1993, sharing production facilities with Ford North America, with Ford selling the Quest as the Mercury Villager. In Europe, the Prairie was replaced with the larger Nissan Serena, also originally sold in Japan in 1991.

Nissan refocused their efforts provided by the Prairie on the Japanese market, and offered additional room by stretching the back end to better accommodate third seat passengers and load carrying, calling the vehicle the Prairie Joy, which was offered August 1995. The Prairie continued to see competition from the Toyota Sprinter Caribbean and the Civic based Honda Shuttle.

Styling of the Prairie was never its strong suit, and the second generation didn't show an improvement, which hampered sales. It was popular with families who needed utility above other considerations.

May 1997, anti-lock brakes and driver and front passenger airbags were offered, along with ultraviolet restricting tinted glass.


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james_autos
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I'd find it hard to believe that this was a copy of the Matchbox. This really is awful, possibly the worst you've shown us all week.
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Sak
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Ezekiel 25:17
Swifty
Dec 26 2009, 03:04 AM
Your opinion may vary- hit reply and make a case for whatever you think this may be.
Here's my opinion...

It's...

$#@!
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James
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put it in the vise and get it over with......
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bangerkid45
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I ummmm, sadly.... Like this one :/ , I have one aswell Sean , just differant wheels, but it looks identical to this one
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Like a developing humanoid seed pod, with no features to identify it, it tries to elevate itself with an original scheme----Olive Drab over chrome lower panels, military lettering, and most important of all----dark blue glass.
Yup, this one is right up there with the Mazda RX-8, and makes yesterday's Diplomat look even better.
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