NISSAN brought back the Pulsar nameplate for its new small car after disappointing sales of the unloved Tiida, starting with the four-door sedan. A historically significant $19,990 starting price combined...

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Nissan banished the vertical grille for a horizontal item, fitted new headlights and bumpers and lengthened the redesigned tail for the N16 II makeover. Inside new trim, revised instrumentation and updated...

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The N16 is nicer as the British-built five-door hatchback, benefiting from firmer European steering and suspension settings, a more distinctive design and a classier cabin. But its heart is still the...

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In the latter 1990s cash-strapped Nissan had no choice but to re-body its ’95-vintage N15, itself a rehash of the once-leading N14 of 1991. Needless to say the front-wheel drive N16 sedan feels...

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As part of a small RF series facelift that mainly included a new grille, tail-lights, wheel trims and cabin fabrics, Nissan capitalised on the Pulsar-Plus theme by adding keyless entry, air-conditioning,...

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After the elegant lines of the N14, Australians were slow to warm to the European wagonoid styling of the N15 Pulsar hatchback, but the sedan remained conservative. Essentially the same underneath, the...

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Barely visible were the myriad of small differences between the old local ES Pulsar and the Japanese-made N14 II. They included new wheels, updated cabin trim, revised suspension settings and different...

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Sadly, one of the best cars ever made here also helped bury Nissan as a local manufacturer. The fourth generation Pulsar, known as the ES, was truly all-new – from the Saab 9000-inspired four-door...

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Small changes to the grille, tail-lights, body ornamentation, cabin trim and colour palette marked out the rationalised N13 Series II Pulsar and Vector ranges. The GL hatch and new GL Vector sedan used...

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Bigger, roomier, stronger, more durable and much better to drive, the all-new third generation N13 series Pulsar and its Holden LD series Astra twin were a big step forward. This time Holden helped Nissan...

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Another round of trim changes inside and out, revised five-speed manual gearbox ratios, new colours, a stripped-out DX model, a change from GX to GXE and the introduction of a bigger four-cylinder engine...

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Since the Pulsar-based Holden LB Astra hatchback, launched simultaneously, looked almost identical to its donor car, Nissan implemented a surprisingly successful mid-term facelift that also clearly distinguished...

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The short-lived Pulsar Panel Van replaced the long-running Sunny Panel Van that was discontinued earlier in 1983. It was a four-speed manual, front-wheel drive, half-tonne, two-door panel van based on...

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Minor trim changes inside and out, revisions to the suspension, steering and ride, new Australian-made seats and a change of model nomenclature heralded the first locally-made Pulsar series. The model...

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Just one year later Nissan unveiled the bigger, wedgier, second generation Pulsar N12 series. The rationalised range consisted of the base 44kW 1.3-litre Pulsar 1300 and two 51.4kW 1.5-litre five-door...

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With the Sunny dead and the Laser and Mitsubishi Colt selling up a storm, Nissan fortified the fully-imported Pulsar range with a facelift front and rear, the addition of a base three-door hatch and top-line...

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Datsun, as Nissan’s car division was known until the early 1980s, took seven years to jump on the front-wheel drive bandwagon in Australia with the original Pulsar. Initially sold as a well-specified...

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