US-spec 200SX shown with the ugly but mandatory bumpersīesides the two 4-pots, a rotary engine was considered too but that project was shelved when the oil crisis hit Japan and a few Western countries. The 200SX was mainly only sold in North America while overseas markets including Malaysia received the 180SX. The 180SX was powered by a 1.8-litre L18 inline-4 ( 93 PS/135 Nm) while the 200SX was powered by a 2.0-litre L20B inline-four ( 97 PS/138 Nm). Overseas, it was sold as the Datsun 180SX or 200SX depending on the engine. Perhaps it was due to the controversial design that the S10 Silvia wasn’t that well-received. The S10 Silvia had a very unique and interesting design that fans dubbed “The Clam”. It was the first Silvia to be built on the S platform which would be a trademark for the sports car. S10 Silvia – Interesting-looking clamĪfter a 7-year hiatus, Nissan would reintroduce the Silvia as a more mainstream sports car.
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It was built on a platform shared with the Nissan Fairlady Roadster and was powered by a 1.6-litre R Series 4-cylinder engine that only produced 90 PS and 140 Nm. Most of them remained in Japan with a small handful exported overseas.
Around 554 units were handbuilt at the Nissan Shatai plant between 19. The first-gen Silvia is especially rare and valuable even when it was new. The name was derived from the Latin word for forest and in Roman mythology, it was a name for the goddess of the forest. It made its debut at the 1964 Tokyo Motor Show as the Datsun Coupe 1500 but it would be given the Silvia name instead in 1965.Īlso read: 15 coolest pop-up headlights that flipped our minds – AE86, RX-7, Ferraris, and more! Though Goertz would eventually leave the project to help design the Toyota 2000GT, he was still credited as the designer of the CSP311 Silvia. Goertz saw the potential of Japanese manufacturers and decided to collaborate with a few manufacturers including Nissan. It was designed by German designer, Albrecht von Goertz, formerly at BMW. The very first Nissan Silvia was one of those. The result was some of the prettiest and rarest cars ever made. In an attempt to show the world that their cars can be as good as the West, carmakers from the Land of the Rising Sun hired Western designers, particularly from Italy, to help pen some of their flagship cars.Īlso read: Hideyuki Miyakawa – Japan’s secret agent of car design you never heard of Japanese car manufacturers in the 1960s were at a stage of experimentation in design and engineering. CSP311 Silvia – Handbuilt in Japan with a European design The very first Silvia wasn’t even built on the S platform but was rather a bespoke coupe. Nissan would discontinue the Silvia in 2002 to the dismay of fans and in the nearly 20 years since its discontinuation, Nissan has gone through some tumultuous times that we might never see an “S16” in the near future.Īlso read: Scoop: Nissan plans flagship mid-engine sports car with 3.0L Vīut that wasn’t the first time Nissan cut the Silvia nameplate short. The S15 continued the Silvia’s appeal among drifters as the S14’s heavier body made it a poor successor to the S13. This S15 belongs to WapCar BM's editor who also appeared in Elizabeth Tan's music video (Photo credit: Fydography)
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