Originally introduced in Japan in 1978 as the successor to the Cherry F10, this Nissan compact was positioned as a versatile mainstream car and was offered in several body styles over time, including sedan, hatchback, coupe, and van variants. The nameplate went through multiple generations during the 1980s and 1990s, and it became especially well known for sporty derivatives such as the Pulsar GTI-R, Nissan’s rally-homologation performance version. After the original Japanese-era run, Nissan later brought the name back for a separate European-market model in 2014, this time as a C-segment five-door hatchback designed and built for Europe. Because the nameplate was revived after a gap rather than carried through one uninterrupted production span, it should be treated as having multiple production periods.
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