Nissan Leopard
The Nissan Leopard is one of the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan produced from 1980 to 1999 in four generations model of the upper middle class.
Leopard ( F30), 1980-1986
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The first Leopard (also known as Leopard TR -X) was introduced in September 1980 and should reinforce the Nissan range in the upper middle class. The edgy, as a two-door hardtop coupe and four-door hardtop sedan available body had very thin C- and D-pillars and large glass surfaces. The car was able to come up with some innovations, such as with a fuel gauge on the dashboard. Originally, the leopard with four-and six-cylinder naturally aspirated engines of 1800, 2000 and 2800 cc available; in September 1982 came in the wake of a small facelift added a two-liter turbo engine, followed in 1984, the three-liter turbo from the former 300ZX sports car in Leopard Turbo Grand Edition, which was produced in a limited edition.
Leopard ( F31 ), 1986-1992
In February 1986, the leopard of the second generation ( F31 series ) appeared exclusively as a coupe; in the U.S., this car was exported under the name Infiniti M30.
Like its predecessor, the new Leopard competed in Japan in the first place with the Toyota Soarer. The quite similar to the Soarer seeing Leopard coupe could be, unlike the Toyota, order with different V6 engines, a SOHC two-liter injection engine with or without turbocharger ( from a slight facelift in August 1988 DOHC version) or three-liter Six cylinders in aspirated or turbocharged version. The top machine made 190 kW ( 255 hp). The two-liter turbo engine had a intercooler and only the two-liter suction was available with a manual transmission.
Leopard J Ferie ( JPY32 ), 1992-1997
In the third in June 1992 featured Leopard surnamed J Ferie it was the Japanese version of the Infiniti J30 home, a four-door sedan with rounded shapes on the nature of contemporary Nissan models Bluebird ( U13 ) and Altima. The drive took further two- and three- liter V6 engine or a 4.1 liter V8 measuring whose performance ranged from 92 kW (125 hp) to 198 kW ( 270 hp).
The Leopard J Ferie shared the Y32 platform with the Nissan Cedric and Gloria contemporary models.
All Leopard J Ferie created at Nissan's Tochigi plant. The production of the third generation ended in June 1997.
Leopard ( JY33 ), 1996-1999
Nissan Leopard JY33
The fourth and final Leopard generation was introduced in March 1996 and was available only as a hardtop sedan. The model was based on the Y33 platform of Nissan Gloria and Cima.
V6 engines were offered with 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 liters (last also with turbocharger ) and the trim levels ( in ascending order) XJ, XR, XV and XV -G. In the XJ -Four wheel drive did a 2.5- liter inline six- cylinder turbocharged service.
Production ended in June 1999, an export did not take place.