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NISSAN 180-200SX/SILVIA

Delve back into Japanese automotive history and you discover that Silvia – along with Bluebird, Fairlady and Cedric – was among Nissan’s longest-serving name plates. Production began in 1964 with the 1.6-litre CSP311 and continued until the last-ever Silvia (unless reports of a planned electric version are correct) was made in 2002.

S13 models were first seen in 1988 and accounted for two thirds of S13-15 production. Some would come here as low volume ‘grey’ imports, but 1995 brought the first official Nissan Australia deliveries of the 200SX.

These were some of the last Silvia-derived cars and available

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