GTP Cool Wall: 1990+ Nissan Tsuru

[niky]

The B13 was one of the best driving front-drivers from the early 90's. The steering was long-geared, as with most mass market cars of the time, but it had a playful chassis and a nice balance thanks to the relatively short wheelbase. The GA16DE was also a fine motor... revvy, torquey and quite sophisticated compared to the 4AFEs and whatnots of the time.

The SR20 was just fantastic. Revved like nobody's business. Came with forged internals, even in non-turbo spec. Ate gearboxes like nobody's business, either... but that's another story. The SE-R is a cult car for good reasons.

This was the car that could have spawned a Civic-like dynasty. But it didn't. Shame.

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We owned one of these. I then bought a pick-up version years later, but didn't have the time or cash to hold onto it. They were fun, nimble and lightweight. They also had no legroom, the crash safety of a suitcase (not a Samsonite, either...) and no suspension travel, so hit a mid-corner bump hard enough and you could run out of both travel and grip at the same time. It was also horrendously anonymous, and prone to rust.

But that's not why this car is uncool. The 1990 Tsuru is uncool because it's not a Sentra.

 

[ImmalovemaGTR]

Nice, reliable Sedan in Japanese build quality. I really like the 90s-style design, however, this one has a soft american touch to it which I do not like.

Cool.

 

[ScottPuss20]

It's made in Mexico, but has a Nissan badge. What?
Uncool

 

[Sage Ages]

It's made in Mexico, but has a Nissan badge. What?

A lot of foreign cars are made in Mexico/South America. It's cheaper, especially since they're being sold there.

 

[TheCracker]

It's made in Mexico, but has a Nissan badge. What?
Uncool

They make cars in China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Spain, UK, USA, Australia and Mexico. All badged as Nissans!

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

It's just a meh kind of car. I mean, it's just an ordinary, small sedan; nothing cool or uncool about it.

 

[Conza]

I might be vaguely interesting if it were real wheel drive. However, as just another front wheel drive sedan, and an ugly one at that, I'm afraid it's another seriously uncool from me.

 

[GT Pro]

This is the most car-ish car I have ever seen. The prototypical lay person's drawing of an automobile.

 

[synchromesh]

Meh, bland and not cool but at least it had a nice interior.

 

[ClydeYellow]

The B13 Sentra would rate somewhere between "meh" and "cool". But the B13 Sentra is history.

This, on the other hand, isn't. It's so offensively bland (and possibly unsafe, and polluting) that it deserves an uncool only for its tenacity in existing in a non-ironic fashion.

 

[chzsln485]

I know people sometimes describe VWs and so forth as white goods, but DAAAAAAMN SON. The very definition of meh. Remember when Top Gear set fire to a Nissan Sunny because it was the most boring car ever? Same issue here. There's not enough about it to actually hate it.

 

[Anthony]

I find it kind of cool that these are still being produced, haven't seen a single one here in about 3-4 years now. Otherwise its probably one of the blandest, most unimaginative cars ever produced.

 

[homeforsummer]

Uncool. Didn't know what a Tsuru was, and came into the thread expecting some funky kei car. The resulting disappointment is worthy of an uncool.

 

[Liquid]

Doesn't Tsuru mean Crane or has my Dragon Ball manga let me down again?

 

[Cano]

at least it had a nice interior.

it had a nice interior.

nice interior.

NICE INTERIOR

NICE INTERIOR

Dear God no

 

[AlvaroF]

This thing is so bland, that it's more bland than meh standards of bland. And apparently crappy in every single way.

Uncool.