Moving on with the press photo galore that is this Datsun-Nissan weekend, it’s time to showcase the Sunny B11, known as the Sentra on North American markets. Most importantly, it is also my duty to notify you that the B11 was available as a woody wagon that could be ordered in custard yellow.
Fender mirrors, small center hubcaps, some light red trimming on the plastics, it’s so 1981 I can’t stand it. It’s brilliant.


There were two wagon variants of the Sunny, this somewhat slanted, more aerodynamic car that appears in the photos as the SGXL California spec, and then there was the more van-like AD with a square back and round headlights.

There was also a hot hatch version of the same generation Sunny, appearing here as the Turbo Leprix. While the wagon above had a 1500cc engine with less than 100 horsepower (75-95 depending of the market), the Turbo one had 115 horsepower. The glass hatch looks especially neat.

Neater still was the extremely sporty red interior available with the Turbo. And note here, a manual gearshift.

 
The studio shot of an equivalent four-door sedan replaces the red seat goodness with light tan, and the 5-speed manual is thwarted by a three-speed automatic.