By the middle 1980s, most North American-market economy cars had shifted to space-efficient front-wheel-drive platforms (with one notable exception). Nissan ditched the flimsy Datsun 310, the cramped Datsun 210, and the nightmarishly hideous Datsun F-10 and started selling a genuine Corolla competitor for the 1982 model year: the first-generation Sentra, known as the Sunny in its homeland and the Tsuru in Mexico. Here’s a magazine advertisement for the 1986 Sentra, touting its technological achievements and cheap price tag.
A careful reading of this text makes the '86 Sentra seem a bit less futuristic, even by the standards of its time; computer-controlled carburetion was pretty old-timey at a time when electronic fuel injection was taking over the automotive world, and most subcompacts and compacts had McPherson struts and front disc brakes. On top of that, the 1986 Sentra was the last of its generation, with a sleeker-looking successor replacing it for 1987. Still, the Sentra was a reliable and solid (in non-rusty regions) car, and it gave the Corolla, Civic, and 323 a tough battle in the marketplace.
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