Datsun Bluebird 910

Datsun Bluebird (910)
Bluebird 4-door hardtop (910)
Overview
Also called	Nissan Bluebird 910 Yue Loong Bluebird 911/912 (Taiwan)
Production	1979 to 1993
Assembly	Japan Miaoli, Taiwan Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Body and chassis
Body style	4-door sedan 4-door hardtop 2-door hardtop coupé 5-door station wagon
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	1.6 L L16S I4 1.8 L L18S I4 1.8 L L18T I4 1.8 L Z18E I4 1.8 L Z18ET turbo I4 2.0 L L20B I4 2.0 L CA20S I4 2.0 L LD20 diesel I4
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2.52m (99.5 in)
Length	Saloon 4.35 m (171.3 in) Estate and Coupe: 4.40 m (173.2 in)
Width	1.65 m (65.2 in)
Height	Saloon and Estate 1.40 m (55.2 in) Coupe 1.38m (54.6in)
Curb weight	Saloon and coupe 1135 kg (2502 lb) Estate 1130 (2491 lb)

The Datsun Bluebird (910) is an automobile which was produced by Nissan from 1979 to 1994.

Nissan began realigning its export names with its home market names with the 910 series in November 1979. The 'B' tags were dropped in favour of 'Bluebird', though the models were marketed as 'Datsun Bluebird' initially. The Bluebird 910, which was the last rear-wheel drive Bluebird, featured simple clean-cut squared-off lines, unlike the "Coke Bottle" styling of its predecessor. It did however retain the same engine range, the same MacPherson strut suspension and the same 99-inch (2,500 mm) wheelbase as the 810.

It went on sale in Europe over the summer of 1980, where its main competitors were traditional rear-wheel drive saloons including the Ford Taunus/Cortina and Opel Ascona/Vauxhall Cavalier. It also had a number of front-wheel drive rivals, including the Peugeot 305 and Renault 18. Nissan had enjoyed significant sales success in Britain since the early 1970s and the Bluebird sold reasonably well there, although it was not as popular as the smaller Cherry and Sunny.

For the export models, a 'Nissan' badge began appearing in 1981. However, in Australia, where 130,000 910s were built between 1981 and 1986, the name change from Datsun Bluebird to Nissan Bluebird did not occur until 1983.

After eight years the Bluebird returned to the Taiwanese market. Yulon had replaced the Bluebird with the Nissan Violet in 1971. The new model was considered to be in a new class and was now known as the Yue Loong Bluebird 911. Until then, Yue Loong had reserved the 900-series for the larger Laurels. After a facelift, the car became the 912.

Nissan New Zealand assembled several versions of the Bluebird 910. These were shipped in CKD from Japan, including a top ZX model that was the first, and only, car to be assembled in the country with electrically adjustable Japanese domestic style 'hockey stick' rear view mirrors on the front guards (which had to be sent out after kit unpacking for a local specialist to stamp the mounting holes). NZ cars initially had the two-tone brown interior; this was switched to grey at the mid-life facelift when the top model's power exterior mirrors were relocated to the door mounting now universal today. Japan itself eventually phased out the mandatory wing-mount mirrors that also distinguished thousands of used cars imported from Japan into NZ in the late 1980s and early 90s.