Nissan Cima

The Nissan Cima is a luxury sedan that Nissan built across five generations for the Japanese market, and for three generations it was sold internationally as the Infiniti Q45. The name comes from the Spanish word for summit. In its first two generations the Cima was a more luxurious and larger version of the Cedric and Gloria that shared its V8 with the flagship President, and its chief rival in Japan was the Toyota Crown. Introduced in 1988, it sold about 64,000 units in its first year and 120,000 in four years, and became a symbol of the bubble economy. The Cedric Cima sold at Nissan Store dealers and the Gloria Cima at Nissan Prince Stores. Production continued until August 2010, the nameplate returned in 2012 as a long wheelbase Fuga Hybrid with a 3.5 litre V6 hybrid, and it was discontinued for the final time in 2022.