Nissan Leopard

The Nissan Leopard is a line of sport and luxury cars that Nissan built from 1980 to 2000. The early cars were based on the Japanese-market Skyline and Laurel and later ones on the chassis of the Cedric and Gloria, all rear-wheel drive, and the final versions contributed to the Infiniti M and J products. The Leopard coupe and sedan were sold exclusively in Japan at Nissan Store locations as a companion to the Fairlady Z, which let Nissan sell a badge-engineered Skyline and Laurel. The first generation F30, also called the Leopard TR-X, arrived in September 1980 as a larger coupe and a four-door hardtop sedan, above the Bluebird 810 with the six-cylinder engine, and offered naturally aspirated inline four- and six-cylinder engines of 1,800, 2,000 and 2,800 cc, with a 3.0 litre VG30ET turbo V6 joining in 1984. It was cancelled under the Nissan Revival Plan and succeeded by the Fuga.