Nissan Laurel

The Nissan Laurel is a two- and four-door sedan that Nissan manufactured and marketed from 1968 to 2002, with later generations adding all-wheel drive and turbocharged engines. Introduced in 1968 as a model positioned above the Datsun Bluebird 510, it offered the luxury of the Gloria A30 on a shorter wheelbase and was always the luxury version of the Skyline range, sharing engines and suspensions with it. The first Laurel was developed by the Nissan Tsurumi R&D Division, assembled at the Musashimurayama plant of the former Prince Motor Company, and fitted with the Prince G18 1.8 litre four-cylinder engine. It was sold at Nissan Store as the junior model to the Cedric and the V8 President, and exports under the Datsun name ended after 1989.