As I have mentioned my paternal grandmother (known to the cousins as Aunt Gene) having owned her U.S spec U.S Spec T72 Nissan Auster/Stanza/European Bluebird 5-Door Liftback Model that she replaces with a 2-door XJ Cherokee in an earlier post https://mparij.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/my-book-titled-early-life-and-continuous-livelihood/ here are commercials from Japan, Europe, and the United States for the T12/T72 Nissan Auster/Stanza/European Bluebird:
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A video from Nissan celebrating 25 years of manufacturing in the UK for the entire European market, and the T12/T72 European Bluebird being one of the very first products it had manufactured:
The Auster/Stanza/European Bluebird, like the real U11 Bluebird and many other Nissan products, was powered by the CA engine; one of Nissan’s best engines just like the L 4-cylinder and the Z engines that have preceded it and the SR engine that had succeeded it. It matters as to how much Nissan had spent on testing and development on the CA before it had gone into production in 1982, and the SR before it had gone into production years later in 1989. It also matters as to how much time and money Nissan had spent on developing the T12/T72 before it’s introduction in 1986 and the U11 before it’s introduction in 1983.
The RB, what many consider to be the CA with 2 additional cylinders added to create an inline-6 engine; is also one of Nissan’s best engines.
The VG had always been a great engine, but I wouldn’t ever consider it ‘something to write home about’. The VG, like the RB and the VQ; had been produced in displacements ranging from 2.0-3.0 liters, a 2.5 liter version had also been produced; and each members of the VG engine family had been produced as being normally aspirated, with a single turbocharger; and with twin turbochargers and an intercooler.
Then there’s the VQ, which everyone knows has made Ward’s 10 Best Engines list from 1994-2008 and again briefly in 2012.
Matthew Parij 