The Nissan Cima: The JDM Car You've Never Heard Of
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- The Nissan Cima - a luxury sedan that the United States never had the pleasure of driving. With a ton of interior features that aren't even in many cars today, the Nissan Cima is a charming big body sedan that screams luxury. Thanks for watching!
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This thing is so sick! Smooth and serene with some JDM flavor.
What's your favorite VIP build you've ever seen?
I bought my son one of these from Japanese Classics in Virginia! It's a great car!
LS400 is pretty hard to beat for a VIP build.
Usally I have heard of them, this time I actually didn't!😅👌🏼👍🏻
Mercedes W140 VIP style
This is super cool and different!!
Bro that oriental jazz in the intro
Do u like jaaaaz
Some jazz flute
had to play it twice it was so good
Very Gran Turismo like.
Yes. It was good.
VIP life. I love when these cars end up like this... They just look so slick.
Amen
@@felixbb1445 Cima (Gloria/Cedric) in particular is not expensive to repair and maintain as opposed to Nissan President. They use stock parts and share the same engine and accessory parts as Infiniti and Maxima.
this nissan screams, " watch out! yakuza coming through."
Yeah the Y31 (the predecessor) was among the most favourite cars of the Yakuza back then.
@@SvenQ45 I can't blame them, it's the idealistic weapon of choice to tell others of your wealthy, luscious and commanding status.
@@That_fella_named_J Yes.
Thank you for hitting that "Like" button for the comment I posted. This is the 1st time it's ever happen to me lol. Much love to our guy @ThatDudeinBlue
Very much, though I think the Mercedes S-Class exudes yakuza energy even more.
I love these JDM Luxury Cars there always super special and comfortable
and the best part affordable!
You need to review a Toyota Century! '97+ with the V12
Unfortunately they aren’t legal in the US yet
@@patrickmartin3322 they're in Canada alrighty, a viewer could drive down with one to be reviewed, it's a century, so it's not like it would be a bad drive
@@patrickmartin3322 I know - But even a 96 and earlier would be an excellent car to review, no V12, but still a Century until next year at the soonest.
Yes!!! My dream VIP car 💯❤️ I have a 99 LS400 for now im building on. The Century chassis G50 with the V12 started from 1997-2017. I CANNOT wait to import mines with wool interior in the next few years
@@devonyoung1807 Nice! Had a '96 LS400 and loved it so much but had to scrap it as it was too rotted. Hopeful to also get a GZG50 within a few years. Here they're already legal up until 2006.
The Cima and Gloria were essentially the JDM version of the first generation of the Infiniti Q45
My favorite car in "Import Tuner Challenge" aka Tokyo Xtreme Racer 4.
Hell yeah
@@TwamZ i miss those games. So simple but fun.
Fun fact: There IS a Y32 chassis that Nissan brought to America.
It's called the Infiniti J30. Very similar to the Nissan Leopard J Ferie.
The chaser is really exciting cause I always see people drifting them on youtube haha.
A memories of my 91 Infiniti Q45 ❤️
David hid that singing voice from us all these years?!
Ken from Japan .
I really enjoyed your report . You are really talented good talker , and a bit of a commedian as well .l am also a Nissan' s fan ,so I shared the pleasure with you very much from this video . Thank you !
Man if I saw that car on a gas station I would’ve been so confused seeing a Nissan badge on it, it looks like a damn Bentley!
Title isn't cap, literally never heard of this car in my life
edit: gonna import one someday, my new crush car.
Title is kinda Cap because I've heard of it a long time ago
Hey man. Been following the channel for about 8 yrs I believe. There's never a dry moment and enjoy cruising different rides with the bud. Its awesome to see you bringing in the throwback classics. Keep killin it.
Only reason nobody has heard of this Nissan is because it looks nothing like a Nissan
It looks like a Mercedes lol
It looks exactly like the Nissans of the earlier 90s.
@@skylinecar1982 Last time I checked nissan didn't have that kind of sleek 90's design. They all had the same familliar badge that says 'Nissan', but instead this one has a hood ornament that looks like they did a side job with mercedes or rolls royce.
@@ItsInkyPaws facts bro like I knew what I was talking about lol he is tripping lol
@@ItsInkyPaws Nah, he's right. Guessing you're only used to seeing Nissans from Forza, Initial D memes or whatever else is trending on social media lol. The Cedric/Gloria, Cefiro, Leopard, Bluebird, infiniti q45...Even the primeras were all sleek and curvy 90s designs.
I saw one of these at my cars and coffee one time and I had no idea what it was at the time. Thanks David for telling me about a car that I’ve never heard of👍🏻
I lived in Japan. I owned a 1992 Cima. I loved it. One of the best cars Ive ever owned. And Ive owned 3 Jaguars and 2 Cadillacs. I wish I could get another one. Yes I cruised Tokyo many times in my Cima.
Oh I've heard of these, one of my favorite old school Nissans ;)
That would be such a nice road trip car. You’d arrive relaxed and fresh every time.
100%, i wouldn’t want to get out of it even when I arrived lol
I thought it was a Maserati from the thumbnail. Gorgeous!
I seemed like saw these things everywhere when I took a trip to Japan back in 2018.
cim cima , who have the keys to my nissan .
So excited to see this, thank you for the kind words. Its currently undergoing a refresh.
This thing is more luxurious than Infiniti 30 years later (I’m sorry Infiniti, I love you but its true)
Yes but mostly all other Infinitis and Nissan from back then.
And today... Very sad.
Yes!
The Cima reminds me of a 90’s Jag sedan🤔. It almost has the same headlights. Lol........😜.
I bought a wrecked cima almost identical to this one a year and a half ago and fixed it up and have fallen in love. Was helping a buddy move a 66 mustang at his shop, and this was stashed behind it missing a fender and bumper. I had no idea what it was but I had to have it. After getting it back together and driving, I've fallen in love. I always get asked if its an old rolls or bentley. One of the best cruisers out there from that era. Cool to see Cima's getting a bit of love!
I've never seen it... but now this is a top 3 VIP car easily
That intro soundtrack was like music miami vice.. not that i want to point at something.. but it made me giggle a bit.. the car is nice.. i like the luxury cars that dont cost a lot these days...
Dude, I like that car...a lot! Was stationed in Japan back through the 1980s and have owns loads of Japanese cars since! When I was there I had a 1975 Mitsubishi Galant GSR GTO - 1900cc dual side-draft Solex Carbs with posy rear traction. Wish I still had that one! Before I left the States I had a 1969 Nissan Fairlady 2000 Roadster, roof was all duct tape, paint was chalk but quick!!! Later - Mazda Miata's = 6, still driving one now, a 1996 NA in the driveway now. RX7 1985... but my pride and joy 2 x car show winner in FLA is my "bone stock" 1993 Nissan Gloria!! Got with only 18K original 3-4 years ago. Daily driver! No mods!! So many great cars that never made it over here but we can get them now!!! :) Keep the vids coming!
Alex’s Cima really is that much better in person, most comfortable rear seats I’ve ever sat on
y32 uses alot of s14/z32 suspension and u can swap z32 transmission aswell :) good chassis
As a new owner of a Y33 Cima, I can tell you these cars are awesome! I dont get the attention in it as I do in my R32, but it's closer than I would have expected. They ride and run so smooth, feels like you are driving from your living room couch. Only thing i dont like is the fuel tank and components being mounted between the back seat and trunk in the cabin. Could make a firey end when some idiot rear ends you because he was on his phone.
me just thinking of nissan's sedan lineup in the 90s
Bluebird, Cima, Cefiro, Laurel, President, Cedric, Sunny...oh yeah, skyline... just to start with.
also, the C33 laurel is one of my dream cars!
I honestly can't fathom that Nissan put out the Cima and the Sentra both in 1991. I mean, look at the differences. Bottom of the barrel economy car and luxurious VIP cruiser with a power steering column, power headrests, and power rear seats?! I didn't even know those were options. That's just wild, but I love it. This is nicer than a brand new Nissan Sentra and it's 30 years older, that says a lot about the focus of car manufacturers back in the day.
I own one of these with the 4.1. It, and the transmission, are a marvel of engineering. The transmission is Lexus-smooth, and the powerband of the v8 matches together with it perfectly.
For it being a 91' it's insane how nice it looks.
David, if your reading this..Good job on the music. That song is so dope. I love the flute playing in the music. A lot better than that early 2000s rave crap..Good Job!!..🏁👍
I have a huge thing for these.
Since my dad bought his first C32 Laurel ages ago, and got himself an A32 Maxima, I've looked into the "weird" luxurious japanese non export cars.
I'm in love with the C33 Laurel, but a Cima, Cedric, Gloria or President are so cool aswell. Then we get to the Toyota and Mazda counterparts, and those are equally as cool!
90's Japanese cars did something very cool and unique for sure!
As soon as I saw that unique intake manifold, my brain went instantly to mechanical stig's double unicorn stagea ❤️
Me too!
I live in japan and see stances cimas with straight pipes in Daikoku Futo. It is so interesting
Dude.....love Richard B Russel scenic. This is like the 4th video I've seen my stomping grounds in lol we rip that mtn all the time
I want a big body baller Nissan so bad!!! That intro song was so perfect, btw!!
I would like to sell my Infiniti M45 Sport!!! Well not really but i want to take a different path
I really have a soft spot for these big body nissan's, one of my dream cars, haha
i had a c35 laurel, newer ish , so it might not be available for import to the US, now i drive a p11 Primera te-v, came with an sr20ve with a cvt, i swapped the cvt for an lsd 6 speed from a p12, threw on a 421 header, velocity stack with a rice strainer through the left fogs, retuned ecu, N1 cams. i push about 220-230 at the wheel. my advice for you is to Get one in the US asap, they are extremely rare, and are cheap, for now, awesome little go karts, will eat most k20s with boltons if you do the swap for a gearbox, all sr20ve primeras came with nissans hyper cvt
Nice, I'm not much of a fan of how the Primera looks, ngl, but yours does sound hella sweet ! (:
I'm from Latvia, so the import laws are a bit different and since I'm only 16, i can only dream of owning a pre 2000's Big body Nissan, like a laurel, Cima, Gloria, etc.
Edit 1: I can get a learners permit in Latvia, at 16, but i need to have someone sitting next to me in the passenger seat (who has had their actual license for 4-6 or more years).
@@mixtape1542 get the learners anyways, as soon as possible, and do the test to get your real license, you wont be able to get insurancr unless u have your license for over a year, and you would also need to do a defensive driving course, my primera is the Te-v model, i think about 3000 or less were sold, awesome. they look wayy better than the standard primera, they were also alot faster, the rush u get from a vvl motor is insane, mine hits vvl a little under 7k rpm and i can run it to redline at 8700, sr20ves are bulletproof, you can beat them everyday and youll really never have an issue with reliability.
@@mixtape1542 ive driven alot of bigger nissans like the cefiros and laurels, some of them are lame, rb20 models are weak and slow, my c35 came with an rb25neo, i supercharged it with an old mercedes supercharger. never got it dynoed. they can be fun and hey are so big and mine had a pretty brutal LSD so city driving was really annoying. i also had a really slow laurel as a first car, had an ld28 diesel, a nightmare to drive, painfully slow
@@kellykun5090 I'm planning on getting it asap, but i need to wait for covid to cool down a little, cuz i need a medical sign from my family doctor that essentially says, i don't have anything that could prevent me from driving a car, once i get that, i'll get the learners first thing i can.
I've never seen the Te-v model in Latvia, we only have the basic ones, i think.
I see what you're talking about, yes it does look good, I do like the older Primeras, but i thought you were talking about the P12 Primera, my bad, haha.
Perfect intro! The song is as smooth as the car
I'm saving up for one of these. On my list for sure but I need that leather and a sunroof.
Don’t know if you are on the east coast or not, but Duncan imports usually has 1 or 2 of these!
@@itsscience2966 i follow a couple of import companies on Instagram so when I'm ready, I'll reach out to them. I'll keep that place in mind as well, thanks.
I love this build
I love the vh such an under rated motor
I had a 1992 Lexus LS400... very similar, rwd v8, tons of electronics and luxury items for the time... brown interior... lol
I used to have a 94 Q45 aka G50 President. It was an incredible car to drive.
this is actually like my dream jdm car. if I get stationed in japan, I'm buying one
That’s my good buddy’s car. The ultimate jdm yakuza car
The design are timeless
“Dude my electric steering wheel adjustment stopped working after TDIB did my car review.”
The dude in blue who fucks your car up
Ahhhhhh... 👏👏 Some jazz from Plzzdelete & Wondahboys playing in the intro, that's "Peach Rings" isn't it? Good taste!!! 👌
Is that a brand new car? Damn the interior is mint AF
I knew you weren't going to pronounce the name right, it's pronounced "Shima" 😝 Such a great car, i'm a big lover of the big body JDM sedans! 😁
Most Japanese channels sound like sima. So he was right. And if not then the Japanese people I heard saying it were wrong. 😁
Yakuza intensifies
It VH41 engine is so underrated in my opinion. Theres just something special about jdm v8’s 🤤
Think i saw this thing in the morning before the last caffeine and octane. super clean
FYI because you mentioned the "modern" Pioneer Unit - one of the add-on options for the Cima was actually a touchscreen display (as seen on pg. 20 in the manual)
And optional GPS.
I knew this car looked familiar. I used to see this car around Dacula all the time
Got a VH41DE in my R32 Skyline Sedan... such a fun V8!
This is sick man! Loving your content, keep it up!
Dream car of mine for sure
Nice to see some variety...you didnt talk about the rear window curtains!
I've heard of that lol
Title is cap
JDM VIP stance life. Love the review.
It sounds really good
Such a unique and cool car. He did a job with its design
Fantastic music choice for this.
Best music in the fucking game he never fails to make it a vibe from the jump!!!!
You should do a Nissan Cedric, we seen one at the Columbus Auto Show and they are great looking.
i get old 90 impala vibes but jdm and i love it! i want one now
This car is legendary in VIP culture!
The Tokyo Xtreme Racer games helped me grow to love these Japanese luxury sedans. They definitely weren't the most viable rides but they exude elegance and a different aura from standard Japanese sports cars.
Reminds me of a old school caprice if you just take a glance at it.
Heard of it, driven in one, been there and done that years ago. Was slammed and VIP styled.
Man I’ve been eyeing one from rhd specialty’s might have to pull the trigger
Dude, good video. I liked the Gloria review too. Just a quick comment....it's a comment and seemingly generational. Mill's seem to not know the proper name of things... You held up a "Brochure" not a "manual" and the interior color is not brown, it's "beige". But keep the videos coming!! Get your hands on a Toyota Century and review it.
VIP cars are my favorite 😍
I imagine it smells like my dad's '94 Impala SS
I feel like we didn’t get it because of the q45 from Infiniti
This is sweet David! One of my coworkers owns one in this line, the Cedric I believe. Do you have the Kia Forte GT on your calendar yet? (The DCT is faster but I'd hope you get your hands on the 6 speed manual for review) I'm considering getting one...
Whats that intro song 😍
Super nice build
Bro I had a 91 Q45 for my first car had it threw high school that brought a 😢 to my eye lol first burn outs with that car dual possy rear end good burn out machine😉🤟😎
Buddy of mine has a VH41 swapped into his 260z, thing is crazy to drive
You should check out the Toyota Centaury from the same period that came with a V12
that is a nice chill ride!
Make video on Nissan cima:
Nissan cima owner:P R O F I T
Nissan Presidente is probably my favorite
Ive had 2 of the american version of this and absolutely love them.. A y50 06 m45/fuga/cima, and now a y51 15 q70s/fuga.. Now the q70L (long wheelbase) is the cima.. Greatly enjoyed this 1.. Thanks man.. Also as far as the VH41 not being a performance engine; you should look into the 1st and 2nd gen altima v8 racecars in the australian circuit.. Also i believe the 1st gen gt350 gtr's used the vh41... May have been the vh45.... Not 100% on that so please correct me don't roast.. Thanks again, and glad you mentioned the q45.. The end of the q45 in 03/04 was the merge of the fuga/cima nameplate in the m45 sedan thats now the q70..
I think many have heard of a cima if you've liked jdm culture . But most luxury jdm vehicles are cool af
the cima is the most slept on VIP jdm car
This thing looks like a British car mixed with some Japanese
Intro slaps
Great video David! The Cima does look really nice! I agree with what you had said. Nissan should have taken a chance to bring it over to States back in the days. I don't know why, but the front side profile reminds me of a Jaguar XJR from around the same year.
The Gloria for me, it’s subtle but it would be a great daily ❤️