IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: 1980s Nissan Datsun Cherry N12
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- Today I'm heading back to the land of the rising sun with this sensational gold Nissan Cherry.
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Watching your amazing review took me back in time as my dad had a 5 door version of that Cherry on an A plate in white and agree such a lovely car thank you for brringing back the memories and will follow your channel for sure 😊
I had 5 of these, absolutely loved them.
Best car I have ever owned.
This car in your review is stunning.
I actually had a cherry turbo many years ago, absolutely loved it
I didn't it existed in turbo ☺
@@julienbee3467 actually, it did:
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I think you should do the gearbox walk through in all videos, Steph, because when I was growing up most of these cars didn't run well at all. It's great to see them looking this good for once!
In Oz, they were the 5 door Datsun or Nissan Pulsar. Bought one new in 1984. Never let me down but I never fell in love with it. Perhaps the problem with Japanese things is that they are just so well designed that everything falls to hand, everything just works, it's all balanced. Overall, the ease of ownership makes what should be perfection, tends to feel boring. Bertrand Russell wrote about a comfortable level of wrong. He was right.
Loved it!
Remember Holden sold it as the astra.Looked fairly identical to the pulsar in the mid 1980`s.
What an awesome car, pure 1980s guilty pleasure. And gold 😍 great video as always
Great review. I had two of them back in the eighties. I loved driving those cars
i just discover your channel while looking for wallpaper on google images, i am completely in love with your channel from this first video, ill be binging all your videos all night now, thanks for these awesome reviews, you choose the best cars to review.
Loved watching this - took me back in time to 1988 when I learnt to drive and passed my test in one 👍
Very nice condition can’t be many left as good. Lovely review as always 🙂
My mum had a C reg Cherry (also gold) and was the car I learned to drive and pass my test in back in the 90s. Seeing that interior again gave me major flashbacks to those simpler times. Lovely to see such a glowing review of a modern classic :)
Fantastic video's keep up the good work👍
Another good vid Steph and in beautiful condition. A credit to everyone that’s looked after it for sure.
Cheers Kenny x
Fabulous! These were as common in the 80's and 90's as the Qashqai is now
Another great review, thank you Steph. Jamie has a lovely car there. I didn't realise that there was a connection between Herbert Ausin and Nissan! ( A Nissan 'Ruby'.) What a thought! Thanks again.
This is absolutely brilliant and looks to be in showroom condition!! What a fantastic 'survivor' and I hope it continues! Big compliments to the owner!
Fun fact - Here in Australia, the N12 Nissan Cherry was sold as the Nissan Pulsar and was also shared with GM-Holden (Vauxhall/Opel) and so was also sold in Australia as the LB Holden Astra! While the Nissan Pulsar was sold as a 4dr sedan, 5dr hatch and 2dr Coupe (N12 Nissan Pulsar EXA) the Holden Astra version was sold only as a 5dr hatch. The N12 Nissan Pulsar and LB Holden Astra were also built in Australia. The 3dr hatch was never sold in our market.
Really enjoying your channel Steph, keep up the great work! Two thumbs from Australia!
Cheers my love
You like a bit a comfort now You're getting old? Girl, I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my Zimmer frame ;-)
Great review as always! What a great little car.
Hahahahaha. I am so OLD. or feel it
What a lovely car. It's in such good condition.
Such a beautiful car, glad i came across this video
Great review again what a cracking little car haven’t seen one in years.
I knowwwww
Thanks this video keeps the great work
Perfect descriptive analysis
Another great review steph ! Had a cherry turbo to use for a week many years ago , fast wee thing it was too , 😊
Yeah this was nippy!
Introduced late 83 (A reg) I think and lasted on the UK market until 1986 (D reg). You could have 3 levels of trim, the L, GS and SGL. Both 3 and 5 door bodies were offered. In 1985 there were special edition Maxima models and there were run-out added value Spirit versions, too. I liked the streamlined look of these Cherries and once again loved your review of this sadly now very rare cars. They all rusted away...
I had one. It had faults on top of faults but it was my favourite car ever. Thanks for this excellent review. I'm grateful.
My dad bought me one of these for my 21st back in 94,it was sky blue and i hated it when i first saw it,not cool enough for a young lad,but when i drove it i loved it!!very nippy car and lovely to drive,very light clutch and gearbox, and loved the raspy exhaust note!embarrassed many boy racers in their xr3i's!!
Great choice of car for a review Steph! I owned a 1981 Cherry back in the 1984 - 87 period, so it was the previous version to this one. Mine also had the built in radio which was a little unusual back then. It drove smoothly, with light controls and was quite nippy too. Needless to say, it never let me down. I loved it!
Aww lovely!!!
Great vid, they are magic little cars and very reliable. I had an 85 model with a 5 speed box which was even more civilised on the motorway!
So nice this review! I own the red Cherry.😊
Nice to see one of these in such good condition. My first car was a Nissan Cherry Europe, probably one of the last left in the country, but it definitely wasn't in as good nick as this. Loved the Alfa engine, but it wasn't the most reliable after 22 years. I finally managed to crash it and couldn't get the spare parts, so donated the carcass to the local fire dept. Was pretty gutted as it would probably be a rare collectible now.
I'm jealous I want one you can keep your modern cars this is perfection
Tell me about it 😩
Can’t believe how clean it is too! A true timewarp
I'm restoring a later Nissan N13 Pulsar here in Australia. The "Cherry" was callled a "Nissan Pulsar" in many markets including Australia. It's quite an easy car to work on for a non-qualified mechanic like me. Thanks for putting this video up here!
What a cracking example - looks very tidy indeed. Back in the early '90s my then partner bought a Nissan Pulsar of the same vintage, with a 3-speed auto - 'twas as slow as a wet week, as I recall.
This brings me back, it reminds me of the 1988 Nissan Sonny RZ-1 coupe my Mum had back then, I loved it as it was sporty and cool, those were the days!
Such cool cars 🙌🙌🙌
My dad had a Bluebird a few years ago, and the daughter of a friend had a Cherry, very similar to the one you drove! I was pleased with the comfort and quietness of both cars!
My dad preferred the armchair-like front seats of my Renault 20!
Lovely video, and I'm glad you enjoyed your drive! :-)
Aww thanks Chris x
@@idriveaclassic It's my pleasure Steph! :-)
Omg childhood memorys. I remember the climate controls, i used to Play with IT. I also remember the handle for the Seat to climb in the back.❤
Very nice 😊 I remember 1985, I was 9 years old. These cars were around but I was mad on the General Lee at the time
Aww lovely
I had one of these car
Its much a lovely little car to drive
It is indeed!
Very nice!! I really love old Nissan's!
Cheers James x
so Steph,youve sort of "popped your cherry" in a cherry then! haha......great vid as always
😃👍🏻thanks beautyfull car i remenber it in 80's i love it.
I took my driving lessons in this car, back in 1986. great car
Was it nice to drive or too slow ?
I learned to drive in a 1979 Datsun Sunny 120Y. It had nearly half a million miles on the clock. The paint had no gloss. The bodywork was like a lace curtain. And yet the original engine and gearbox were still perfect. The engine couldn't be heard on tickover. I was amazed by it. I think Nissan/Datsun cars of the period are very quiet as a breed and amongst the easiest cars to drive.
They are lovely ❤️❤️❤️
I used to own a “D” reg Nissan Sunny! Beautiful little car 😃
Wow what fantastic condition, we've aged in a sort of way but the car hasn't, thanks for sharing.
I had a Gold Datsun Cherry. It was the coupe model with a contrasting brown roof. I loved its sporty looks.
The intermittent wipers had an adjustable timing knob.
I had an '83 Nissan Sunny once. It basically shared its underpinnings, engine and gearbox with the Cherry.
It's incredible how a mechanically simple car can feel so refined.
I used to have a green one of those. It was a cracking little car. The remote opening rear flap windows were a cool touch.
They were a light relief on a hot day!
Seen this car around Doncaster so many times
Thats me 😊🍒
That would make sense the car being assembled in Japan with its indicators being mounted on the RHS of the steering wheel. I would like to add one more thought to the Nissan-Datsun conundrum, I own a 2002 Nissan-Datsun ute that was imported from Japan to NZ. With that in mind I think Nissan used the Datsun name as a model identifier for commercial vehicles assembled in Japan at that time. Love the video, love the car, great watch 😀
Love it my first car was one of these same colour
I had a cherry turbo for a while, loved it so much! Probably pretty much all gone.
Nice review so rare to see these early Nissan’s the N12 was sold as a Nissan pulsar here in Australia there was even A Nissan Pulsar ET turbo version we never got the three door body only the 5 door Hatchback or 4 door sedan plus with partnership with Holden or GMH with model sharing due to the political climate in Australia at the time it was sold as a Holden Astra not to be confused with the European Astra we didn’t get many European GM products back in the 80’s
Hi Steph
Ive just subscribed. The Austin metro & the Nissan cherry where my 1st 2 cars. Totally brilliant thank you so much for reviewing these. My daily driver is a ford kuga I’m now looking for an Austin or rover metro. I’ve had Morris minors and triumph 1300. Due to personal issues I had to let them go. Would love to chat cars with you
Kind regards paul ramsgate
Late comment as I'm only just catching up on your back catalogue! Many many years ago I had a bright yellow 1985 Cherry ZX Turbo. Sorry to say I ruined it (youth and stupidity) but it's definitely the one car I truly miss owning, especially as they're so so rare now! Great fun to drive, I'd urge you to do a review if you ever get the chance to drive a Turbo.
Ive owned Minis, beetles, mgs, jaguars and the car I miss most was my old Datsun Cherry. Bought for £50. Was so simple to work on and just went on and on. Great cars.
I have a cherry turbo in black on an 84 or b reg and I love it it was my dads but he passed it down to me. I love it it’s just a great car it’s a phase 1 with phase 2 interior turbo steering wheel clear corners etc. we have owned the car around 13 years
My Dad had a 1.3 GL Y reg 5 door. Had these little sliders just behind the handbrake centre console which operated the rear door locks (this was before remote central locking) . We took in foreign families who were learning English during summers for a while, one family from Munich, the Dad was in quality control at the BMW factory, was taking mental notes of the car to see how well built it was. A year later we went across Europe in this Cherry and stayed with the same German family and got a personal tour of the BMW factory (on a weekend mind). Topped by the journey there in a 7 series which merely floated along their autobahn at speed I'd never experienced before then (obviously we're only allowed 70mph in UK 😉 fur cough cough)
Laurel, Cedric, Silvia, Bluebird, Sunny, Cherry 🍒. Datsun/Nissan had some great names for their cars!
This fabulous N12 Cherry is like the 'great grandparent' to my 2003 Almera, which is N16.
I love these old Datsuns and Nissans
I love and adore this car. I have an nissan cherry n12 from 1985 1.5 N/A 8V automatic. Tuned the engine with period correct engine modifications from that time, Stage 2 camshaft, double webber carburetor setup, exhaust manifold, inlet manifold, worked head, different pistons, higher compression, custom exhaust. R32 GT-R brakes, rear conversion to disc brakes 75HP stock, 145HP now. I own it now for 15 years and never gonna sell it. yeah parts are very hard to come by, i use mostly second hand parts to keep it going, engine parts are relatively easy, but bodyparts like trim mirrors fender, interior parts are also very hard to get. keep that in mind while buying one its not easy
These old compacts or economy cars are in fantastic shape. These are cars from my childhood growing up.
I had a 1.3 Maxama on a C plate. It was my first car when I passed my driving test in 1996!
I learned to drive in one of these back in 84,really nice to drive. A couple of weeks before my test my instructor traded it in for a new Fiat Uno which was a terrible load of junk! Still passed first time though much to his amazement. I wonder if you could test an early eighties Nissan Laurel,lovely old cruiser!
I agree with you that 80s Nissans were damn well built and so very pleasant to drive and own, despite not being very exciting to look ar.
I absolutely love that car! My mum had a Sunny 2-door saloon in the same colour on an A-reg, and it was simply a gorgeous wee car (until some idiot slammed into the back of it and wrote it off!), One of those cars that I would love to have a shot at driving, and to be honest if I could afford it, owning!
Nice car once a common sight on the roads nothing special just a good work horse a worthy surviver 👀👍
Definitely 🙌🙌🙌🙌
You have been spotted girl! You were driving through a village called Flockton in West Yorkshire last Sunday x
That’s very near my house 😂
Mum had a red c reg one, what a classic
It's funny when you see cars like these now because they look so small compared to today's cars lol but it is a gorgeous car lovely colour
Nice review.
Would be nice if you included a short POV ride without talking and a 0-60 in your videos as well. 👍
Ahh you’re watching an oldie. We do this nowadays x
@@idriveaclassic Thanks for letting me know!
My sister had one as her first car. It was white and the interior was totally red. Red seats, dashboard and steering wheel. I remember it was very comfortable.
I had the previous version of this, a 1981 blue Datsun Cherry 3 door. It had plenty of room and was extremely reliable. I remember the Alfa version of this car - very rare then and even more so now
I also saw a Triumph Dolomite last night as reviewed in a previous presentation
Oh lovely x
Apart from striking workers, another reason why Leyland collapsed was the rise of cars from Japan.
OF which this is a fine example
i always like the shape of the dials lol
Same 😂😂😂
Love your research Steph. That gearbox pattern is perfect for a reverse turn. Empty clear car park etc. Get a 'scrap' car. Go flat out backwards, spin the steering wheel to the right. As the car is spinning gives you time to change from reverse to second. Floor it when it straightens and 99% of the people will think you are better than James Bond.....or later films that I've not seen. Honestly, this will boost your cred 1000%
Oh. Also Steph, just for your research bio. When Datsuns were first imported, they rotted worse than an BL or Ford. I saw one, not 3 years old, with rust holes in the ROOF. True story.
Hahahah cheers!
Beautiful nissan
My first car was a 1983 Nissan Sunny. I sold it when it had done 200,000 KM. Nothing was wrong with it when I sold it. The car was a gem to own.
My first car was a white Datsun Cherry X Reg. I bought it in '91 the day after I passed my test.
I had a Turbo one of those, loved eating head gaskets!
Wow what a fantastic looking car. Glad you got round to driving one, sorry I couldn't get mine to you quicker to test drive. I noticed you only said 4 gears, surely it has a fifth gear?
Aww it’s no trouble don’t worry
I'd love to see your take on the late 80s early 90s retro Nissans like the Figuro, Pao, and BE-1
I’m itching to take out a K10, an S-Cargo and a Pao x
Datsun/Nissan, the Nissan name was used more for prestige models they were proud of and knew would do well, the Datsun name was used on the common everyday cars!!
Yes i think this car is an import.
Around WW1 & WW2 most car manufacturers were building tanks planes etc for the wars, so there were less new cars plus steel was in short supply dew to the wars!!
I own a 92 Nissan it is a great car very reliable on Long trips i know i am going to get home and get good fuel economy depending on the right foot i have gotten 43mpg from a 1.8 auto!!
Japanese cars like mine are worth little right now but in the future their value will go up, my Nissan is a beautiful car, nice to look at, comfy good ride, but when asked to do not worry it will GO very well, fuel economy will suffer but thats how it is!!
I loved my first car the Datsun Cherry, my first journey to London in this car was to watch Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium in 1988
Reminds me of a 1989 Nissan sunny I had for a short while many years ago
My mum and dad had one same colour .... fast in 2nd😉
Ha ha ,.... even faster in third, red lined at about 69-70 in a 1.3 🤣
BEAUTIFUL CHERRY
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My dad had a datsun
I had to laugh at the ridiculous i3 thing stopped by the cops at 17:13 😂 I hate them as they represent everything thats gone tragic about modern cars. Buggery ugly too yet people buy them simply for the badge nailed on 🤦♂️
Did you ever have a chance to make a review on a Subaru? I used to own few of their models (1970's until 1990's) in the past. I don't know if they ever made it to the UK.
Wow my mum and dad had exactly the same car in gold
If I'm not mistaken the Cherry was sold as the first-generation Sentra, here in the U.S.
My Granddad had one of these. It was the first brand new car he ever bought, it was an A reg in red. The week he had it he parked up at work and some one had keyed the paintwork on the side of the car. Unfortunately as well, he was driving with my Mom and Dad in the car talking about their wedding cake in 1989, he went over the lights on green but someone came over on red and crashed into them, wrote the car off. Being a very superstitious kind of man, he swore he'd never buy a red car again because, of the bad luck he had since owning it. I believe after that he bought a second hand Austin Princess.
I learned to drive in one of these - boring but very sound car. The Cherry Europe/ARNA mashup was different from this and didn't sell much. This gold example is pure Nissan.
The Alfa Romeo Arna was available in the UK for a couple of years, but weren't seen as proper Alfa's as they looked like boxy Nissan's. This Cherry is famtastic though. Another rarity that you used to see parked on every side street.
Ah ,I bought a 1985 cherry back in the nineties for the princely sum of 200 quid,never missed a beat,nothing spent on it,ultra reliable,alas in ended it's days in a desolate bog...rip old pal.
My dad’s bluebird being an 1985 had Japanese labels under the bonnet, I think it was the 86 through 90 bluebird’s that were built in Sunderland. The first micra was Datsun badged but said Datsun by Nissan on a small badge at the rear. I used to like the look of the Stanza, was a little more curvy than the Cherry Europe.
This car was just unreal. A true timearp.
My dad use have Nissan cherry my dream car Nissan cherry
My Dad had the Datsun Cherry N10 1978-1982 1.4 Automatic.
She's pretty!