With its pop-up headlamps within the entrance and a baggage rack within the again, at present’s Nice Price or No Dice 200SX is a bastion of earlier occasions and designs. Let’s see if its worth is simply as old skool.
Range nervousness isn’t a standard illness for homeowners of recent electrical automobiles. Unfortunately, the 2011 Ford Transit Connect electrical we checked out on Friday is much from a contemporary electrical. With a 28 kWh battery and simply 56 miles of vary, it proved a grim reminder of previous generations of low-range electrics that, at present, have little place outdoors of being dialog items within the fashionable automotive world. A $9,999 price ticket additionally provided further nervousness and ended up with an enormous 94 p.c No Dice loss.
Today, being April 1, means it’s April Fools Day, however this 1985 Nissan 200SX makes us all must ask, “Where’s the joke?”
You do all keep in mind the 200SX, don’t you? Called the Silvia elsewhere, it earned a reputation change right here within the States, the place it performed Jan Brady to the 300ZX’s Marcia. Later on, there was even a FWD NX to play the function of annoying Cindy.
But sufficient of the ’70s TV allusions; let’s get right down to enterprise with this 200SX. The early S12 version of the Silvia/SX was provided from 1984 by way of ’88 in each notchback and hatchback physique kinds. This one occurs to be the much less engaging (in my view) trunked version. Behind the pop-up headlamps (I do love these) lies a 1974 cc CA20E. In the 200SX, that iron block/aluminum head SOHC fuel-injected 4 produces 105 hp. A extra highly effective however smaller turbo engine was additionally out there, simply not on this automobile.
The remainder of the specs are fairly respectable for an ’80s coupe, that includes discs throughout, a semi-trailing arm IRS arrange similar to that of the modern BMW 3-series, and an out there 5-speed stick. Not to burst any bubbles, however this one eschews the five-speed for a three-cog automated. It additionally doesn’t appear to have A/C which is a little bit of a demerit.
The major tea to spill right here is the automobile’s situation. It’s actually wonderful how good it seems to be. According to the advert, it was initially a Washington State automobile and has been garage-kept its whole life. Now, it has just a bit over 62,000 miles on the clock, a clear title, and no obvious indication of its age aside from some minor chipping of the badge on the boot lid and the old-school house component-style stereo within the sprint.
The remainder of the automobile, proper right down to the engine bay, appears to be like clear and, if the advert is to be believed, all unique. The upholstery exhibits little to no put on, and there’s no fraying of the stitching on the sprint since that’s merely molded into the plastic in conventional ’80s style. The exterior is simply as good, presenting in wonderful two-tone champagne over salmon with a crimson pinstripe. Steel wheels with polished trim rings and silver plastic middle caps full the image.
Actually, earlier than we shut the e-book on this 200Sx, we also needs to be aware that it comes with its personal books—a gross sales brochure, the manufacturing unit service guide, and a components catalog. It additionally has a clear title and a $6,800 price ticket.
What do you concentrate on this ’80s Nissan and its $6,800 price ticket? Is that an actual deal for such a clear coupe? Or does that worth have you ever ready for somebody to shout, “April Fools?”
You determine!
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Source: jalopnik.com