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[Al Ramone]

[spottedlaurel]

Nissan Laurel C32 eBay Medley by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Montage of random ones seen on eBay etc over the years, more details to follow. Does anyone recognise any? So far I know of only two that have survived...

B244JCD - 1984 2.0! I probably have another photo of this when it was brand new, it was one of two imported by Nissan UK for Type Approval purposes. The 2.0 4-cyl model was never sold in the UK, though it was elsewhere in Europe. Nissan often sold these rogue models on, this one survived and came up for sale at £500+ in 2004 in Dorset but I think it eventually ended up being banger raced :-( DVLA says nothing on it since 2007.

D951KCL - 1987 2.4SGL. I looked at buying this when it came up for sale down in Essex, for some reason it didn't work out and DVLA says untaxed since 2005.

C600SPA - 1985 2.4SGL. DVLA says utaxed since 2007. Was for sale on eBay in 2006.

E69VBG - 1987 2.4SGX. DVLA says last taxed in 2001 and now has an export marker against it. The photo above is actually from 2003, so it must have been stored off-road for a bit before coming up for sale.

E604EBB - 1988 2.4SGX. Untaxed since 2010. Photo above when for sale in 2007.

E898OEX - 1987 2.4SGX. Another one untaxed since 2010. Photo above from 2009, when it was advertised for £1395 - surprising then that it was only on the road for one more year.

C475BEX - 1986 2.4SGL on SORN until Feb 2013 :-) Photo apparently from 2009.

F161OBJ - 1988 2.4SGX. My list says I saw this in Norfolk in 2001, then it came up for sale in Suffolk 2002. Locally-registered car, so hadn't gone far in its life. DVLA says untaxed since 2003, so doesn't seem like it saw the road for very long after being sold :-(

J507TNB - 1992 2.0 Japanese-spec taxi! First registered here in 2000, bought by Dan Hirst a couple or so years ago and apparently on SORN at the moment. I think it runs on LPG only.


1985 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGL (C32) press photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr


1987 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGX (C32) press photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

A couple of Nissan UK press cars. The SGL apparently lasted until 1999.


1985 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGL (C32) c.2002 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

My first C32, bought for £50 about 2002. Traded with Ratdat, he then sold it on and it did quite well lasting until 2006.


1986 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGL (C32) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Going down in the world, I bought this tatty example in 2005 for £25! Got it back on the road, used it as my daily for a year, then it got kept for spares until finally going for scrap after Marky came and liberated the last few remaining useful bits off it:


The day of reckoning beckons for the old Laurel... by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr


Nissan Laurel 2.0 Medalist Hardtop (C32) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

My lovely JDM hardtop, which I first saw in Harwich 10+ years ago. I had it for a year, then sold it to Iwan in Holland. Had an RB20E engine, not the L24E we got in the UK. Smooth, but not fast.


1988 Nissan Laurel (C32) Glenfrome Limousine conversion by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Glenfrome limo conversion. Nissan UK didn't give it approval, I have correspondence about it. Only one I've seen a photo of was on the banger track...

Nissan UK import figures to come.

Can anyone think of a model which has more engine options than the C32? In various markets it got:

CA 4-cyl (some with LPG)
L-series straight-six.
RB straight-six
VG V6
Diesel (can't recall which type at the moment) Update: RD28

[spottedlaurel]

I've added some text under the eBay photo above.

Nissan UK import figures:

MC32 (SGX model with IRS) 1121
MJC32 (SLX model with solid rear axle) 999
PJC32 (CA20S model with solid rear axle) 2*
Grand total 2122

*One of them being B244JCD, pictured above.

[spottedlaurel]

Photographs taken by Nissan UK for Type Approval purposes:


1988 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGX (C32) Type Approval Photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr


1985 Nissan Laurel 2.4SGL (C32) Type Approval photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Never seen a spoiler like this fitted to a C32.


1985 Nissan Laurel 2.0GL (C32) Type Approval photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

This was the only other 2-litre brought into the country (see also the dark blue B-reg one above). Registered C194OAP, DVLA says last taxed in 1998. I reckon the CA20S that these had would be OK, probably not much slower than L24E.

[spottedlaurel]

Shame we didn't get these 3-litre V6 models here in the UK:


1987/88 Nissan Laurel 3.0E SGX (C32) Swiss press photo by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Ugly wheeltrims though!

Iwan in Holland has one, I recall him saying it doesn't feel as quick as a 300C which has the same VG30E engine.

[djwigster]

My dad has had a 1988 Nissan Laurel 2.4E SGX for 22 years. It has spent the past 10+ years laid up in the garage due to a few minor issues. We are hoping to sort these out shortly and get her back on the road depending on cost to do this.