Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!

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Did you notice the hyphen in the name of this car? That's because Datsun's marketers wanted you to think about SEX when you thought about the North American version of the Nissan Silvia.

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Two-Tone Roller Coaster Of Malaise: 1979 Datsun 200SX!

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Murilee Martin 6/05/08 11:00am 6/05/08 11:00am g 9,612 L 38

The Datsun 200SX for '79 didn't have TURRRRRBO power yet, but it packed a not-too-shabby-for-its-time 92 fuel-injected horsepower. Weighing just 2,268 pounds (about 650 pounds less than the '08 Sentra), the 200SX didn't feel particularly Malaise-y, and it even came with a Sky Roof! It wanted you to open it up and watch …

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