I still own a 91 NX2000, it's black with t-tops and completely stock. Well, almost... there is an SR20DET hiding under the hood. Great little commuter car.

A reminder of the days when you could buy a fun to drive sporty little car without having to take out a second mortgage on your house.

I wish Nissan still built cars with passion like they did in the 90s. Their cars were cool, sporty and authentically Japanese!

this was one of my favorite cars in the 90s. I think the whole "econoSport" segment was my favorite. Storms, Scoupes, NX's MX3, the EJ Civic Coupe... These are all some of my favorite cars ever

I owned a 1992 NX2000. Drove it off the showroom floor. One of my favorite cars I've ever owned.

I remember when this came out. The styling still looks distinctive and modern.

Had one from new to 240k miles. Only problem I ever had was the a/c compressor which routinely crapped out. Mods were headers, true cold air intake, high flow cat, and short shifter. The stock seats were inferior to the SE-R's so I actually bought used SE-R seats and installed them as they were bolt-ins. So much better. The greatest thing I liked was the hatchback style as the vehicle was an important cargo hauler for me; I even completely removed the back seat so had this enormous cavity that swallowed up a lot of stuff. Lifetime actual MPG was 34 before 10% ethanol mandated fuel and 32 after. It was not particularly fast off the line as wheelspin was hard to control and you'd bog down starting too low, more of a rolling quick car, it had a really swift 50-90mph sprint for its class and time. 5th gear was short enough that you'd rarely need to shift out for passing power. Mine did not have the t-tops as it was a dealership closeout special back in '92. Overall, a great car that I will always remember.

Japan got an awd turbo pulsar, so jealous.

Still driving one. Driven it for 15 years. I've had to replace all the perishable rubber stuff. This is the best handling car I've ever driven. It sticks to the road like hot bitumen. It doesn't go fast. It doesn't take off the line. It doesn't even stop that well. But I've never, never EVER been overtaken on a curvy road. Modern cars twice as powerful can't keep up. They're too heavy. They just can't take the turns.

Japanese car designs were so forward-looking in the 90s. I miss this era of styling.

Ahhhh, the 90's! Japanese at its best!

I happen to know that this car can jump really far and go through telephone poles.

I bought a new 1992 Nissan NX-2000 back in 1993. It was red with the T tops. I added an aftermarket cruise control. At the time, this car was written as being one of the top 10 handling cars in the world and would pull almost 1G on the skid pad. It would quickly rev to the 8500 rpm redline. A super fun and reliable car to own.

Such a neat little car! Very peppy! Design-wise, it has aged well compared to most other '91 model year cars. This and the mazda MX-3 are two of my favorite early 90's cars.

I still miss the SR20DE :( I have a Sentra 2001 SE, one of the last cars with this engine

The Sr20de Engine Was So Ahead Of Its Time.

Just bought my 3rd NX2000 yesterday :) 142k miles from the original owner. Bought one in 1997 and one in 2007, too. The latest one has zero options except the ttops. No Cruise control, a/c, power windows or locks. And its my first white one.

I forgot that this car existed...

i had a blast with my red jellybean 1991 nx2000, almost as much fun as my black 92 civic hatch Si

I'm still driving mine. It's not powerful or fast, but I've never been overtaken on curvy roads. The handling is exceptional.

This car looks pretty legit, but for some reason we never seem to hear about it these days. Maybe it deserves a little more love.

Thanks so much for uploading this! I own one of these, video material about them is rather scarce. Was great seeing this video.

Hey, a retro Pepsi can!

Had this beauty in Australia for 8 years in my 20s, dark blue, top of the range called NX-R. The 2.0sr was a beast of a motor and could keep up with the V8's. And OMG the reliability was out of this world, the most car I have had, I was still on the original clutch after 220,000kms!

when Nissan still a good car maker

This car takes me back

I've never seen one of these before, seems pretty cool! I'd buy one if the opportunity comes around.

140 bhp outta a 1.6L in 1991alone is impressive, but independent suspension, four wheel disk, & individual throttle bodies is amazing! This 26 year old coupé has better performance than its modern contemporaries from Nissan.

My second car was a white NX1600 with T-Tops. I loved the thing, but it's the car I owned that spent the most time at the mechanic's. It had so many gremlins, the T-Tops leaked, but I still loved it. I then got a 2001 Sentra SE, which was my first SR20 car. I swapped it to an SR20VE, and it was perfect. I wish I could have tried that engine in an NX2000.

Ah, I miss my '93 egg SO much. Long live the SR!

Still here waiting for a Prelude SH review

My dad had this car. He told me not to drive it and then my folks went on vacation.... the T-tops came off and me and my friends were gone

Take a 91-94 Sentra SE-R and install NX2000 brakes and you have one of the best driving compacts of the 90's. The NX was slightly slower, but was a hatchback which really had room in the back. I had one of these, this car was a handler.

I bought an NX for $800 in 2010 because I was so ridiculously obsessed with the T Tops, and the digital dash. It was like nightrider driving that thing around. Australia considered it the most unsafe car at the time. I transported a Christmas tree the one year using the driver seat and open top. It could literally drive up over snow. People with trucks and SUVs in the area could never get out of their spots but this thing could! I had it shipped to Cali a year later, then drove it back across country to Philly when I moved again. It died in 2012 with something like 300,000 miles. I STILL miss this thing and hope that Nissan can bring something like it back. Can't seem to find them second hand anymore.

I thought this car was ugly when it came out and it still is today. Hard to believe they had the coolest hot hatch of the time also, the SE-R. All these old reviews are so fun to watch.

A red, '91, non-T-Top one was my first car. It was pretty quick, I'd routinely surprise Civics and Integras with it, and got it up past 200 km/hr one night. I really miss it.

Just one of many year, make & models that need to be put back into production. Great styling!

5:04 I love that retro PESPI can 👍

My first car and still own it , incredible reliability , t-tops are hella fun , gets attention on the road , huge trunk if you remove passengers seat in the back , never gave up on me . Just needs the regular love and maintenance it needs , and this car will last your entire lifetime .

T-tops make any car great

Mazda's MX-6 was another gorgeous example of 90s design car

I still own and love my 1991 NXR coupe. My wife keeps asking me to get rid of it - but I love it far too much.

my first car was a 1991 NX1600. such a fun car to drive and great handling as well as good fuel economy. everyone in my family learned to drive stick on it. i'd never want to be in an accident with one of these though. mine had a digital display. you could switch from km/h to m/h with a single button push which was really cool. this car was really ahead of its time in many ways. they note the gearbox sucks and that's something i agree with. also my t-tops always leaked in any serious rain. bought this car at 250k km and drove it to 450k and even then it was my neighbor sideswiping it that finally did it in.

I saw one of these the other day and I did a double take. Then I smiled.

More impressive than the 240 sx I used to own, especially in the 0-60 department.

My mom has one. I’ve only ever seen one other nx in my life, they are very rare

We had these in the UK. They were based off of the Nissan Sunny N14, which is similar to the Sentra B13. They are rather affordable here. I'm not sure about the Gearbox being 'rubbery', my N14 has a nice gearbox!

It looks like a car you would see in a cartoon. I like it though, I would like to have one.

I'd take this or a Toyota Paseo over a Hyundai Scoupe.

Still waiting for a Nissan b14 Sentra and 200sx review

Also known as the 100NX here in the UK. When Nissan's were well built!

My sister had the Pulsar NX SE which looked much different from Pulsar shown. It was amazing on turns.

Looks like a hatchback SW20 MR2 with the sub-headlights expanded

I miss my NX2000. I am looking for a replacement in 2018. Hardtop preferably

The '91 NX2000 had SE-R power, T-tops, and it still looks great

my mom worked at a nissan dealership in the 90s and traded in her twin turbo 300zx for one of these back in the day

Had a blue NX2000. It was a quick fun little bugger. I would love to find a mint one today but they are few and far between

95-98 240sx please???

Never knew this existed till now

im getting a nx as my fist car so exited

:( *Sigh* What happened to cars like this? On a side note, that test driver was NOT messing around with that 0-60 launch!

I went with a 92 VW GTI 16v. It had better looks, more space, a timeless pedigree. I liked the SE-R, useful back seat.. but the GTI was more versatile and had beautiful BBS wheels and Recaro seats.

The 2 liter inline four, hence the name NX2000, and so on. This car also reminded me of the Talbot Matra from France, which was sold in Europe a decade earlier.

I remember racing a 350z in a NX. It was the best first car. No one my age knew what it was.

Still cool in 2020 . Great handler and fun too

I did like the geo storm and Isuzu impulse

I see one of these at a garage I drive by frequently and never knew what it was until now

I had a Pulsar in 91 , Never even seen one of theses nx2000 s but have heard of the name before. ..........Now I can connect what became of the Pulsar.

I owned one a had another as a company car. Loved them. Want to buy a good one now.

I’m currently getting a neglected 1992 NX2000 back on the road again, while my SE-R is out of commission (bad fuel injector was installed and made the timing chain skip, super shitty). Might sell it if/when my Sentra is up again, might not. These are confusing times, but the car makes me happy at least.

Nissan did turn itself around in the late 80s/early 90s...and then threw it away again in the mid 2005-2006 time frame. And they are still kind of iffy with their CVTs.

I remember when i saw this..but i did not have the love for it as i had for my '88 pulsar NX SE😍😍

7.1 SECONDS TO 60??? IN 91!!?? WOW...

I used to see those. Thought they had 50hp and a 3 speed automatic and moved on. Never investigated, which looked to have been a wasted opportunity by me.

I always thought it funny that this got an airbag while the 300 ZX of the same year didn't, same for the 240 SX.

Jeez.... Rockin a velvet t-shirt, makes me feel old 😳😖

Wish I had one! Can someone post the Motor Week episode of the 1999 Infiniti G20?

everyone loved the last gen integra, but the NX did the recessed headlght look first

never heard of this one. a friend of mine had a pulsar years ago. it took about 5 minutes to get the stick to go into reverse. it was basically just a sentra with pop up headlights.

my left ear loved most of this video.

Nice cars, but too bad about the rubbery shifter cable trans and torque steer from a little 2.0 NA engine.

My friend had one 15 years ago.

The pulsar my sister had was the SE model and was lower and wider than the retired model.

such a great little engine, sad that windscreen posts rusted away for no reason

Have one with 500,000 km and two with 400,000 km great cars Australia

They skipped over the best Pulsar generation! My brother had a 1988, the one that you could quick change hatches and make into a shooting brake. I think it had almost 300,000 miles on it when he basically abandoned it (still running and driving, but rusted out frame) in NYC, when he decided to go car less. Way better than the 1983-86 pulsar, like the one in the beginning of the video. I know, I had a 1984 pulsar, which was so tinny and cheap feeling that the 2nd gen was a land yacht in comparison. One of the 1988 pulsar DOORS felt like they weighed as much as my WHOLE 1984 PULSAR, lol. I think the 2nd gen was so much better looking that it would have made the NX2000 look bad, so they used the quirky first gen car instead.

Love mine. Wish it worked as well as in the video

it mine was 1992 nx1600 with digital dashboard and standard gearbox,,,,uhmm original plate from maryland ......exactly same color ....white ,,,did not have sunroof.. it was a second hand car ($2400 in 1998) ....never had complaints...family grew,,, i had to get rid of the car ...... ,thats all i remember

I wish there were still cheap T tops around like this.

These were nice-looking cars but they never really caught on. Kind of like the Mazda MX3 they found themselves competing with the Honda CR-X which was the the big player in the segment. If I remember correctly, a loaded up nx2000 or Mazda MX3 was not too far off the price of a basic Honda Prelude, and many people just stretched their budget to get the Honda leaving the Nissan on the Mazda on the shelf

At 18 years old I drove my Datsun B210 don't forget the B to a mall and they had one of these on display they were not popular the older pulsar was a really cool looking car this was a turd it's surprising to see such a positive review on the thing I just figured that everybody hated The Styling on the sucker has it reminded me of my B210 I'd love to find something like this today ugly who cares it might get good gas mileage it sounds like it was a fun car there's no way I could have afforded it back then and I was more into trucks

There goes John again...” no oil pressure guage or voltmeter!”

Please add the 2002 Sentra SE-R Spec V to you list up upcoming retro reviews, I know myself and a lot of others would love to see it. Thanks

I miss 90s.. I have got this car.. I want to buy a HONDA CRX now..

I love the T-tops why new cars don't have them anymore? I had a suzuki X-90 with them and loved them. I am looking to get one of these small nissan NX2000

For what it is it's still very quick on a quarter mile

John, coming from a hefty fellow myself, the velour shirt makes your spare tire look less like a space saver.

The SER was brilliant

I don't think I ever saw one of these in person.

i have a 93 nx 2000 still going strong