Nissan Silvia is a sport car in coupe manufactured by Japan's second largest
auto maker, the Nissan Motor Company. As with the S110, the S12 chassis
in Japan was badged as both a Silvia and a Gazelle. The S12 Silvia in Japan
was available in a hatchback as a basic model only, or as a coupé (notchback)
in base, RS, and RS-X trims and exclusive to Nissan Prince Store Japanese
dealerships as a junior companion to the Nissan Skyline. The S12 Gazelle
was strictly a hatchback, available in regular, RS and RS-X variants and
exclusive to Nissan Bluebird Store locations as a junior companion to the
Fairlady ZX. The RS was equipped with the 2.0L DOHC "FJ" engine
(FJ20E), while the RS-X was equipped with the same engine in a turbocharged
version (FJ20ET). In 1987 Nissan discontinued the FJ Series engine in the
S12 and replaced it with the CA18DET (with dual cams and a bigger turbocharger—the
CA18DET.Japanese spec Gazelle models came with many options like voice
command, fog lights and options for a variety of different motors (FJ20E,
FJ20ET, CA18DE, CA18E, CA18DET.). The RS-X model also came with different
factory alloy wheels. When the S13 Silvia was introduced in 1988 in Japan,
the Gazelle nameplate was replaced with the Nissan 180SX as a junior companion
to the 300ZX. |