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The Nissan Pulsar is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) of the Japanese marque Nissan. In Europe, this was the model that replaced the Nissan Tiida, although the “Pulsar” surname has been used by Nissan in different markets for many years. In fact, as we will see in this article, the Tiida and other Nissan compacts are vehicles renamed from the Nissan Pulsar itself.

The origin of the Nissan Pulsar dates back to 1978. That year the Datsun Pulsar, a utility or subcompact car, was launched in Japan. The second generation, already converted into a compact, came to Europe under the name of Nissan Cherry. Since then, the different generations of the Nissan Pulsar line have had different names depending on the market in which they have been marketed:

The model we know in Europe as Nissan Pulsar arrived in 2014. It was the first time the Japanese brand used the surname “Pulsar” in Europe. This model was built on the Renault-Nissan CMF-CD platform, shared with the Renault Megane.

Due to low sales, the Nissan Pulsar C13 stopped being marketed in Europe at the end of 2018. During this time, the vehicle competed with other compacts in its segment, such as the Citroen C4, Ford Focus, Toyota Auris, Seat Leon or Honda Civic, among many others.