Nissan cefiro eximo3/27/2023 Still, it was a finely-crafted conveyance, aimed at folks of a certain age. The Cefiro and the Cedric / Gloria used the same 2-to3-litre V6 engines, but the Cefiro was a bit smaller and front-driven. For this second generation, it became a Maxima clone (that nameplate was also used in Japan) and emphasized a soft and plushy kind of semi-luxury, one step below the Cedric / Gloria. Not unlike the Leopard, the Cefiro was a nameplate looking for an identity. This was the second generation Cefiro, though it was about as different from its edgy, RWD, straight-6-powered, Skyline/Laurel-based predecessor (above) as it could have been. In the US, higher-trim Cefiros became the 1995-2002 Infiniti I30 (bottom left). In Korea, Samsung built A32 saloons as the SM5 (top right) from 1998 to 2005. In many global markets, the A32 was marketed as a Maxima (bottom right) – sometimes with the “QX” letters added in Europe and Russia (but not in North America) – from 1995. The JDM Cefiro A32 saloon was launched in August 1994 and sold until December 1998 only. Well, that’s an oversimplification: a few other Asian markets also used the Cefiro nameplate – Yulon even built them in Taiwan, though they were badged as Nissans. Cefrio was the Nissan A32’s Japanese name. It’s just a different name for a car we’ve all seen before – though not necessarily noticed that much. The Cefiro we’re looking at though is not that novel. But they can also be rather boring, which definitely adds to said challenge. They’re not cars I’m familiar with, usually, which is part of the challenge. But there are many cars that CC hasn’t covered yet, and many of those are passing on my street downstairs. My JDM posts are pretty niche, to say the least – if this one gets ten comments, that’ll be pretty good. Well, I’m not sure it’s what CC readers need. I have plenty of material in my files that would be more stimulating than the Cefiro, but a challenge is sometimes what you need. And then you get to the ‘90s, and it’s more miss than hit. The ‘70s and ‘80s stuff is more hit and miss. Sometimes, it’s a true classic, something from the ‘60s or earlier – those are always fun. Is it a challenge to write for CC? Well, it all depends what one has to work with.
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