THE Bluebird was the first Nissan to be built in Britain, with workers at a factory in Sunderland assembling cars from kits sent from Japan. A saloon version of the family car was introduced in ...

At the back, the car sported a sloped-down tailgate and a set of extra side windows behind the rear doors. To cut costs, Nissan used the same rear doors as the other versions of the Bluebird ...

You really have to wonder why Nissan ... Bluebird ultimately replaced the unloved front-drive Pintara. But the new Bluebird at least stood out from the pack. The profile was probably its worst ...