10 Facts About Nissan Leopard

The Nissan Leopard featured some industry firsts, for instance a fuel consumption gauge in the dashboard.

In September 1982, the Nissan Leopard received a mild facelift and with it, the under-performing 2.

However, when the Nissan Leopard was introduced, the styling was already a little dated and the coupe-only Soarer did significantly better in the market.

F31 Nissan Leopard appeared in February 1986 and was only available as a luxury GT coupe.

F31 Nissan Leopard was directly competing mainly to the Toyota Soarer, Mazda Cosmo, and the Honda Legend coupe in 1986.

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Whereas Toyota offered the Soarer with several iterations of its two liter inline six and the single turbo 7M-GTE, Nissan had either non-turbo or turbo V6 inside its, then new, Leopard.

Nissan Leopard F31 had few factory options, but dealers offered the addition of a cellular phone installed in a dedicated compartment in the dashboard above the glove compartment where a modern passenger side airbag would now be located, and a choice of a cassette tape changer with a separate single disc CD player later upgraded to a CD changer.

The front passenger seat was equipped with what Nissan Leopard called "Partner Comfort Seat" where the top portion of the front passenger seat was further articulated to tilt forward, supporting the passengers shoulders while allowing the seatback structure to recline.

One of the numerous reasons the Y32 Nissan Leopard didn't meet projected sales goals was that its most distinguishing feature was a lack of interior room.

Fourth and last generation of the Nissan Leopard, introduced in March 1996, again was offered as a hardtop sedan only, using frameless side windows with a "B" pillar.