10 Facts About Nissan Prairie

Nissan Prairie is an automobile manufactured and marketed by Nissan from 1981 to 2004.

The Nissan Prairie had a very flexible seating capability and sliding rear doors on both sides of the vehicle, with a liftgate in the back.

Nissan Prairie, known in Canada as the Multi and the United States as the Stanza Wagon, was equipped with a four-cylinder engine, with either a manual or automatic transmission.

The Nissan Prairie competed with the Toyota Sprinter Carib with a similar wagon approach, Mitsubishi Chariot, and the Honda Shuttle.

However, as Nissan Prairie was a slow but steady seller, some instrument clusters remained with the Datsun script featuring on the centre of the speedometer.

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Nissan Prairie tried, with partial success, to cover over the script a grey sticker over the plastic fascia of the instruments, rather than on the speedometer itself.

Second generation of the Nissan Prairie was introduced September 1988 and marketed as the Axxess in North America.

The second generation Nissan Prairie lost some of the innovative features that made the first generation standout - the B-pillar was reinstated, the torsion beam rear suspension was replaced with a more conventional coil setup which prevented the rear seats from reclining.

In Japan, Nissan stretched the rear of the vehicle to better accommodate third seat passengers and load carrying, calling the vehicle the Prairie Joy and offering the vehicle in August 1995.

Some issues buyers had with the Prairie was its appearance and performance, so the styling was given more attention, and Nissan's Autech division punched up its performance image, by offering the Liberty Rider that replaced the Axis trim package.