Nissan Pulsar SSS sedan she says, he says review - Drive
The car: Nissan Pulsar SSS Sedan. He: The SSS badge played an important role for Nissan (or Datsun actually) in Australia a couple of decades ago with a bunch of a performance-oriented small sedans, like the 1600 and Stanza which became rally icons. The Japanese brand has pulled the three letters out of the trophy cabinet - firstly with the Pulsar hatch a year ago and now as part of an upgraded sedan range. It's an interesting move, Molly, as there are plenty of hot hatches around, but not too many affordable small performance sedans these days. She: The SSS badge has a strong history and I think it's great that we are seeing this growth in the promotion of performance-badged variants. In saying that, I am curious to see how much of a purchase incentive it will prove to be in the small sedan market. This car was a tricky one for me. From a styling perspective I have to be honest and say I'm not a great fan. However, I was a fan of the 1. 6-litre turbo engine and the manual transmission. With 140kW it sits slightly above the warm hatches it matches up to on price, but below the genuine hotter versions that it is trying to rival in terms of appeal. The reality is the engine actually feels more energetic than the number suggests with a nice linear power delivery right through the rev range and not much in the way of turbo lag, which is pleasantly surprising for such a small capacity engine. Source: www.drive.com.au
