Nissan attacked its Bluebird T12 profit in the 1980s by offering it an astonishing retrofit and by grafting it an electric motor from Leaf.
You are most likely familiar with retrofitting, the practice now approved and encouraged by the government, of transforming a thermal car into an electric one. The principle is then simple, since it suffices to go through an approved company, which will be responsible for changing all the mechanics, in order to replace the original one with a more modern one, with a zero-emission engine. Even manufacturers have given in to this fashion, with Jaguar and more recently Nissan. Indeed, the Japanese firm has decided to tackle one of its most vintage models, in order to offer it a much more contemporary traction chain.
Radical change
The project managers have therefore set their sights on Nissan Bluebird, produced between 1986 and 1990, of which there are hardly any copies left in France. It was therefore in the United Kingdom that the Nissan UK teams unearthed the car, transformed by the specialist company Kinghorn, which therefore added an electric motor to it. And not just any, since it is obviously the engine of the current Nissan Leaf, with its 40 kWh battery. Everything was then modified to match this new powertrain, whether it was the suspensions, braking or even the steering system.
So why did Nissan choose this vehicle, which is not necessarily the best known in the range? Well, quite simply because he was the first to roll off the production lines at the Sunderland plant, where the Leaf is currently produced, but also the new Nissan Qashqai.
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Nissan attacked its Bluebird T12 profit in the 1980s by offering it an astonishing retrofit and by grafting it an electric motor from Leaf.
You are most likely familiar with retrofitting, the practice now approved and encouraged by the government, of transforming a thermal car into an electric one. The principle is then simple, since it suffices to go through an approved company, which will be responsible for changing all the mechanics, in order to replace the original one with a more modern one, with a zero-emission engine. Even manufacturers have given in to this fashion, with Jaguar and more recently Nissan. Indeed, the Japanese firm has decided to tackle one of its most vintage models, in order to offer it a much more contemporary traction chain.
Radical change
The project managers have therefore set their sights on Nissan Bluebird, produced between 1986 and 1990, of which there are hardly any copies left in France. It was therefore in the United Kingdom that the Nissan UK teams unearthed the car, transformed by the specialist company Kinghorn, which therefore added an electric motor to it. And not just any, since it is obviously the engine of the current Nissan Leaf, with its 40 kWh battery. Everything was then modified to match this new powertrain, whether it was the suspensions, braking or even the steering system.
So why did Nissan choose this vehicle, which is not necessarily the best known in the range? Well, quite simply because he was the first to roll off the production lines at the Sunderland plant, where the Leaf is currently produced, but also the new Nissan Qashqai.
Also read on Auto-Moto.com:
Nissan unveils its strategy and the future Leaf
The next Nissan GT-R should be electrified
Nissan Juke Enigma DIG-T 114 DCT 7 test drive: reviews, price, technical sheet
