Nissan Serena is a compact full-size all-wheel drive minivan. The first such car appeared in Japan in 1990. And since the end of 1992, it has been produced in Spain.
The car body is quite high (1 m. 84 cm.). The length of the car is 4 m. 31 cm. Thanks to such dimensions, it was possible to place two seats in the front, two not very comfortable and not too wide sofas for four in the back. Armrests are missing.
With this arrangement, no more than eight people can fit inside. In this case, you can forget about the trunk. But if fewer people are sitting in the cabin, then you can free up space for luggage - from three hundred and fifty to 700 liters.
The interior is modest and simple. The design is primitive. Ergonomics typical of those years. The driver's seat can be rotated one hundred eighty degrees and has two mechanical adjustments. The selector is large, the front panel is not without some roundness and overall looks nice. The steering wheel is not very large, with power steering. The steering column itself can be adjusted by the angle of inclination.
Mirrors and glasses are equipped with electric drives. Visibility is good. As an additional option, air conditioning is installed. But in the summer it is quite possible to do with three lowered windows and two hatches. Passengers of the second back row will be quite comfortable, but passengers of the third - not very. In the last row only children will be comfortable, as an adult will be uncomfortable to sit there even with the right armchair reclined.
Nissan Serena also has a significant drawback - unlike most competitors, this car cannot have the middle row of seats turned into a table.
Four-cylinder gasoline engines with an electric injection system are installed on the Nissan Serena car. The volume of this engine is 2 and 1.6 liters, and the power is 97 and 126 liters. forces. In 1995, a 2.3-liter diesel engine rated at 135 hp began to be installed on Nissan Serena. Although it is not considered reliable, but when changing the oil every 5 thousand km. problems with fuel consumption, compression and power will not arise.
All engines are put together with a 5-speed manual transmission. For an additional fee, you can put a box machine. But basically it is found on an all-wheel drive version of the car - Nissan Vanette. The maximum possible speed that Nissan Serena can develop is from 135 to 170 kilometers per hour.
In 1996, new bumpers began to be installed on Nissan Serena cars. And already in 2000, the premiere of the new version of the Nissan Serena - a minivan with a transverse engine, all- wheel drive or rear-wheel drive - was successfully held . The appearance of the car has become more aggressive.
Nissan Serena: reviews car owners
Advantages: comfortable, roomy, a lot of opportunities for tuning fans, good visibility, smoothness of movement, high landing, transformer cabin, high ground clearance, low consumption, fits into the stream of modern cars, rarely breaks, silence in the cabin.
Disadvantages: like all right-hand drive cars, Nissan Serena has a spare parts problem (the left wheel will solve this problem), the engine is noisy at high speeds.