A Stanza Wagon Is The Only 7 Passenger Car You Should Buy

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 04/15/2015 at 12:47 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog, Stanza, Wagon

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If you are looking for a dirt cheap 7 passenger vehicle, the market seems to consist primarily of 60/70s American plus sized wagons or late model minivans with 300k miles on the odometer. Neither of those vehicles provide particularly good fuel economy so you are obliged to wait until Tesla P85 with rear jump seats has depreciated...or are you? What if you could get a small 7-passenger car with great fuel economy and eat your funnel cake too? Mmmm, I love funnel cake. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! offered for $1,500 in Boise, ID via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.

The Nissan Prairie was sold in the USA as the Stanza Wagon and in Canada as the Multi, but it pure !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the greasy side with powertrain from the Stanza/Violet. The Stanza Wagon featured a strange b-pillarless design with front door that latched at the top and bottom, and a rear sliding door complete with roll down window.

This is the picture you want to see — it looks like some bizarro world compact minivan, or something the French would have built and called Le Box. However, the combination of wide side opening, folding rear seats, and huge rear hatch opening makes the Prairie extremely versatile for hauling all manner of oddly sized/shaped cargo. Power comes from a 2.0 liter Nissan CA-series inline-4 pushing out 102 horsepower into a 5-speed gearbox.

See a better family hauler for the dough? Mmmm dough... tips@dailyturismo.com

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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 12:55

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It's white... Mostly....

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 12:57

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I haven't seen one of those in probably 25 years. Damn.

Hoccy > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:01

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These came with 4WD as well? Practically a GT-R then.

Also, these:

505Turbeaux > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:02

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I still feel the need to one up you with the Peugeot 505 Familiale/SW8, with the 8 forward facing seats. But this is just really weird enough to count too. I remember a few of these around when I was a kid as an alternative to the ubiquitous Caravan and siblings. Kind of reminds me of a Colt Vista also

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:13

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I may just be remembering this incorrectly, but I don't remember that the early Stanza's being particularly reliable cars. Not sure I would trust a 25 year old one.

As Du Volant > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:15

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I'd love to see a 4WD one with the powertrain from this:

Technically it should be possible without too much headache as they're both CA series engines. The Bluebird later got an SR20DET and it seems like it's possible to jam one of those into pretty much any 80's/90's vintage transverse layout Nissan. Someone do this please.

Devon lost his burner, understands electric cars don't require front grilles > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:22

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I've never heard the cop show intro music at the end of Motorweek.

I like it.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 13:23

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Hey, my Volvo 940 seats seven, and it was only $900...

DailyTurismo > Hoccy 04/15/2015 at 13:48

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Basically a GTR without the wing.

DailyTurismo > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/15/2015 at 13:48

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The white wall tires are a nice touch too!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > DailyTurismo 04/15/2015 at 15:56

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And then when it was redesigned, it was renamed as the Nissan Axxess and only sold in the US for 1 year... but continued to be sold in Canada into the 1990s.