Earlier this month I spotted a unicorn

Kinja'd!!! "fhrblig" (fhrblig)
01/26/2014 at 20:16 • Filed to: None

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A Nissan Stanza wagon, to be specific. I know vehicles tend not to rust here, but these things have all but disappeared even here.


DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! Godspeed11- I own a SAAB > fhrblig
01/26/2014 at 20:18

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Saw one in Florida over the summer. Every body panel was rust ridden except the roof haha.


Kinja'd!!! CPT Speedbump > fhrblig
01/26/2014 at 20:20

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I almost had one of these as my first DD, lol


Kinja'd!!! Squid > fhrblig
01/26/2014 at 20:24

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I miss seeing the Pulsar wagons. . . Even more unicorn status. . .


Kinja'd!!! Brian Silvestro > fhrblig
01/26/2014 at 20:27

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I thought they were only a myth..


Kinja'd!!! GhostZ > fhrblig
01/26/2014 at 20:35

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Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > GhostZ
01/26/2014 at 20:41

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I love the Venture Brothers.
"How many Yaz albums you got on this thing anyway?"


Kinja'd!!! erspimp03 > Squid
01/26/2014 at 21:20

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Unless I'm mistaken, the wagon part was just an aftermarket canopy which took the place of the original hatch


Kinja'd!!! Squid > erspimp03
01/26/2014 at 22:52

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I do think you may be mistaken on that one. But I may be mistaken as well. I've seen too many of them with that wagonesque hatch with all the factory badging so I dunno. Here is a picture from Nissans collection showing the badges on it which make it look like it was made that way from the factory.


Kinja'd!!! erspimp03 > Squid
01/27/2014 at 03:09

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I think you got kinja'd there, but I looked up some examples and it appears that the canopy is known as a 'sportbak'. I think it must have been a post-production option, since it only came in gray and is interchangeable with the normal hatch.

IMO not having a unique serial number, or constituting a different model (the NX badging is on the hatch) would revoke unicorn status. Sort of like how a miata with a hard top is still a miata.

I often see an NX Sportbak parked only a few blocks from me. Maybe I'll go stalk the owner until I can ask him myself!