Nissan Avenir
line of station wagons
The Nissan Avenir is a line of station wagons beginning production in May 1990 by Nissan of Japan, with the budget oriented delivery van starting out as the Avenir Cargo, then being renamed the Nissan Expert (ja) in 1999. The Avenir replaced the long-serving Nissan Bluebird wagon/delivery van and also the Skyline Van. It was a larger companion to the Nissan Wingroad/Nissan AD van. The 1999 Expert also assumed the load carrying duties of the discontinued Nissan Cedric and Gloria delivery vans. The Avenir appeared after the Subaru Legacy wagon, but before the competing Toyota Caldina wagon. The Avenir's appearance was not shared with another Nissan sedan, although it was sold as the estate version of the Primera in European markets.
The name Avenir is French for "future", and it was exclusive to Nissan Store Japanese dealerships, as it was a replacement for the Bluebird wagon.
W10 (First generation)
Introduced to the Japanese market in May 1990 (a small number of units were exported to Nissan New Zealand to replace the locally assembled U11 Bluebird wagon), the W10 Avenir was initially available with either the 1.8 L SR18Di in FWD or a 2.0 L SR20DE engine. The Nissan Expert/Avenir Cargo van light commercials came with either the 1.6 L GA16DS or the naturally aspirated CD20 2-liter diesel engine.
The FWD was available with either a four-speed automatic transmission or a five-speed manual.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Nissan Avenir” as line of station wagons. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as line of station wagons. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1670279. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1990 and 1999.
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