Lets play "guess my new car"

[anyonebutme]

Not a Stagea, also not a truck. Trucks were eliminated by clue #7, BTW.

[anyonebutme]

Today's clue: It has a Bose audio system with a 6 disk in dash CD changer. Unlike Mitsubishi, they also didn't think to put in an AUX jack, which sucks.

[futurevr4man]

This will actually turn into a (re)build thread, but since progress is going slow waiting on parts I'll build some hype first. How this is going to play out is I'll post some random hints every now and then until I have enough progress and pictures to actually post something worth posting.

First hint: It's built by Nissan, in Japan

I'm guessing Doug told everyone, lol. Did Doug tell you how rusty it was and that you can touch the engine with both hands through the wheel well through a rust hole?

Next hint: It is AWD, more specifically it has the Nissan attesa-ets AWD system.

Steering wheel is on the correct side for where it was sold...

Cop out answer, lol. Since I know where you are going, I will say it's a LHD car, I will also say it was also sold as a RHD car in it's native market under a different brand.

Next clue, it is not turbocharged.

Today's clue: It is powered by a VQ35DE, better known as the 350Z engine. That should give you a date range and eliminate the Nissan Laurel.

Today's clue: It comes with HID headlights with electric height adjustment so you can aim them lower or higher with a knob while driving. IIRC the EVO also had optional height adjustable headlights in some models.

I guess so. It is not a truck. I guess I'll clarify (as little as possible lol) for today's clue.

It has unit body (unibody) construction, it does not have a latter frame. Bonus clues, it does not have a truck bed nor does it have leaf springs.

Nope.

Today's clue: In addition to heated front seats, it has heated rear seats

Today's clue: It had an optional smart cruise control which used a laser sensor to keep a set distance from the car in front. Mine didn't have this option, but it was available.

Nope.

There's only been like 10 vehicles that used the Skyline GTR's ATTESA ETS AWD system, less that were available LHD, and even less that isn't powered by an RB engine. Honestly I didn't expect this thread to last more than 3 days, lol. Good news is it allows me to get more progress done and take more pictures.

Today's clue: It has a Bose audio system with a 6 disk in dash CD changer. Unlike Mitsubishi, they also didn't think to put in an AUX jack, which sucks.

I've researched this more than I care to admit, and I think it's some oddball version of the Murano that I can't find. The "Bonus clue, rear seats recline in addition to being heated. " has me thrown off cause all of the cars I found don't have enough room to recline the rear seats. If it's a Maxima of some kind, then I can't find an AWD version of it. You've got me stumped. I also think you're playing the semantics game with naming conventions, but I'll wait for this mystery car to be revealed to prove that.

[95gto]

You guys are overthinking it and losing focus.

Two clues significantly limit the potential options, as neither of the lists of vehicles those things were used on are very long. And if you compare the two lists your potential options drop to almost nothing.

[j2k4]

You guys are overthinking it and losing focus.

Two clues significantly limit the potential options, as neither of the lists of vehicles those things were used on are very long. And if you compare the two lists your potential options drop to almost nothing.

Hah!

That's exactly what I guessed, too.

[mdcrose]

Nissan QX4

[anyonebutme]

Bingo. It's an Infiniti QX4. Sold in Japan and other markets as a Nissan Terrano Regularus. Not to be confused with a normal Nissan Terrano/Nissan Pathfinder, which has a normal manual 4x4 system like a jeep.

Tomorrow's clue would have been that it has a clutch type rear limited slip differential.

[95gto]

I worked for an auto shipping company in Jacksonville, FL briefly one summer that dealt primarily with Kia's, Daewoo's, and Nissans/Infinitis. The people there liked to call these things Cue-bye-Fours.

[j2k4]

ABM owns a Regularus?

Sort of counterintuitive, but.

[RealMcCoy]

LOL... that was on my list of possibilities, and somehow didn't make it into a post... Don't know how that happened.

Oh well. Kept us occupied for a bit anyway.