Junkyard Find: 1986 Nissan 200SX

The 240SX version of the Nissan Silvia has become something of a cult car among drifter types in the United States, but the earlier (1984-88) 200SX version seems to have disappeared from both the streets and the public consciousness. Still, I see the occasional 200SX in wrecking yards these days, and I spotted this red ’86 in a Denver yard last week.

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  • FreedMike These were great cars, but I don't think they're particularly novel or collectible. You can get a newer beater for that money that'd be easier to keep fixed.Good to see these soldiering on, though.
  • Funky D The only piece of technology introduced in the last 10 years that is actually useful is the backup camera. Get rid of the rest. All I want is a car with that and phone connectivity and zero driving nannies.
  • TheMrFreeze As somebody who's worked in IT for my entire career, I don't want any computer automatically doing something of this nature on my behalf. Automatically turning on my headlights? Sure (and why hasn't THAT been mandated yet). Automatically braking, or steering, or actually driving my car for me? Not an effing chance...I've seen computers do too much weird stuff for no reason to trust my life to one.
  • Daniel J Our CX-5 has hit its automatic brakes a few times at in very unnecessary situations. My 2018 doesn't have it, but it will shake and throw a warning if it thinks you should brake. Only once was it needed. The dozen or so times it has gone off I was already on the brakes or traffic was in a pattern that just fooled it.
  • Kosmo This would become interesting with a turbo and 6MT.