The Nissan Cima (Japanese: 日産・シーマ, Nissan Shīma) is a luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by Nissan for the Japanese market. The name Cima is derived from Spanish for "summit". Earlier generations featured a hood ornament with an image of an acanthus leaf that was the naming basis for the Nissan Laurel. The acanthus leaf was commonly used by classical Greeks to make a wreath for use as a crown.
In Japan, Nissan's Cima has traditionally competed with the Toyota Crown Royal Saloon G and later the Majesta. The Cima in the first two generations was a more luxurious and larger version of the Cedric and Gloria, with the Cima sharing the V8 engine from the earlier flagship President, Nissan's alternative to the Toyota Century. The Cima was introduced in 1988, based on an elongated Cedric/Gloria chassis. With its sales success, about 64,000 units sold the first year and 120,000 in four years, the Cima became a symbol of the "bubble economy".
The Cedric Cima was sold at Nissan Store, while the Gloria Cima was sold at Nissan Prince Stores. Later generations of the Cima shared the same platform as the President, with the Cima being a shorter version, thereby allowing Nissan to continue offering the Cima at Nissan Prince Store locations. The last three Cima generations were marketed in the United States as the Infiniti Q45. The Q45 was discontinued after 2006, however the Cima and the President continued in production until August 2010, leaving the Fuga to become the lone flagship. April 2012, the Cima nameplate was resurrected, and resumed "flagship" status in Japan as a longer wheelbase version of the Fuga Hybrid.
In January 2021, Nissan announced that the Cima had been considered for cancellation for a second time, with production being halted at the end of 2020. The Nissan Japan website still listed it as available for new orders with a hybrid powertrain only, in three trim levels.[1] According to the Nissan Factory website at Tochigi, Cima production was started up again in October 2021,[2] only to be discontinued for the third and final time in 2022.
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