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NissanSentra

1982 – present Japan Compact car 1 production year
Production1982 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassCompact car
Also known asNissan Pulsar · Nissan Sunny · Nissan Sylphy · Nissan Tiida
Background

The Nissan Sentra is a series of automobiles manufactured by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1982. Since 1999, the Sentra has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. Until 2006, Sentra was a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny, but since the 2013 model year, Sentra is a rebadged export version of the Sylphy. The Sentra nameplate is not used in Japan. Several other countries in Latin America sell their versions of the Sunny as the Sentra. In Mexico, the first three generations of the Sentra were known as the Nissan Tsuru, and the B13 model was sold under that name until 2017, alongside the updated models badged as Sentra.

Text adapted from “Nissan Sentra” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1982–open

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
US EPA model years1984–1990

Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.

EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1995–2026

Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Natural Resources Canada ↗31 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1992–2025

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗34 years
EEA EU registration observations2025

EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.

European Environment Agency ↗1 year