ThrowBack Cars In Nigeria: 1983 Volkswagen Santana Review.

The Volkswagen Santana is a three-box sedan, based on the second-generation Volkswagen Passat (B2). It was first introduced in 1981. Also called Shanghai-Volkswagen Santana, Volkswagen Quantum, Volkswagen Corsar, Volkswagen Carat, Nissan Santana, Ford Versailles.
In North Amrica, It was also known as the Volkswagen Quantum. In Mexico (Volkswagen Corsar), while in Argentina (Volkswagen Carat). In Brazil and other South Aerican Countries. It was known as Santana, while the Passat Variant B2 wagon was marketed as the Volkswagen Quantum. In Europe the Santana name was dropped in 1985 and the car was sold as a Passat. European production ended in 1988.

Manufacturer - Volkswagen, Nissan, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive.
Production 1985 - Present
Class - Mid-size car

Layout: Front-engine design

2-door saloon/sedan (Latin America)

4-door saloon/sedan

5-door estate/wagon

Nissan's Santana was changed for Japan with a right hand drive wiper layout (parking on the passenger side) which, as well as a new linkage mechanism, also required a new bonnet pressing as there were recesses in the trailing edge for the wiper pivots. VW-built cars, in common with some of the maker's other models at this time, such as the MKII Golf, had the same LHD wiper pattern regardless of steering wheel location. At introduction, the Nissan Santana was available with three different engines: A 100 PS (74 kW) 1781 cc four (Li, Gi), a 110 PS (81 kW) 1,994 cc five (Gi5, Xi5) and a 72 PS (53 kW) 1,588 cc turbodiesel four (Lt, Gt Diesel Turbo). All came with a five-speed manual transmission as standard, while the gasoline engines were also available with a three-speed automatic. The Nissan Santana was 5 mm narrower than its German counterparts, so as to avoid a massive Japanese tax on cars wider than 1690 mm. Additionally, the grille and headlights were unique to the M30 Santana. The Santana was retired from the range in June 2006. It sold 548,494 units during its production run.

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