Nissan finished
banishing the Datsun name by 1984, and that marked the beginning of the Major Motion era of Nissan advertising in the United States.
For 1985, Nissan showrooms offered a choice of three different sizes of sedan: the affordable Sentra, the aspirational Stanza, and the gadget-stuffed Maxima. Here’s a magazine advertisement showing the unfortunate coiffures of a mid-1980s American family and their potential Nissan sedan choices.
