Regular Car Reviews: 1991 Nissan D21 Hardbody

Why can't we have small pickup trucks in the USA? Oh yea, Chicken-Tax.

"muh truck bigger than your truck"
*ten years pass by* rolls up in a d21*
"muh truck lasted longer than your truck"

[donjohnson]

A friend of mine has one of these with over 800, 000 miles on it and it is still _airtight_.

Knock on wood.

[Xratos]

My grandma has one. She's trying to see which will die first, her or the truck.

[billjarred]

Got 240k on my 96. Gunna keep it till it breaks in half. Then weld it back together. And keep going.

[Jimmyxsx]

agree 100%, this Nissan trucks are tough. my bro has one with 390000 miles and it runs like a clock.

[LoveXKnife]

I got in a really bad accident, a big dodge ram hit my hardbody and flipped us a few times, we ended up upside down. My friend and I both got out of the truck unscathed, what could've killed us in a normal car did no damage to us whatsoever in the Hardbody

I can honestly say that a Hardbody saved my life.

[imdabeast]

It’s strange that I watched this 3 years ago nearly and never gave it a second thought, and now I’ve had my hardbody for around 2 years and it’s legitimately the perfect little work truck

[SonicBoone]

Man I wish the chicken tax was repealed and we could make trucks small again.

[davidshelby]

I have a 97 Nissan hardbody with over 300, 000 miles and it's all original and still running strong to this day 😏 tough little truck

[Valynbrown]

One of these was my first car. Bought it for $150 cash from a dude who lost his license to DUI and just wanted a few weeks' drinming money. Ran that piece of shit till it rusted apart. May have been ugly, but it did the job and did it well

[lupec]

still a more refreshing body style than the Titan.

[Akatsuki]

+RegularCars Thanks for reviewing an old classic Nissan truck. As a design engineer for Nissan, I personally love our older cars and trucks. They are as you said; Reliable and un-killable and that is the exact reason why you just don't see new vehicles like this anymore. It's the very reason why corporate decided to end the Xterra line. People loved them too much, kept them for too long without any major issues, and we never updated the vehicle. Nowadays, cars and trucks are given new trims, styling, and features almost every year and people have too many reasons to buy new. It's an ever changing world we live in.

[guacamoleJim]

My mom bought one brand new in 1990. 4x4, 5 speed, big tires, black with a 90’pink purple and blue stripe along the side that had a squiggly “M” shape in the line on each door, and kids from when I was in 5Th grade all the way to college, loved that thing. They thought it was the coolest truck ever. I learned to drive in that truck; on road AND off, I got my license in that truck, i drove it for a year at one point, and that ol’ bastard that I named “Beasty” never let us down.

She still has it. IT STILL RUNS. It’s. Twenty. Nine. Years. Old. I’m pretty sure I will inherit it as I am her only child. Lol

[BCaldwell]

I have owned a 97 since 2002. It's been the best little truck ever!

[thegreatcarraway]

Fun fact: Chevrolet markets the Colorado as a "Smart-Sized" Pickup. They literally cannot say small truck.

GM thinks the truck consumer thinks SMALL IS BAD BIG IS GOOD.

[justinkey]

I had a 91 Nissan Hardbody. It was a fantastically reliable vehicle. I had it in college and I drove pizza delivery in it for about 2 years. I was young and dumb and I am not kidding when I say I did zero maintenance on that truck for two years of hard driving. None. No oil changes, no anything. Driving pizza delivery for two years. And it not only survived, it was great until the day I traded it in. For a Saturn SL1 :( Bad move on my part. I wish I still had that truck.

[moldyorangepeel]

i had a 90 hardbody that I paid 1200 bucks for in 1997 with 114k miles..  I drove it for 8 years and put 100k miles on it with nothing but, oil, tires,  tie rod replacements and a clutch replacement, it treated me very well, it was a great truck.

[cndctrdjful]

honestly the best vehicle ive ever owned. i had 4 of them. couldnt get my fill. now i just cant find them. have you tried drifting it? i know it sounds funny but that truck is so well balanced.

[allenmurrell]

In '86 or '87 my dad bought one of these, except it was a long bed "heavy duty" version with a 3 liter V6 and a 5 speed manual. For a truck it was pretty quick with that V6, and it seemed to be built by the same guy that designed german tiger tanks. It was unstoppable. Drove it for 13 years on the original clutch, 165, 000 miles.

[namele]

this truck simply oozes 90's charm.