The Nissan Stanza was a front-wheel drive, compact car manufactured and sold by Nissan from the 1970s up to the early 1990s, between these years most of these vehicles share similar Nissan Stanza parts. It was first introduced in Japan in 1977 as the third of three similar vehicle models, which also includes the Nissan Auster and Nissan Violet, although some minor styling differences are evident among the three. Between these vehicles men Nissan Stanza parts were shared, for example the Nissan Stanza factory parts we just some that were used on the vehicle. That original Stanza was also sold in the U.S. but as the Datsun 510 with a different variation of Nissan Stanza parts.