Nissan introduced the Nissan Sentra to the world for the 1982 model year. At the time it was an uninspiring re-badged version of the Nissan Sunny sold in the Japanese market. It began life as a subcompact and fit nicely into that crowded niche. The Sentra languished in a saturated market until the B13 third generation when Nissan decided to introduce the SE-R trim level.
