In the UK, the Almera was originally marketed by Nissan as 'the car they don't want you to drive'. The 1.4, 1.6 and 2.0D engines were available in a three- and five-door hatchbacks that were badge engineered versions of the Japanese market Nissan Pulsar Serie or a four-door saloon, whereas the GTi was only available in three-door hatch. Power came from 1.4-litre GA14DE and 1.6-litre GA16DE petrol and 2.0-litre CD20 diesel engines initially in 1995, but a year into production a 2.0-litre SR20DE-engined GTi was added to the range.

The Almera was almost identical to the Nissan Pulsar (N15) sold in Japan, except with different trim options and petrol engine range. The first Almera rolled off the production line in late 1995, as a replacement for the Nissan Sunny (N14), a nameplate which had been in use for nearly 30 years. The Almera nameplate has also been used for several other unrelated models, including the South Korean-manufactured Samsung SM3 in various export markets worldwide, and for the second-generation Nissan Bluebird Sylphy in Russia. The N17 Almera is marketed globally with the usage of five other nameplates for various markets. Since the third-generation model (N17), the Almera nameplate was repositioned to a subcompact or B-segment saloon based on the V platform. For its early generations, the Almera is a compact car ( C-segment), essentially being the European export-market version of the Pulsar for the first-generation model (N15), and the Bluebird Sylphy for the second-generation model (N16). The Nissan Almera is a line of automobiles that has been manufactured by the Japanese car manufacturer Nissan since 1995.

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