well i know its no Z, but for what it is is this an awsome car? my friends civic got raped by one in the street, and that was the first oen i ever saw so i did some reading on it. it only weighs 2700 lbs and has about 130 lbs/torque, and to me that sounds crazy for a little car. Im actually thinking of buying one to replace my sentra if i can find one. my only question is, why were they only produced for 3 years?

It's not a very popular car, it's classified as a family sedan, and aftermarket performance parts are difficult to find. It is a pretty cool car, (I used to want my friends'...) but not THAT cool. It's FWD which sucks. And raping civics is great, but a lot of cars can do that. The reason why the Stanza is good is torque. Civics have horrible torque and that causes them to get raped. If you want more info on Stanza's check out www.teamnse.com. They've got some good info. But if I were you, I would stick with Nissan, but buy a 240 or a 300ZX or somethin'.