The model was the 10th generation of the so-called "family" car, which became a kind of historical tradition for Nissan. But on this generation, tradition was broken and the machine was discontinued. As for the name Bluebird, it continued to exist, but not independently, but as the second name of the Nissan Sylphy model, which was produced on the basis of Sunny. So, the tenth generation of the Bluebird family was born in 1996 with the body of the 5th dimensional group. By body type, it was a 4-door sedan. All components of the car were borrowed from the Nissan Primera model (2nd generation of this model range). In style, it was a traditional middle-class sedan, typical of Japan. The car could be equipped with three types of engines: gasoline engines with a working volume of 1.8 or 2 liters, as well as a 2-liter diesel engine. Since 1998, a modification appeared in the lineup, which was driven by a direct-injection gasoline engine. Like the sister model Primera, the Bluebird machine somewhere in the second half of the measured "life" period could be equipped with a transmission, which was a stepless variator. As before, there were Sport and SSS categories, but for a sports sedan, the car turned out to be too calm. In all-wheel drive modifications, the well-proven 4WD ATTESA system was used.