List of Nissan engines

Nissan uses a straightforward method of naming their automobile engines. The first few letters identify the engine family. The next digits are the displacement in deciliters. The following letters identify features added.

Straight-4

• 1952-1955 Nissan D engine - 0.9 L - D10
• 1955-1966 Prince G engine - 1.5/1.8/1.9/2.0 L - GA-4/G-1, GB-30/G-2, G7, G-15, G-18
• 1957-1960 Nissan C engine - 1.0 L
• 1961-1970 Nissan G engine - 1.5/1.6 L - G, G15, G16
• 1967-1970 Nissan H engine - 2.0 L - H20
• 1968-1980 Nissan L engine - 1.6/1.8/2.0 L - L16, L18, L20B
• 1968-1982 Nissan A engine - 1.0/1.4/1.5 L - A10, A14, A15
• 1979-1989 Nissan Z engine - 2.0/2.2/2.4 L - Z20S, Z20E, Z22E, Z24
• 1981-1993 Nissan CA engine - 1.8/2.0 L - CA18DE, CA18DET, CA20
• 1982-1988 Nissan E engine - 1.5/1.6 L - E15, E15T, E16
• Nissan FJ engine - 2.0 L - FJ20, FJ20ET
• 1987-1997 Nissan GA engine - 1.6 L
• 1989-1998 Nissan KA engine - 2.4 L - KA24E, KA24DE
• 1990-present Nissan SR engine - 1.6/1.8/2.0 L - SR20DE, SR20DET
• 1999-present Nissan QG engine - 1.3/1.5/1.8 L
• 2001-present Nissan QR engine - 2.0/2.5 L - QR25DE

Straight-6

• 1968-1983 Nissan L engine - 2.4/2.6/2.8 L - L24, L24E, L26, L26E, L28E, L28ET
• Nissan RB engine - 2.0/2.5/2.6/3.0 L (RB26DETT)

V6

• 1984-2004 Nissan VG engine - 3.0/3.3 L - VG30E, VG30ET, VG30DE, VG30DET
• 1992-1994 Nissan VE engine - 3.0 L - VE30DE
• 1995-present Nissan VQ engine - 2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5 L - VQ30DE, VQ35DE

V8

• 1965-1973 Nissan Y engine - 4.0 L - Y40
• 1990-2001 Nissan VH engine - 4.1/4.5 L
• 2002-present Nissan VK engine - 4.5/5.6 L