In October 1989 the U12 Bluebird was facelifted, receiving new rear lamps and other minor external changes. More importantly, the 1.8-liter engines were switched from the somewhat noisy old CA family to the new SR engines displacing 1.8 or 2.0 liters. The base 1.6 engine remained the carburetted CA16S. There was only a single 1.8, the single-point injected SR18Di with , a significant increase over the CA18i. This was also available with the ATTESA system, in either XE or SE trim. Beginning in November 1990, Nissan managed to fit an FE ATTESA trim level between the two existing ones.