FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





                         Date of Report: August 23, 1999
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)





                       NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
             on behalf of Nissan Auto Receivables 1999-A Owner Trust
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





            DELAWARE                     333-82763              33-0479655
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 (State or Other Jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation)                                     Identification No.)






                               990 W. 190TH STREET
                           TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA 90502

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 719-8013







ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

                  Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report is certain
material (a Collateral and Structural Term Sheet) circulated by Merrill Lynch
& Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Chase Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan
& Co. in connection with the Registrant's offering of the Class A-1 Notes,
the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes (collectively, the "Notes"). The
Notes will be offered pursuant to a Prospectus and related Prospectus
Supplement (together, the "Prospectus") which will be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"). The offering of the Notes has been registered pursuant to the
Act under the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-82763)
(the "Registration Statement"). This Collateral and Structural Term Sheet
will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

                  Any statement or information contained in the Collateral
and Structural Term Sheet may be modified or superseded by subsequent similar
materials or by statements or information contained in the Prospectus.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

(a)  Not applicable.

(b)  Not applicable.

(c)  Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1 Collateral and Structural Term Sheet.







                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf of
the Registrant by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION


                                By: /s/ Tomoaki Shimazu
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                                    Name:  Tomoaki Shimazu
                                    Title:  Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and
                                            Director

Date: August 23, 1999





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Item 601(a) of Regulation S-K

EXHIBIT NO.                            DESCRIPTION
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99.1                       Collateral and Structural Term Sheet