Datsun
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| Industry | Automobile |
|---|---|
| Fate | Brand discontinued/Merged into Nissan |
| Successor | Nissan brand name |
| Founded | 1931 (first use of Datsun brand name) |
| Defunct | circa 1983 and became Nissan |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Key people |
Kenjiro Den, Founder Rokuro Aoyama, Founder Meitaro Takeuchi, Yoshisuke Ayukawa, Founder of Nissan Sangyo Yutaka Katayama, President, Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A. Katsuji Kawamata, President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Products | Cars and light trucks |
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Introduction
The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1933 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. took control of DAT Motorcar Co., the last syllable of Datson was changed to "sun", because "son" also means "loss" (損) in Japanese, and also to honour the sun depicted in the national flag, hence the name "Datsun".[1] Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in March 1986. The Datsun name is most famous for the sports cars referred to as the Fairlady roadsters and later the Fairlady (Datsun 240Z) coupes.
Models
List of Datsun models
- Datsun Type 11
- Datsun Type 12
- Datsun Type 13
- Datsun 13T Pickup
- Datsun Type 14
- Datsun 14T Pickup
- Datsun Type 15
- Datsun 15T Pickup
- Datsun Type 16
- Datsun Type 17
- Datsun 17T Pickup
- Datsun 100A
- Datsun 120
- Datsun 140J
- Datsun 180B
- Datsun 200B
- Datsun 200L
- Datsun 200SX
- Datsun 210
- Datsun 220
- Datsun 240C
- Datsun 240Z
- Datsun 260C
- Datsun 260Z
- Datsun 280C
- Datsun 280Z
- Datsun 280ZX
- Datsun 310
- Datsun 320
- Datsun 510
- Datsun 520
- Datsun 610
- Datsun 620
- Datsun 710
- Datsun 720
- Datsun 810
- Datsun 1121 Pickup
- Datsun 1200 Sedan
- Datsun 1500, 1600, 2000 Roadster
- Datsun 2124 Pickup
- Datsun 3135 Pickup
- Datsun 4146 Pickup
- Datsun 5147 Pickup
- Datsun 6147 Pickup
- Datsun B-210
- Datsun Bluebird
- Datsun Bluebird 910
- Datsun Cherry
- Datsun DA
- Datsun DB
- Datsun DB-2
- Datsun DB-4
- Datsun DB-5
- Datsun DB-6
- Datsun DC-3
- Datsun DS-2
- Datsun DS-4
- Datsun DS-5
- Datsun DS-6
- Datsun DW-2
- Datsun DW-4
- Datsun F-10
- Datsun Patrol
- Datsun Roadster
- Datsun Sports
- Datsun Sunny
- Datsun Sunny 1000
- Datsun Sunny 1200
- Datsun Sunny 120Y
- Datsun Sunny 120Y
- Datsun Truck
- Datsun Urvan
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References
- ↑ Consumano, Michael A. Also, the symbol was derived from lemons which are famous in Japan. The Japanese Automobile Industry, H.U.P (1985), ISBN 0-674-47255-1 p.33
