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History of Nissan Motor Cars / Automobiles |
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- 8.11.9. Nissan
- In 1928, Yoshisuke Aikawa formed Nippon Industries, which during the early 1930s became abbreviated to “Nissan”.
- In 1931, Aikawa gained control of DAT Motors and in 1933 Nissan’s Tobata Casting's automobile parts department was merged with DAT Motors.
- On 1 June 1934 a new subsidiary of Tobata Castings was established which was called the Nissan Motor Company.
- Datsun models produced between 1935 and 1937 include the 722 cc 14 hp Type 14 (1935), the 722 cc 16 hp Type 15 Phaeton and Type 16 (1936) and the 17 hp Type 17 (1937).
- The Type 14, 15 and 16 models had a top speed of 80 mph (128 kph).
- The 3,600 cc 85 hp Nissan 70, an American Graham-Paige car built under licence, was produced in 1937.
- In 1942 the company produced the 1,468 cc 35 hp Nissan 50.
- In 1937 Nissan produced 15,000 cars.
- By 1938 the company were producing the Model 70 Phaeton.
- In 1947 the Datsun DA model was the first car produced by Nissan after WW2. It used the same engine as the pre-war Datsun Type 17.
- Datsun models produced in the early 1950s include the 860cc 20hp DB Deluxe (1951), the DB-2 Thrift Sedan (1952) which was a 4 door version of the DB Deluxe and the Deluxe (1954).
- In 1955 they started production of the 2-door A 110 model. A 4-door version was sold as the Convar.
- The 1,498 cc Datsun/Austin Cambridge A50 was produced in 1956.
- In 1966 Nissan merged with the Prince Motor Company (see Section 8.11.10). Production of Prince’s existing Skyline and Gloria range of cars continued.
- Peak production of the Skyline model was between 1972 and 1977, when over 670,500 were made. Production of the twelvth generation Skyline started in 2006; the 4-door V36 sedan.
- The first Nissan Cedric, the "30" series, was produced between 1960 and 1961. It had a 1488 cc engine, with an optional 1,883 cc version. The Cedric name was dropped from most of the 230 series export versions that were produced from 1971 to 1975, the exported car being called the 200C, 220C, 240C, 260C, and Gloria.
- The Cedric series came to an end in 2004, replaced by the Nissan Fuga.
- In 1966 Nissan launched the Sunny series, which was exported as the Datsun 1000. Two body styles were available, a two-door sedan (B10) and a van/station wagon (VB10).
- A second generation Sunny, also known as the Datsun 1200, was launched in 1970. A station wagon and a coupe version were added to the range.
- Later versions were called the Tsuru in Mexico and the Sentra in the United States. The Sunny name has also been used on other models, such as the export version of the Nissan Pulsar.
- Production of the 2,393 cc 240Z model began in 1969; a car that had a top speed of 125 mph (200 kph). Nearly 173,000 had been made when production ceased in 1973.
- Nissan ceased using the Datsun name in 1983.
- By 2006 Nissan had produced nearly 16.5 million vehicles carrying the Sunny name.
- The Sunny model was still being produced for the African and American markets in 2006. Production for the Japanese market ended in 2004, the Sunny being replaced by the Nissan Tiida.
- Other cars produced by Nissan include the Micra/March, Bluebird, Primera, Altima and Almera.
- See Section 8.11.3 (Datsun)
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