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[edit] Please do not redirect.
Datsun has a long and seperate history from Nissan. It would be best served to have its own article which I am currently in the process of writing. I do not believe it is appropriate to upload it until I have at least completed a rough body, so please do not redirect for the time being. If signifigant time has passed since I have placed this note, something may have come up, and I request that anyone notify me before or when they make a redirect.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 01:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed, though not for the reasons below (there were no Datsuns without a JDM Nissan counterpart). Datsun deserves a complete article as much as Infiniti or Acura do. How is the article coming? It's been a while. — AKADriver ☎ 18:13, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
It would probably serve much better to expand the article with the appropriate information. Datsun has a history that diverges from Nissan's several times over its existence. --Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 05:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Purpose of name 'Datsun'
I suspect 'Datsun' was used in 'the West', as I'm fairly sure Nissans were badged Datsun in the UK and Europe as well.
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- Yes they were! in the Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present by GN Georgano most of the models that were badged as Datsun are refered to as Datsun and the ones Nissan, as Nissan. However this page should be deleated asnd just redirected to Nissan nowXljesus 13:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Actually the Datsun brand name was used everywhere. It was one of the first Japanese brand names, and only later used "in the West". So to say it was created "in order to sell its automobiles in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand" is inaccurate. --Ddgonzal 17:40, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Datsun
As far as I know some cars which were sold in Europe as Datsun have never been sold as Nissan.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 13.16.137.11 (talk • contribs).
- Yes, that is definitely true.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 20:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brand protection
One of the reasons the Datsun brand was used in America was to protect the Nissan brand in the event of their cars not being accepted.
Consider that the very same vehicles were already being sold in Japan as "Datsuns" (1958/1959 Datsun 110 and pickup). So this supposition doesn't seem very likely. Instead isn't it more reasonable they were marketed as "Datsun" in America because it was a strong brand name already being used for these cars? Datsun was the most successful brand of cars in Japan at the time.
[edit] Usage of Datsun Today
The following sentence from the article is confusing. "The brand Datsun is no longer used, though still memorable in Japan and used on Nissan's line of pickups there."
Does it mean that Nissan's pickups are still Datsuns in Japan? If so, the beginning of the sentence doesn't make sense.
It should read something like "Datsun is no longer used as a car marque, but it is used on pickup trucks in Japan."
Can anyone clarify?
[edit] List of Datsun models
1983
- 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo
1981
- 1981 Datsun 280 ZX Turbo
1980
- 1980 Datsun 280C Estate
- 1980 Datsun Pulsar 1400
1979
- 1979 Datsun 280 ZX
- 1979 Datsun 280 ZX 2-Seater
- 1979 Datsun Laurel 2.4
- 1979 Datsun Laurel 2.4 Automatic
- 1979 Datsun Skyline 2.4 Coupé
1978
- 1978 Datsun 280ZX
- 1978 Datsun Scarab Z
1977
- 1977 Datsun 280Z
- 1977 Datsun 280C
- 1977 Datsun Laurel Six
1976
- 1976 Datsun 100A Cherry
- 1976 Datsun Bluebird 180B
- 1976 Datsun Violet 140J
- 1976 Datsun Violet 160J
- 1976 Datsun Violet 160J SSS Coupé
1974
- 1974 Datsun 260Z
- 1974 Datsun 120A Coupé
- 1974 Datsun 120Y
- 1974 Datsun 120Y Estate
- 1974 Datsun Violet 140J Mk I
1973
- 1973 Datsun 240Z
- 1973 Datsun 510
- 1973 Datsun 260Z
- 1973 Datsun 260Z 2+2
- 1973 Datsun Laurel 200L Coupé
1972
- 1972 Datsun 240Z
- 1972 Datsun 510
1971
- 1971 Datsun 240Z
- 1971 Datsun BRE 510
1970
- 1970 Datsun 240Z
- 1970 Datsun 510
- 1970 Datsun 100A Cherry
- 1970 Datsun 100A Cherry Coupé
- 1970 Datsun 100A Cherry Estate
- 1970 Datsun 1200
1969
- 1969 Datsun 2000
- 1969 Datsun 240Z-G
- 1969 Datsun 240Z
- 1969 Datsun Z 432 Sports
1968
- 1968 Datsun PL510
- 1968 Datsun 1800
1967
- 1967 Datsun Bluebird 1300 Estate
- 1967 Datsun Bluebird Estate
1966
- 1966 Datsun Fairlady 1600
- 1966 Datsun 1000
- 1966 Datsun Bluebird 1300SS
1965
- 1965 Datsun 1500 SPL310
- 1965 Datsun Fairlady 1600
1963
- 1963 Datsun Bluebird Sedan
1958
- 1958 Datsun 1000 Model 211
1953
- 1953 Datsun Deluxe Sedan
1952
- 1952 Datsun Sports
1936
- 1936 Datsun 15 Phaeton
- 1936 Datsun 15 Roadster
1935
- 1935 Datsun 14 Roadster
- 1935 Datsun 14 Sedan
- Datsun 1600 Fairlady Sports
- Datsun 2000 Fairlady Sports
- Datsun 2000 Personal Six
- Datsun 2300 De Luxe Six
