Talk:UD Nissan Diesel

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this page should be added to high standards

[edit] Separate company, or Nissan-only brand?

I googled quite a bit for this, but couldn't figure out if it was a separate company before joining up with Nissan. It looks like Nissan used this as a brand name at least as far back as 1973 though [1], so I updated the article quite a bit to reflect that. --Interiot 21:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted text

I reverted this text:

headquartered in Irving, Texas. established in 1985

Because this page explicitely says that "UD Trucks" started in 1972 in Miranda, New South Wales. Also, both the Australia page, and the currently linked "homepage" both refer to Nissan as being something of a parent to UD Trucks, so they don't seem to be unrelated. I'm not sure which one is the most accurate here, but with what little data has been brought up so far, it doesn't seem like 1985 is the right date. If you have some information to clear this up, please post it. --Interiot 06:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UD is NOT Nissan

UD is never a wholly owned company of Nissan. Before the 60s, it was totally unrelated to Nissan, and known as Minsei Diesel. In mid 60s, Nissan bought some shares of Minsei and the name changed to "Nissan Diesel", but it is still a separate company, and with its own logo and dealer system. So it is really unreasonable to call "Nissan Diesel" trucks as "Nissan" trucks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Buhin (talk • contribs) 14:49, August 23, 2007 (UTC).