* 1953-1954 Datsun 6147 Pickup

In 1934, 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 ":.

Before the Datsun brand name came into being, an automobile named the DAT car was built in 1914, by the, in the Azabu-Hiroo District in Tokyo.

The name was changed to " Datsun " two years later in 1933.

' But Datsun was a pet name for the cars when we started exporting.

Ultimately, the decision was made to stop using the brand name Datsun worldwide, in order to strengthen the company name Nissan.

" The decision to change the name Datsun to Nissan in the U. S. was announced in the autumn ( September / October ) of 1981.

Ultimately, the name change campaign lasted for a three year period from 1982 to 1984 ( Datsun badged vehicles had been progressively fitted with small " Nissan " and " Datsun by Nissan " badges from the late 1970s onward ) until the Nissan name was given prominence in 1983-although in some export markets vehicles continued to wear both the Datsun and Nissan badges until 1986.

) Another US $ 50 million was spent on Datsun advertisements that were paid for but stopped or never used.

Five years after the name change program was over, Datsun still remained more familiar than Nissan.

In 2001, Nissan marketed its D22 pick-up model in Japan with the name Datsun, this time however the use of the brand name was wholly restricted to this one specific model name.

It was exported as the Datsun 240Z.

The final victim in Los Angeles was discovered on February 16, 1978, when a helicopter pilot spotted an orange Datsun abandoned off a cliff in the Los Angeles Crest area.

The 128 was voted European Car of the Year for 1970, and continued to be acclaimed by the press throughout its lifetime: the magazine Road & Track placed the 128 above the Datsun B210, Toyota Corolla, Mazda 808, and Subaru DL but behind the Volkswagen Golf ( which was launched in 1974 some five years after the 128 ) and Honda Civic in a comparison test, praising it as a " driver's car " with " excellent " brakes and " outstanding handling ".

The origins of the Maxima began in July 1976 as the Datsun 810, an upscale six-cylinder version of the Bluebird, and was spun into its own line in 1981, having been made continuously since then.

The Maxima model line began with the six-cylinder Nissan Bluebird G6, which was available in the US as the Datsun 810 from February 1977.

With a longer nose than the regular Bluebird, to accommodate a longer inline-six engine, it was powered by two versions of the SOHC L-series I6 engine: a 2. 0 L displacement for the Japanese market and a 2. 4 L unit ( as found in the Datsun 240Z ) for the US market.

The new Datsun 280ZX shared the 810's chassis, though the 810 was not available with that car's larger 2. 8 L engine.

This was the last generation to be available as a station wagon, a version which had been offered since the Datsun 810 days.

Included is the laptop computer used by Daniel Pearl, the bloodstained notebook of Michael Weisskopf, and the 1976 Datsun 710 belonging to Don Bolles that was bombed in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U. S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600.

The Datsun 1600 P510 was built in South Africa in Pretoria between 1969 and 1974.

Only 20 examples of the S211 were built, making the S211 the rarest of all Datsun models.

Various Rambler models were assembled in New Zealand from the early 1960s until 1971 by Campbell Motors in Thames ( later Toyota New Zealand ), which had also built Toyota, Datsun, Hino, Renault, and Peugeot cars.

The LZ engine was built purely for Datsun / Nissan competition use.

The Datsun truck line began with the 17T, built between 1937 and 1944.

The Datsun 520 was built from 1965 until 1969 ( the 420 designation was skipped ).

Not until 1955 did Datsun offer an indigenous design.

This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped the Datsun badge.

He was driving his blueZ ( S30 ) until, after a humiliating loss to Tatsuya Shima, he discovered the " Devil Z ", a Nissan Fairlady S30 Z ( known as the Datsun 240Z / 260Z / 280Z in certain markets ) which is supernaturally fast and extremely hard to drive.

In February 1972, the Datsun 620 truck was released and was in production until 1979.

* 1955 Datsun 110

The popular and economical Datsun / Nissan compact pickup truck was produced in Japan from 1955 and has been sold in large numbers across all continents.

The Datsun 120 was a load carrying bodystyle version of the Datsun 1000 sedan, and was introduced in January 1955 as the first Datsun truck with up-to-date styling.

The Apollo appeared around the same time as the introduction of the Toyota Cressida, Datsun 810, the 1968-1976 Mercedes-Benz 300E, 1972-1981 BMW 528 and the Audi 100.

After the introduction of the re-engined 220-series truck, a modernized low-cost option, the Datsun 124, was introduced in October 1957.

Compact trucks were also introduced to the USA, with the Toyota Hilux and the Datsun Truck, followed by the Mazda Truck also sold as the Ford Courier, with Isuzu selling their compact truck as the Chevrolet LUV.

The Datsun Urvan Carlos Paião was travelling in, collided head on with a truck that was irregularly overtaking a broken car </ br ></ br >

The SPL212 was based on the Datsun 223 truck.

The badge on the trunk lid was the same badge that was used on the Datsun 223 truck.

Like the SPL212, the SPL213 was based on the Datsun 223 truck.

* Datsun 620 truck ( 1974 )

The 220 was the first Datsun truck to be equipped with a 12 volt electrical system.

The Red team's vehicle is a Datsun pickup truck, which is eventually destroyed by the Green team.