Nissan signals the end of the road for Datsun cars

Nissan signals the end of the road for Datsun cars

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jbswagger

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729 posts

200 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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Nissan signals the end of the road for Datsun cars

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61212573

TameRacingDriver

18,047 posts

271 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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I always thought the Datsun name would have been good to keep for the Z cars. Datsun 350 / 370 Z has a bit of a ring to it I reckon.

deckster

9,630 posts

254 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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I've thought long and hard about this.

But there's no question. I haven't seen a single piece of motoring related news in the last decade that I've given less of a fk about. Makes you think.

livinginasia

846 posts

109 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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I looked at one of the Datsun's in Indonesia when my wife wanted a new car. It wasnt bad, and would have been ok for the roads there, but we ended up with a Honda HRV. There was a small 7 seater which is ideal for the Indonesian market, its a shame they weren't more successful. Funnily enough, people love Daihatsu's love there - they are everywhere !

Murph7355

37,647 posts

255 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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deckster said:
I've thought long and hard about this.

But there's no question. I haven't seen a single piece of motoring related news in the last decade that I've given less of a fk about. Makes you think.
People if a certain age... Like MG, Triumph, Rover etc.

230TE

2,506 posts

185 months

Monday 25th April 2022
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TameRacingDriver said:
I always thought the Datsun name would have been good to keep for the Z cars. Datsun 350 / 370 Z has a bit of a ring to it I reckon.
Funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing yesterday (while watching a couple of 240Zs howling round Snetterton in an HSCC race). Datsun would have made a great sub-brand for the interesting performance stuff. The Nissan badge first appeared in the UK on the Stanza and it didn't get any better after that. Micra, Almera, Juke...

anonymoususer

5,717 posts

47 months

Tuesday 26th April 2022
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I genuinely thought the name had goner years ago.