Information about the passenger cars built between 1932 and 1960 by the Nissan Motor Co. Cars built before the formation of the Nissan Motor Co. are on the Pre-Datsun page.
All Datsun sports cars are on the Fairlady page.
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Information about the passenger cars built between 1932 and 1960 by the Nissan Motor Co. Cars built before the formation of the Nissan Motor Co. are on the Pre-Datsun page. All Datsun sports cars are on the Fairlady page. |
| . | same era. It has a 1468cc 35hp 4cyl. engine
DATSUN DA 1947 The first new post-war Datsun. It used the same engine as the pre-war Datsun 17. 
DATSUN DB DELUXE 1951 Fitted with the new 860cc 20hp 4cyl. engine 
DATSUN DB-2 THRIFT SEDAN 1952 The Thrift was the 4 door version of the DB Deluxe. It has the same mechanicals as the Deluxe. 
DATSUN DELUXE 1954 If you have any information about this car, please let me know. 
DATSUN A 110 1955 The A 110 was available in 2 door and a 4 door sold as the Convar. It continued to use the 860cc 20hp 4cyl. engine from the DB. 
DATSUN/AUSTIN CAMBRIDGE A50 1956 Looks like every other Austin Cambridge doesn't it ! Look closer and you'll notice the rear vision mirrors (only the Japanese would put them up there) and those orange fog lights, look even closer and you'll see another feature Cambridges don't usually have, Build Quality ! Nissan built Austins under licence after the second World War. The Datsun version has a straight copy of the Austin 1498cc 4cyl. engine. After they stopped building Austins Nissan's own cars started to look like Austins. They took the Austin engine designs and improved them dramatically. They looked similar but were much more efficient and more powerful thanks to better balancing and greater precision in their manufacture. (put a Cedric cylinder head on an MGB and you'll get an extra 5hp minimum) 
DATSUN BLUEBIRD 210 1957 A big increase in power thanks to a new engine based on the Austin design. It had a 988cc 34hp 4cyl. engine. Nissan's production almost doubled after the introduction of this model. |