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Re: Datsun coming back?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 19:09:56 »
Wasn't Datsun mostly a name used in the USA?  I think some Datsun cars were sold as Nissans outside of the USA...??
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Re: Datsun coming back?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2013, 20:44:41 »
Datsun was the brand name until it was changed to Nissan somewhere in the 70's or thereabouts, in Europe also. So it was probably worldwide. I always wondered why they felt they had to change the name, I liked Datsun better myself.
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Re: Datsun coming back?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2013, 18:55:34 »
Apparently "Datsun" is a brand name owned by Nissan. Perhaps (in the past used like the brand name "Mercedes-Benz" of Daimler?). It seems that they are reviving the marque for use on a low-cost vehicle line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun

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Re: Datsun coming back?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2013, 23:32:13 »
We had Datsuns down under
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