Datsuns were made by Nissan. The story goes that to prevent loss of face for
Nissan if sales outside of Japan didn't fare well, the Datsun name was used.
The name itself goes back to DAT, formed by Messers D, A and T (don't
remember their names) who later produced the "son of DAT", the Datson. Which
was later changed to Datsun, because the earlier name sounded too much like
"to loose money" and the sun would be more fitting for a company from the
land of the rising sun. DAT was bought out and helped form Nissan.
Many say that Nissan destroyed their brand in the US, by changing the name
back to Nissan (remember "the name is Nissan" spots?). I'd love to see the
sales figures before and after.
Leigh Brooks
BADROC
> From: "Meston, Larry" <lkmeston@pscnet.com>
> Reply-To: "Meston, Larry" <lkmeston@pscnet.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 13:09:48 -0700
> To: "'Datsun Roadsters'" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Subject: " Nissan" Valve cover
>
>
> Recently someone pointed out that "Nissan" was embossed on my valve cover,
> and wanted to know how that could be since this was a Datsun roadster, and
> Datsun hadn't changed their name until sometime after 1969. I looked at him
> blankly and said "That's a good question, I'll ask the group"
> Is mine a 'retro' cover, or is this the way it came??
> Larry Meston
> 69 SU 2000
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