Datsun Enjoy The Ride

Datsun's roots go back in as much as 1911 when Masujiro Hashimoto created Kwaishinsha Motors with the dreams of establishing the 1st Japanese regular car manufacturing. The DAT model 31 was launched in 1914 which was named after the surnames of the company's partners, Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi.

The company changed its name to DAT Motor Firm in 1925 and started producing trucks in addition to the passenger cars they've manufactured. The initial DAT trucks have been built for the military industry but thanks to lower demands inside the 1920's, DAT considered merging with other automobile companies like the Jitsuyo Jidosha Co. and later became DAT Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in 1932. They began selling complete size automobiles on the Japanese marketplace till the issuance of a federal government ordinance that allowed 500cc vehicles being driven with out a permit. The firm then developed 495cc cars referred to as "Datson"(meaning son of DAT), a new line of small vehicles which were later renamed "Datsun" by the Tobato Imono Co. Since "Datson" was close to a Japanese word which meant "to lose money" it was changed to Dat - "sun" and utilized the rising sun motif for its emblems and to look after it from ill luck. Tobato Imono Co. afterwards sold the factory in Osaka and merged with Nihon Sangyo Co. and rebuilt its operations in Osaka below the name Jidosha Seizo and was then afterwards renamed Nissan Motor Co. in 1934.

In its early years, Nissan created replacement parts for Ford and Basic Motors who were definitely at the verge of being expelled from Japan through the new federal government. A year later on, Nissan came up with a complete line of vehicles on the market from trucks, buses, sedans to roadsters, phaetons and coupes. The Graham Paige designs had been released in 1936 on the Nissan brand, which led on the closure of Ford and GM operations in Japan.

The former Datsun firm also became involved in the Japanese war. The vehicles were afterwards presented towards the US industry after several tests. The initial Datsuns had been sold in California.