Aymesaᵂ (Automóviles de Ecuador) assembled CKDᵂ LHD Nissan 1200 Pickups in an in-country assembly plant from 1987-1999. This was necessary to meet government-mandated goals for domestic production. The 1200 was assembled in Quito, Ecuador.
1987 ... Se inicia la producción de la Datsun Pick Up
Production in Ecuador started in 1987.
Following the changes in Japan, Ecuador-built 1200s had brown LHD interior in the late 1980s, and 1990s models came with square headlights.
Production Figures
Production DATSUN 1200 * 1987 280 * 1988 464 * 1989 341 * 1990 635 * 1991 540 * 1992 934 * 1993 926 * 1994 1400 * 1995 1311 * 1996 479 * 1997 568 * 1998 642 * 1999 360 TOTAL 8880
1994 Production DATSUN 1200 * Jan: 79 * Feb: 121 * Mar: 120 * Apr: 120 * May: 80 * Jun: 150 H1 total: 670
Ecuador EXPORTS DATSUN 1200 * 1992 0 * 1993 10 * 1994 1 * 1995 0 * 1996 0 * 1997 0 * 1998 0 * 1999 0
AYASA
The largest Nissan distributor in Ecuador was Ayasa (Automotores y Anexos S.A.). The company was founded in 1963 and it began importing and selling the Nissan Junior. In 1970 they began to import Datsun 1000 and Datsun 1200. In 1982 government authorities decided to ban the import of vehicles, so in 1985 Ayasa decided to import the 1200 Pickup kits. Assembly began in 1987 through an agreement with AYMESA which came to assemble 8,880 units in 13 years.
Used 1200s
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