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Sunny is Nissan's B-class (subcompact) car family, and includes the legendary Datsun 1200. The Sunny name was chosen by a contest in 1966. 8 million entries were received and the name was announced 19 February 1966 at the Sendagaya Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
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Overview
- B10 1966-1970 Datsun Sunny 1000/Datsun 1000
- B20 1968-1970 Datsun Sunny 1000 Truck/Datsun 1000 "ute"
- B110 1970-1973 (South Africa until 1975)
- Japan: ダットサン サニー 1200 (Datsun Sunny 1200)
- Australia/USA: Datsun 1200
- UK: Datsun Sunny 1200
- PB110 1971-1973 ダットサン サニー エクセレント (Datsun Sunny Excellent) 1400. However, the Sunny name was emphasized and the Datsun name de-emphasized, usually not appearing in advertisments. Catalogs etc. do say "ダットサン サニー" (Datsun Sunny).
- nickname: サニー ロングノーズ (Sunny long-nose)
- B120 1971-1994 Datsun Sunny Truck
- nickname: サニトラ (sanitora, shortened form of "Sunny Truck")
- Japan 1971~1980: ダットサン サニー トラック (Datsun Sunny Truck)
- Japan ~1980-1984: サニー トラック (Sunny Truck)
- Japan 1989-1994: ニッサン サニー トラック (Nissan Sunny Truck)
- Australia Datsun 1200 "ute" (1971-1985)
- New Zealand: Roadstar, Sportstar (1980-1985)
- B140 1985-2007 B140/Nissan LDV 1400 "bakkie" (Nissan South Africa)
- B210 1973-1978 Datsun Sunny/Datsun 120Y,140Y/Datsun B-210
- B310 1978-1982 Datsun Sunny/Datsun 210/Datsun 120Y,130Y,140Y,150Y
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The Move to FWD
- B11-B17 1983- Nissan Sunny/Nissan-Datsun Sentra/Nissan Tsuru models FWD
Some later FWD Sunnys were marketed as a Pulsar in some markets. The Sunny family was dropped in Japan after 2004, but continued on in USA as B15U Sentra, and Sunny is still used as a regional market name for various models such as the Almera Sunny.
Main: Model_names#FWD Sunny
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