Re: USA, here's some hard facts for one year: 1971. This is a great year to compare because it was a full year for the 240Z, 510, B110 and 521.



Datsun USA Sales, 1971

The 120Y would have to be up there, they were everywhere in the seventies.

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Interesting to see that at 66,655 units, the pickup outsold every other SINGLE model by a wide margin in that year.

Of course, when you add up all of the different 510 models it's another story, [105,023 units] but the pickup still romps home in second place.
Interesting too is the fact that the
510 wagon [42,654 units] outsold both the
510 four door sedan [37,485 units] & the
510 two door sedan [24,884 units]
These wagons are quite uncommon here in Australia to the point almost of being rare.

2dr 510's were produced in early 1973 for the u.s.
because it was a best seller, nissan kept it around for the first year of the 610

Sentra = Pulsar = Whatever else

Quote:Sales of the 510 two door must have picked up dramaticly in '72 to become a best seller because it was the least popular of the three bodystyles on offer in '71.
It sold a little over half as well as the station wagon & about 2/3rds as well as the four door sedan.
That the 510 was a popular car has never been called into question & I am VERY interested in a wagon if I can find one.

The wagons did not have Independent Rear Suspension like the sedans. Just a regular live axle. But the same 1600 L16 engine.

That reminds me of how much I disliked my 510 wagon. Don't get one with a 2-speed automatic transmission ...

i live in the us, the most popular datsun i have to say (that ive seen) is the Z car. i have never seen a ute in the states. i havent even seen a b210(120y) on the street before. gotta be the Z car

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but dont you have one?

I have seen more of the b210 here in the southern U.S. than any other model datsun