i am sure that DATSUN was bought out in 1979?? right ??...... i was just wondering?

datsun were still producing right but were only owned by nissan ? when did datsun cease completely in Australia and the world for that fact? anyone know

datsun became nissan, more info here .

daniel

That pretty much confirms what I had always heard. Datsun had always been a part of Nissan and they just dropped the Datsun name in the 80s.
I did find it interesting that they state the reason for the drop was Nissan didn't want to sell cars under two brands anymore. Then in the next sentence (or two or three) they introduce the Infinity line to compete with the Le Sux, oops that should be Lexus, brand of Toilet-a, oh sorry that should be Toyota.
Thanks for the link. I'm re-inspired to go work on my projects!

yeah that link was good!!
it always better to know the history of the car your driving!

i cant believe DATSUN went back to 1911........ GO THE DATTo

great link every datto lover should read

Nice site , plenty of cars, racing Datsuns, cool. One question, is anybody know where I could get a couple of Datsun logo license plates for my cars? I have a 1200 ute, a B210 and a 610 that would look good with a Datsun license plate.
Cheers.
I'm about to have a Fosters, in the name of the aussie fans!
Jaime

Datsun was a brand name for Nissan, like Chevrolet is for General motors.
Begining in 1979, Nissan began to change the corporate name from Datsun to Nissan to give better corporate identity. While I don't know about other parts of the world, here in the states, starting in 1979 vehicles were badged Datsun by Nissan. The plan was that by 1984 most would then be used to the Nissan name and starting as of 1985 vehicles were badged only as Nissan.
Nissan is one of the oldest new car manufacturers in Japan. The link will give those interested a history of the early beginings of the company.
And to answer your question in a more direct way, Datsun IS Nissan

how dear you put the lexus and toyota name in vain i have always beenm a toyota man and lexus man and i no this is a datsun site but i like dasuns more but i like lexus's and toyota's as well there is all ways a big fight in my 4wd club over nissan's and toyota's 4wd i say go you mighty toyota i now yes datsun well is nissan but i like toyota 4wd's more any way yer i just wanted to say dont diss lexus and toyota oww if your wondering why a lexus they are a bunch of rich p*ssy man's car have a look at the lexus is200 or is300 same body difrent motor cick ass car i reckon it would give a good old stock A-14/A-15 1200 a run for its money

toyota is just lucky DATSUN didnt bring out a 4WD! (or did they? not that i know of )

Yeap, I did not see Datsun 4WD but I did see Nissan 4WD.