The nissan 1400 was only discontinued in 2009 here in south africa here are some modern pics of the not much has change basicly looks the same !!!!! So we still get a whole lot of spares for them!!!!!!!First, the Bakkie (South African slang for pickup truck). The original Nissan model was released in 1971 as the Sunny, a model range which included sedan, coupe and pickup variants. A simple, rugged front engined design with a live rear axle, it was originally powered by a 1.2L, 65ps pushrod four cylinder and rather interestingly, Nissan continued to manufacture it long after production of the Sunny sedan and Coupe ceased. In fact, Nissan continued to make the Sunny Truck in Japan until 1994, giving it one of the longest production runs of any Japanese car.



But it doesn’t end there…Nissan Sunny’s began production in South Africa in 1971 as well, but rather amazingly, Nissan South Africa continues to make the Bakkie to this very day (production of the sedans and coupes stopped in the 70s just like Japan though). It’s been upgraded to 1.4L (but still 62ps) and still looks exactly like the 70s child that it really is (check out that interior!)

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