hey im looking at buying a 1200 ute and i found one thats an 85 model and my step dad thinks that its wrong he thought they stopped making them aroung the 79's or 80's so i was wondering if anyone could help me out

think 85 was the last of the in oz use the search button dude ova there<<<<<<<

I had one marked as an 86 in melbourne up antill early this year

yep ok then lol i didnt even think of trying that my bad. thanx

In Japan they made them up until 92-93, Sunny Trucks (1200 Utes). Not sure about the Sedans and Coupes.

Mine is an '85 model mate.
Matty

And of course they only stopped making them in South Africa this year,

I used to service one of the last 3 that came to WA, two yellow and one White..
wish I'd bought it of the guy that had it since new... ho hum...

ok then thanx for ya help fellas i found out they stopped making them in 86

Quote:Then what you have "found out" is a load of rubbish.
1986 was the last year that Nissan Australia imported them for sale within Australia, but manufacture continued on for quite a while.

To answer the question that you actually asked, manufacture was discontinued in Japan in 1992.[corrected to 1994] This was the Datsun Sunny 1200 Ute, however manufacture of a Datsun 1200 "derived" Ute, the South African built 'Bakkie' was not discontinued untill December 2007 & new vehicles held in stock were expected to supply demand untill the replacement vehicle could be prepared & offered in the marketplace, which is about now.

So you have two dates. The ONLY year that 'they' stopped making Datsun Sunny 1200 Utes was 1992[corrected to 1994] & the 'last time' that they stopped making a vehicle that was Datsun 1200 ute based was 2007.