If you’ve been waiting for it, yes, your prayers have been answered – the Datsun redi-Go has received a little more pep in its step. The new variant – the 1.0 i-SAT – is the most powerful redi-Go model that will be available in India. It’s the same 999cc, three-cylinder petrol unit that does duty … [Read more…]
DATSUN HAS BEEN selling value for money cars in developing countries, since four years. The intention was to continue the same strategy in India, but the Go and Go+ failed miserably, thanks to Datsun’s ineffective cost-cutting measures. Realising the shortcomings, the Renault-Nissan family developed the Common Module Family (CMF) to produce the Kwid which managed … [Read more…]
Throughout the 1960s, Japanese carmakers were teetering on the brink of a sports car breakthrough. Toyota’s 2000 GT was a beauty, but with only 337 made, it was an exclusive curio. Honda was giving it a try too, with the dainty S600 and S800. As for Datsun, the MGB-lookalike Fairladies were relatively popular in Japan … [Read more…]
The similarity between the Datsun Fairlady and the MGB is quite astonishing. The Datsun actually appeared first, at the 1961 Tokyo Motor Show, followed a year later by the MGB. Hardly a great car in its early 1500cc guise, the Fairlady improved dramatically over the years, a foretaste of the Japanese car industry’s culture of … [Read more…]
It had various different designations, ranging from Fairlady Z to the S30 Nissan/Datsun, but most people seem happy to agree on Datsun 240Z. This was the first of the company’s Z-series sports cars, designed by Yoshihiko Matsuo. The rear-wheel drive, fixed-head coupe had clean and simple fastback lines with a sloping rear hatch. The six-cylinder … [Read more…]