Datsun Fair Lady Roadster 1600
While searching for a Datsun 240Z we came across its - sort of - predecessor: the Datsun 1600 Roadster, the elegantly civilized convertible that became known as Datsun Fairlady. That name was the idea of the then…
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Datsun Z
An affordable, reliable sports car with appearance and comfort, which is easy to use on a daily basis; that was the starting point with which Datsun/Nissan wanted to tap into a new market in the 1960s. Nissan had already kicked off with the Fairlady, under the…
Datsun Fair Lady
Spring cleaning is a thing. But no household dust traps can compete with the digital photo material you park, store or simply save once. The whole world can fit in a solid state hard drive. Afterwards you sometimes wonder in mild bewilderment how images and text material ended up there. So you will find a set of photos of a very elegant Japanese classic: The Datsun Fairlady.
The New Cars of 1970. Part Two
Today we present part two of the fascinating car year 1970, in which we describe a number of newcomers. Ford came up with More car between the wheels, Datsun provided the icing on the cake and Mazda sang A Capella. In other words: in this…
Datsun, not Austin
Wherever you read, whatever you read about the very first Datsun, it is made clear to you every time that it was a Japanese-built Austin Seven for the Japanese market. Unfortunately, that's nonsense. The DAT Corporation in Yokohama…
The Datsun Cherry
A Datsun Cherry has a somewhat lower 'WOW!' factor than a Porsche 911. But many more were sold. The discovery of such a Datsun makes us think back for a moment: The Datsun Cherry scored Because it was a…
Nissan Laurel (C31). The fat one from Datsun
The upper class, or those who want to pass for it, now invariably talk about premium. Interesting. The people continue to consistently call it fat. Nice and short. But in fact there is the somewhat hysterically adored class of the larger sedan...
The Nissan Prairie. Just as strange as the AMC Pacer
And those Pacers are also quite popular now. While in, and shortly after, their time, they were worth nothing about twice. The Nissan Prairie was seen as just such a strange rabbit. So who knows how sought after it will be?…
The first twenty years of Nissan in the Netherlands
The importer recently reflected on this: Nissan has been active in the Netherlands for 50 years. The Japanese set foot on Dutch soil in 1966. The first series of Nissans arrived in the Netherlands in 1966: the Datsun Bluebird and the slightly larger…
AMK Classic research: participate!
Can you take your classic or youngtimer to the dealer or do you have to go to a brand specialist? Will an importer do anything for you if you have a classic? Let us know in the big AMK Classic Survey! Perhaps you have…