The R32 GTR was the giant killer and cemented the "Godzilla" nickname.Īfter Nissan cancelled production of the 1973 version, they bought it back again in 1989. Things really go interesting with the 1985 launch of the the seventh-generation Skyline, with the "Nissan Skyline R31 2000 GTSR" reintroducing the 6-cylinder DOHC engine. Demand for high-performance sports cars in the early 1970s was weak so just 197 cars were. The second generation ran from 1972 to 1977 andd was known at the KPGC10 and was powered by a 1989 cc inline six S20 engine. Known as "PGC10" it was powered by a 2.0 L DOHC S20 I6 making 160 hp and 87 lb/ft of torque. The first generation G-R ran from 1969 to 1972. And it has proved itself to be an icon for Nissan and has achieved much fame and success on both the road and track. In 1969 Nissan first produced a high performance version of its Skyline range called the Nissan Skyline GTR. We decided that Nissan's true sportscar deserved its own section. On this page we list all the Nissan models over the years. Today, Nissan–which dropped the Datsun name in the mid-1980s–is one of Japan's largest car manufacturers and for car fans it had produced iconic cars that definitely belong on this site, the famous Z sports car and GT-R are just two that come to mind. Nissan has marketed vehicles under a few names, including the Datsun brand name. subsidiary, Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A., in 1959, headed by Yutaka Katayama. Nissan management realized their Datsun small car line would fill an unmet need in markets such as Australia and the world’s largest car market, the United States. This engine powered the new Datsun 510, which gained Nissan respect in the worldwide sedan market.īy the 1950s Nissan had decided to expand into worldwide markets. In 1967 Nissan introduced its new highly advanced four cylinder overhead cam Nissan L engine, which while similar to Mercedes-Benz OHC designs was a totally new engine designed by Nissan. The CEO of Nihon Sangyou, Yoshisuke Aikawa, was excited about starting an auto division of the company, so when other shareholders were less enthusiastic, Aikawa bought them out and began focusing on building Nissan manufacturing plants.Nissan continued making Datsuns, the kind of car they’d been making for years, as well as producing trucks and planes for the Japanese army.Īfter the war, Nissan partnered with various automakers to build vehicles for them, including Austin Motor Company in the 1950s and 1960s and a merger with Prince Motor Company in 1966, which introduced vehicles to the Nissan lineup that are still in production to this day. A company called Nihon Sangyou, or Japan Industries, merged with what would become Nissan Motor Company in 1931.
The company produced its first car three years later and called it the DAT. Nissan’s beginnings go all the way back to 1911 when Masujiro Hashimoto founded Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works.
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