1 posted on
03/25/2012 1:17:08 AM PDT by
derfel
To: derfel
Nissan shot itself in the foot taking away the Datsun brand in the mid-1980s, confusing potential car-buyers. Datsun was a very well-known brand, particularly for their racing heritage with the sportscar line. I am glad they brought the name back, although I don’t like the idea that the name is only being used in 3rd-world countries for their low end of the line. I own several vintage Datsun sportscars, one is a 1966 with over 150hp that leaves modern cars in the dust - still runs great even with modern gasoline having 10 percent ethanol. These cars are rugged.
2 posted on
03/25/2012 1:34:02 AM PDT by
roadcat
To: derfel
3 posted on
03/25/2012 1:34:19 AM PDT by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: derfel
4 posted on
03/25/2012 1:35:08 AM PDT by
onona
(Dicky Betts is one ramblin man !)
To: derfel
Wow.. I am having flashbacks about the 240Z, then the 260Z, and then the 280Z.
Stopped keeping track after that. Nice cars, though.
To: derfel
My first car was a Datsun. It served me well for about seven years. Some good memories with that car.
9 posted on
03/25/2012 2:33:32 AM PDT by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: derfel
I remember the Datsun pickups. They were pretty good trucks. I currently own a 2004 Nissan Frontier and unfortunately it is a POS.
12 posted on
03/25/2012 4:23:31 AM PDT by
MachIV
To: derfel
Datsun 240Z. A classic.
16 posted on
03/25/2012 5:25:21 AM PDT by
6SJ7
(Meh.)
To: derfel
YEAH!
Dump ALL this new Age BS! of the hippy+ generations!
18 posted on
03/25/2012 5:54:04 AM PDT by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: derfel
Loved my old datsun truck, run and run and run on a dollar of gas. 55 cents a gallon. Left the 383 Plymouth in the drive when went to school.
To: derfel
21 posted on
03/25/2012 6:52:54 AM PDT by
JohnnyP
To: derfel
My stepmother had a Datsun B210 that she loved, drove it until the wheels nearly fell off of it, then gave it to her son.
My first time in a car over 100mph was in a Datsun 240Z.
Mark
26 posted on
03/25/2012 9:43:36 AM PDT by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: derfel
It cost them over $200 million to switch their name from Datsun to Nissan. I could never figure out why. Neither word has any connotation in English: equally null, not positive, not negative, just random pairings of syllables, as far as Americans are concerned. Maybe the words have meanings to the Japanese.
28 posted on
03/25/2012 9:53:11 AM PDT by
Colinsky
To: derfel; a fool in paradise
I'm still waiting for the revival of the legendary Trabi brand!
It's NOT GUILTY fer shore!
To: derfel
'76 Datsun B210. One of the best damn cars I've ever owned.
44 posted on
03/25/2012 5:20:49 PM PDT by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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