Nissan Motor Company Cars timeline

Nissan Safari is First Produced

The Nissan Safari is a four-wheel drive vehicle manufactured by Nissan in Japan since 1980. Outside of Japan, it is known as the Nissan Patrol—a... Read more

Nissan Datsun 220 is First Produced

The popular and economical Datsun/Nissan compact pickup truck was produced in Japan from 1955 and imported to the United States, Australia,... Read more

Nissan Gloria is First Produced

The Gloria (Japanese: 日産・グロリア) is a large luxury car made from 1959 by the Prince Motor Company, and later by Nissan Motors since its merger with... Read more

Datsun Sports S211 is First Produced

The Datsun Sports (called Fairlady in the home market), was a series of roadsters produced by Nissan in the 1960s. The series was a predecessor to... Read more

Nissan Homy is First Produced

The Nissan Homy was built and sold by the Prince Motor Company before the merger of Nissan in 1965 and the Homy was the first vehicle to be... Read more

Nissan President is First Prodcued

The Nissan President is a Japanese luxury limousine introduced by Nissan in the 1960s and sold only in the Japanese market. It is a luxury sedan... Read more

Nissan Laurel is First Produced

The Nissan Laurel was introduced by Nissan in 1968 as the new luxury model to slot above the 1968 Bluebird 510 & with the same sense of luxury... Read more

Nissan R381 is First Produced

The Nissan R381 was a racing car developed by Nissan Motors in 1968 for use in the Japanese Grand Prix. It was the successor to the Nissan R380-II,... Read more

Nissan R382 is First Produced

The Nissan R382 was a racing car built in 1969 by Nissan Motors for competition in the Japanese Grand Prix. Built to the Group 7 motorsports... Read more

Nissan R383 is First Produced

The Nissan R383 was a race car built in 1970 by Nissan Motors that was planned for use in the 1970 Japanese Grand Prix. Replacing the Nissan R382,... Read more

Nissan Datsun 140J/160J (710 Series) is First Produced

Before the Stanza, there was the (Japanese: Nissan Violet), a sister car to the Nissan Sunny, which sold outside Japan under Nissan's Datsun marque... Read more

Nissan Caravan is First Produced

The Nissan Caravan is a van designed by Nissan for use as a fleet vehicle or cargo van. Outside Japan the car was sold as either Nissan Urvan or... Read more

Nissan 200SX is First Produced

The SX name refers to several models of automobile sold by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. around the world. Beginning in 1974, the "200SX" badging was... Read more

Nissan Maxima is First Produced

The Nissan Maxima is a full-size car manufactured by Nissan, marketed as the "four-door sports car". The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale... Read more

Nissan Datsun Bluebird 810 (Datsun 160B/180B) is First Produced

The Nissan Bluebird is a compact- to medium-sized car launched in 1957. The nameplate still exists today on the Nissan Pulsar-based Nissan Bluebird... Read more

Nissan Stanza is First Produced

The Nissan Stanza started out in Japan as the Nissan Violet in 1973, and then was split into two other models in 1977 called the second generation... Read more

Nissan Pulsar is First Produced

The Nissan Pulsar was a compact car/small family car produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan from 1978, when it debuted as a subcompact car, to... Read more

Nissan Sunny B310 Series (Datsun 210) is First Produced

The final rear-wheel-drive Sunny from model year 1978 to 1982 featured numerous variants, including a fastback station wagon as well as more... Read more

Nissan Gazelle is First Produced

The Nissan Gazelle is a compact three-door hatchback produced by Nissan, based on the Nissan S platform. It was produced for the Japanese and... Read more

Nissan Leopard F30 is First Produced

The Nissan Leopard is a line of luxury sports cars built by Japanese carmaker Nissan. The Leopard began life in 1980 and was discontinued in 1999.... Read more

Nissan March/Micra is First Produced

The Nissan March (マーチ Māchi?) (known outside Asia as the Nissan Micra) is a supermini produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 1982. Since... Read more

Nissan Sentra is First Produced

The Nissan Sentrawas compact car produced by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. The... Read more

Nissan Prairie is First Produced

The Nissan Prairie, introduced in Japan in 1981 and Europe in 1982, was a car from Japanese manufacturer Nissan. It was also known as the Multi in... Read more

Nissan Z31 is First Produced

The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Datsun/Nissan 300ZX. This continued until 1985 when Nissan standardized their... Read more

Nissan 300C is First Produced

The Nissan 300C was the name applied to the export version of the Nissan Cedric Y30 series, a luxury car made by the Japanese manufacturer Nissan.... Read more