The 1933 Datsun Type 12 was a small car produced by
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Description
The 1933 Datsun Type 12 was a small car produced by Nissan under
Datsun
Datsun (, ) was a Japanese automobile manufacturer brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun. Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in Marc ...
marque (which was used by DAT for their line of small cars). After the DAT corporation was absorbed into Nissan, these cars continued to be produced, and the original model name was maintained. The Type 12 was basically similar to the earlier 1932
Datsun Type 11, but had a larger engine.
Japanese laws at that time did not require a license to drive automobiles with small-displacement engines. DAT/Nissan produced the Type 11 as their entry into this market. The original limitation for this class of vehicles was 500 cc displacement engines, but that was changed to 750 cc in 1933. Nissan responded to this change by producing a larger engine, and gave the more powerful car a new name, the Type 12. The Type 12 was superseded by the
Datsun Type 13 in July 1934.
References
Nissan Heritage Collection* Ken Togo's pape
Infant Industry Policy: A Case of Japanese Automobile Industry Before 1945* Christopher Madeley's pape
Kaishinsha, DAT, Nissan and the British Motor Vehicle Industry
External links
* {{cite web , title=1933 Datsun 12 , work=Early Datsun Homepage , url=http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun12.html , accessdate=August 23, 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812002128/http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun12.html , archive-date=August 12, 2010 , url-status=dead
Type 12
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars introduced in 1933