# Surprised nobody posted this...Datsun coming back? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522 "2012-04-26T18:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/1 "2012-04-26T18:32:19Z")
Interesting, I wonder what their product line will look like. > **[Nissan resurrects the Datsun brand | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/business/nissan-datsun-resurrection/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)** > > Nissan Motor Company announced the return of the Datsun brand after 30 years, with plans to introduce a low-cost car in several emerging markets in 2014. > (CNN) – Nissan Motor Company announced the return of the Datsun brand after 30 years, with plans to introduce a low-cost car in several emerging markets in 2014. > In a nod to the growing importance of developing markets, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn made the announcement Tuesday in Indonesia, one of three markets the new car line will debut. > “The Datsun brand has a global mission, but when you go on a global mission you start with priorities and today we said our priority are three: They are Indonesia, they are India and they are Russia,” Ghosn said. > “That doesn’t mean that we are going to be limiting it to there. This is the first step of development, which are these three markets, but absolutely not excluding other high growth markets or other emerging markets from the range of Datsun,” he added. > The Datsun brand first emerged in Japan in 1923 but was phased out in the 1980s as the company focused on mid-market buyers and its upscale Infiniti brand, launched in 1989. The new line will capitalize on the Datsun tradition of low-cost, sporty cars marketed in burgeoning economies where many young drivers are first-time buyers. > Nissan expands in Indonesia Nissan unveils ‘Batmobile’ When Carlos Ghosn gets tough Nissan CEO: Optimistic about 2012 > The company also plans to include a “green” line of Datsun cars. > Ghosn drew an analogy to Japan’s economy when it launched the Datsun brand and today’s Indonesian economy, which has grown steadily at about 6% per year. The country is the fourth most populous nation in the world with 250 million people. > “Datsun was introduced to Japan to bring reliable, afford and contemporary technology to consumers who had too few choices,” Ghosn said at the Indonesia press conference. “Today, this is the very situation in Indonesia. There is a growing segment of up and coming customers who have few choices. They can buy motorcycles, they can buy used vehicles or they can buy a new vehicle but one based on older technology. We will offer them an exciting new choice.” > The company also announced plans to invest $400 million in Indonesia production, adding 3,300 jobs and producing 250,000 vehicles by 2014. Nissan sales outlets will increase to 150 in Indonesia by 2015, the company said. > “Datsun is part of our company heritage and will now contribute to its future,” Ghosn said. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/2 "2012-04-26T19:00:06Z")
Meh… ---
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/3 "2012-04-26T19:04:33Z")
News has been out for a while now, i’m pretty glad they are bringing it back. New badging looks pretty cool too. Almost like the original. ![http://cdn.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/New-Datsun-Logo.jpg](http://cdn.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/New-Datsun-Logo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/4 "2012-04-26T20:04:04Z")
It’s emerging market econ boxes and utility vans. Aka shit for Russia, India, Africa. Nothing cool, no 510 remake or anything like that. Don’t get excited. ---
**Author:** ![Axis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/axis/32/5149_2.png) [@Axis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axis)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/5 "2012-04-26T20:53:44Z")
FFFFFFUUUUUUUU Nissan for playing with my heart like that. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/6 "2012-04-26T21:10:52Z")
Datsun is the name Nissan uses when they do not want to be affiliated with crappy markets. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/7 "2012-05-01T13:28:55Z")
There was also a report about possibly bringing back the 240sx or a small FR sports car. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/8 "2012-05-01T13:32:25Z")
Under Nissan branding, not Datsun. ---
**Author:** ![gray\_es300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4af34b/32.png) [@gray\_es300](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gray_es300)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/9 "2012-05-01T13:34:23Z")
Is datsun going to be nissan’s scion? ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/10 "2012-05-01T13:38:50Z")
> [@gray\_es300](#): > > Is datsun going to be nissan’s scion? No, read the article ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/11 "2012-05-01T13:44:02Z")
They should make this reality: ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign1.jpg](http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign1.jpg) ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign3.jpg](http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign3.jpg) ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign4-1.jpg](http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign4-1.jpg) [http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/datsun-240z-neo-retro-rendering/](http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/datsun-240z-neo-retro-rendering/) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/12 "2012-05-01T13:57:40Z")
Yes they should. ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/13 "2012-05-01T17:41:43Z")
Want! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/14 "2012-05-01T17:52:28Z")
they are going to be nissan’s daewoo. ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/15 "2012-05-01T17:56:20Z")
Ugh since you put it that way… No longer want ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/16 "2012-05-01T18:12:27Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > They should make this reality: Ugh I wish. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/17 "2012-05-01T18:24:25Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > They should make this reality: > > ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/e/8e54e9099dd3a44f0d82c8ff8fbd03d6c35da8c0.jpeg) > > ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign3.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/a/8ab590e741beecd95e4f45ec426517fb7b393895.jpeg) > > ![http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/240zdesign4-1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/7/a7ba71ca5bc69549370db7d07a155fd23ad36e78.jpeg) > > [http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/datsun-240z-neo-retro-rendering/](http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/datsun-240z-neo-retro-rendering/) That shit is ugly compared to this: ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/18 "2012-05-01T19:05:15Z")
I hope you’re being sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/19 "2012-05-02T02:36:25Z")
Not at all. The one you posted look like it got to close to a fire. ---
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522/20 "2012-05-02T05:34:49Z")
This was drawn a few years back on one of the Z forums, im surprised i was able to find it on my computer. [ATTACH=CONFIG]20882[/ATTACH] [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/surprised-nobody-posted-this-datsun-coming-back/222522.md?page=2)