Nissan Clipper
The Prince Clipper was a pickup truck, the Prince JIDOSHA Kōgyō first time in 1958 on the Japanese market in the versions flatbed brought ( automotive), minibus and van on the market. Clipper is translated from the English for proud horse that is a hit. Following the arrival of Nissan in Prince 1966, the model for Nissan Prince Clipper and of the newly created Nissan Prince dealer network was sold. Due to the complete takeover of Prince by Nissan in 1970 was the model for the Nissan Clipper and now distributed by the Nissan Cherry and Nissan Bluebird dealer network, as the Prince dealer network now only the high-priced vehicles such as: was reserved for Nissan Gloria and Nissan President.
Prince Clipper (1958-1966)
In October 1958, the sale of the Prince Clipper AQTI in Japan launched. The model had no conventional grille, but almost three oval holes at the top and 3 oval holes at the bottom of the front mask, which were edged with chrome. A 1484cm ³ four-cylinder petrol engine with 60PS power type GA30 and 4 -speed manual transmission drove the truck to a maximum of 2 tons of payload. A little later, a truck model based on the van version, the Japanese term for a van / minibus model. As of July 1960, the Clipper AQTI -2 followed. This had a gasoline engine type GA4 with 70PS power. In February 1961 was followed by the Super Clipper (type BQTI - 1) with a 1862cm ³ OHV GB30 four-cylinder petrol engine with 80PS and a maximum payload of 3 tons. From May 1962 This was supplemented by the Super Clipper BQTI -2 with an extended wheelbase, which stood for the Van versions. In March 1963, the series received 4 instead of 2 headlights, making it the first domestic medium-duty cab-over truck that had separate headlamps. The Clipper had now revised engines, where the performance of the 1.5 L on now 54kw/73PS and the Super Clipper with the 1.9 L rose to 71kW/96PS. For the 1.5L engine, there was an optional 5 -speed manual transmission, the 1.9 L it was Seriensstandard. By the time production ended in March 1966, the Prince Clipper was further built unchanged.
Nissan Prince Clipper 1966-1973 / 1973-1976 Nissan Clipper
In April 1966, the second generation of Clipper started, now as Nissan Prince Clipper T65. The grille now consisted of two ellipses with 2 chrome struts in accordance with the headlights. When driving the Nissan H20 1982cm ³ came 4- cylinder petrol engine with 99PS power and 5 -speed manual transmission used. In January 1973, the series became the Nissan Clipper T40, but remained identical.
Nissan Clipper 1976-1981
In May 1976, the Clipper Series C340 launched. It was a Nissan Caball C340, but the grille of the Clipper has been designed based on the previous models. The Van models were no longer being built. Furthermore, came the Nissan H20 , now revised, with 5-speed manual transmission used. In December 1981, production ended and the model replaced the Nissan Atlas, which is being built in Europe as Nissan Cabstar.