Datsun Type 12

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The Datsun 12 was a development of the Datsun 11 The body hardly changed, but there were significant changes to the mechanics. For 1933, the rules regarding the maximum size of the engine for small cars in Japan have changed. Datsun had successfully made ​​an application to the government, so that the engine capacity was increased. Mr. Takeuchi, one of the largest investors in Datsun, was the cousin of the ex- Prime Minister of Japan and had therefore probably still good political connections. So there was now the new scheme that small cars must have ³ a maximum engine displacement of 750 cm. Datsun enlarged its engine to 748 cc, whereby the power increased to 12 hp.

The changes to the body concerned the doors, the upper edges were rounded off, causing the car was given a more pleasing shape. In the waistline was a frieze that ran around, painted in a contrasting color. While the engine and three -speed manual were produced either by the engine or Yanase Nihon Jidosha Corporation, the chassis supplied the Osaka factory of automotive Tobata Casting, which was shortly afterwards renamed Nissan. 1934 sparked the Datsun 13 150 copies built after the model.