Nissan Shatai

The Nissan Shatai K. K. (Jap.日 产 车体 株式会社, Nissan Shatai kabushiki - gaisha; . engl Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. ) is an existing since 1946 automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Hiratsuka. With a majority share of 43 percent of the Japanese Nissan Group is the main shareholder. Other pieces of the manufacturer are located in Canada and Yukuhashi.

The company was formed after the Second World War as a successor company of the aircraft manufacturer Nippon Kokusai Koku KK Kōgyō Initially, you set up the work and for the production of car bodies and railway carriages. So it was at that time various clients for those Nikkoku Sangyo YK given. With the separation of the automotive industry on April 1, 1949, the Shin- Nikkoku Sangyo YK was created. In the early fifties, finally, Nissan became aware of the company and led negotiations with the aim to take over the work. In June 1951, finally came to the agreement and the alliance with Nissan was announced.

The production of complete vehicles was the Nissan Patrol, for some export markets also called Datsun Patrol in September 1951, was added. Especially in the military and the authorities, the interest for the model was great. But just as in the export the model rapidly gained importance, including Australia and some African markets. Barely five years later was able to build a second factory of the manufacturer after his success. The new production plant in Uji should be determined, in particular for the production of commercial vehicles. So was the first built here the model Datsun Pickup which was determined in its first generation products manufactured here for export only. Already in 1960 the works were converted to new generations of models to bring to the market. Parallel to the new PickUp also the Datsun Caball was built in Uji now that rolled off the assembly line here as a bus.

After further investment, the works were expanded in 1963, and got more assembly lines. In this, the company had the Datsun Fairlady as well as the Nissan Echo final assembly. The Echo platform shared with the Caball. Mid-sixties, the revised version of the Fair Lady as well as the new generation of the PickUp came on the market. The Caball as well as the echo followed a year later. At the same time, the assembly of the Datsun Sunny was launched. The export of these answered to the name Datsun 1000th another market success could Nissan Shatai from 1970 mentioned with their Datsun Fairlady Z sports car post. With its aggressive, sporty as well as elegant design of these competed against sports cars like the Porsche 911 and the Ferrari Dino 246 Similarly, the new Datsun Sunny, now called the export Datsun 1200, was in 1970 one of the world's top models.

End of 1971, the work has now established the new Nissan Civilian as the successor of the echo on the Japanese market. Unlike the predecessor, it now based on a specially developed platform. A few months later they finally split on the series of pickups. So there was a new generation the PickUp double cab and a smaller cargo area. The truck, however, put the top version and was available in different variations. At the end of 1972, with the models Nissan Caravan and Nissan Homy add a minibus. On the platform of the Sunny from 1973 offered Datsun Violet built on. Like its two predecessors, this was particularly intended for export. So most of the units of the vehicle rolled under the names Datsun 140J and 160J Datsun from the tape. The last generation of Caball followed in 1976 and built on the current platform of Civilian on. Furthermore, it was introduced the new generation of the successful Fairlady Z in August 1978. Stylistically, this very oriented to the design of its predecessor. The Sunny has been set and now more fully the Violet. The export designations which have been retained. New, however, was the combination model. Also intended for the export of Datsun 180SX were as the Datsun 200SX identical, both of which are comparable with the Japanese Nissan Silvia. The Pickup Truck models and were reprinted as the last vehicles of the Seventy in October 1979. The production of the Patrol was meanwhile set a short time for a modernization of facilities.

From the eighties Nissan gradually separated from the brand name Datsun. The Violet appeared as the first Datsun model now under the Nissan label. Only for the PickUp, the company retained the brand name Datsun. The previously built as Caball bus had just replaced with a Nissan model. The following introduced the Nissan Atlas, but this time as a flatbed. The replacement for the Violet Wagon introduced the Nissan AD Van, the successor to the Stanza Wagon was provided by a same minivan, which itself heard in Japan in the name of Nissan Prairie.

The current model range of the company is yet to be dominated by the Nissan Patrol and Nissan PickUp. The successor of the Fairlady Z was abandoned because the assembly plant in Hiratsuka had to be closed for financial reasons in October 2000. Only nine years later, a new plant will be opened. Here is the latest generation of the Patrol are built. Likewise, the Infiniti QX56 is built there.

Model Overview

• The model was produced in Hiratsuka. (Factory Code: X; Hiratsuka factory; 125,000 units / year)
• The model was produced in Kanda. (Factory Code: C; Kyōto- work; 120,000 units / year)
• The model was produced in Yukuhashi. (Factory Code: B; Shonan plant; 53,000 units / year)
• The model is manufactured in Hiratsuka and in Kanda.