1911 Nissan's history goes back to the Kwaishinsha Co., an automobile factory started in Tokyo.
1914 A small passenger car was completed based on his own design, and in the following year the car made its debut on the market under the name of Dat Car.
1919 Jitsuyo Jidosha Co., Ltd., another predecessor of Nissan, was established in Osaka to manufacture Gorham-style three-wheeled vehicles.
1926 Kwaishinsha Co. and Jitsuyo Jidosha Co. merged to form Dat Jitsuyo Seizo Co.
1930 Osaka Plant of Dat Jidosha Seizo Co. is shown here from about year 1930.
1933 Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha ("Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd." in English) was established, taking over all the operations for manufacturing Datsun.
1934 Company name was changed to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
1935 The first small-size Datsun passenger car rolled off the assembly line at the Yokohama Plant. Datsun cars symbolized Japan's rapid advances in modern industrialization in those days.
Nissan 300ZX Accessories Nissan Altima Accessories Nissan Frontier Accessories Nissan Maxima Accessories Nissan Pathfinder Accessories Nissan Quest Accessories Nissan Sentra Accessories Nissan Xtera Accessories Nissan Maxima Accessories Nissan 350Z Accessories Nissan Maxima Accessories Nissan Murano Accessories
1936 Nissan purchased design plans and plant facilities from Graham-Paige Motors Corp. of the U.S. for the manufacture of passenger cars and trucks. As the signs of war grew stronger, however, production emhasis shifted from small-size Datsun passenger cars to military trucks.
1945 Nissan resumes production of Nissan trucks of the war.
1947 Production of Datsun passenger cars is continued.
1953 President Asahara and his staff are shown celebrating the first Austin that rolled off the line on April 6, 1953.
1959 Nissan is steadily putting in place a strong organisation to support the company's next stage of dramatic growth.
Nissan began early on to develop overseas manufacturing operations, starting with the initiation of knockdown production in Taiwan.
1960 Establishment of Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
President Kawamata, Mr. and Mrs. Deming at the party of the Deming Award, the first for the Japanese automotive industry, on May 4, 1960
