Today’s pickup truck market is a pretty crowded space, with competitive entries from Ford, Chevy/GMC, Ram, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. But before the Japanese got into the full-size game, they were making compact light trucks that appealed to folks who wanted the utility of a pickup bed, but couldn’t spare the space (or expense) of
Never heard of a 510? Well, when Datsun (the company that would eventually become Nissan) wanted to build a new passenger car, it picked a lofty benchmark: the popular BMW 2002. The result was the Datsun Bluebird–but, when it came to the United States, Datsun changed the car’s name to the 510. “They must’ve thought
To Japanese car nuts, the letters GTR carry the same gravity as, say, the letters “COPO” or “CJ” or “SRT” do to domestic gearheads. Nissan first applied the famous GT-R badge back in 1969, to denote a performance variant of its Skyline passenger car. Note: Don’t confuse the Nissan Skyline with the Ford Skyliner—they’re totally
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