1930s
Datsun 14
Aikawa
soon
recognized
the
excellence
of
the
DAT
car
and
acquired
the
manufacturing
rights.
Following
mergers,
Kwaishinsha
became
DAT
Jidosha
Seizo
Co.,
Ltd.,
and
in
1930
the
firm
built
a
new
compact
car.
The
Datson
(son
of
DAT)
then
completed
a
grueling
test
run
between
Osaka
and
Tokyo
without
a
hitch.
Its
name
was
changed
to
Datsun
in
1932.
Aikawa
then
established
Jidosha
Seizo
Co.,
Ltd.,
in
1933
to
ramp
up
production.
In
1934,
the
company
was
renamed
Nissan
Motor
Co.,
Ltd.
The
Yokohama
Plant
—
Japan's
first
automobile
mass
production
facility
—
launched
the
following
year,
and
Nissan
began
exporting
cars
to
Asia,
Central
and
South
America
and
other
regions.
The
Automobile
Manufacturing
Industries
Act
was
enacted
in
1936
to
promote
the
domestic
auto
industry,
and
domestic
cars
gradually
replaced
imports
on
Japanese
roads.
1931
| August | ▪ |
Datsun Passenger car |
1932
| April | ▪ |
Datsun Model 10 |
| September | ▪ |
Datsun Model 11 |
1933
| October | ▪ |
Datsun Model 12 
Datsun Model 12 |
| December | ▪ |
Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd., predecessor of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., is established in Yokohama with paid-in capital of ¥10,000,000. Yoshisuke Aikawa is named the new company's president. 
Yoshisuke Ayukawa |
1934
| April | ▪ |
Datsun Model 13 |
| May | ▪ |
Construction of the Yokohama Plant is completed. Production of tools commences. |
| June | ▪ |
The
Company
name
is
changed
to
Nissan
Motor
Co.,
Ltd. 
The first Datsuns are exported |
1935
| April | ▪ |
Datsun Model 14 The first car manufactured by a fully integrated assembly system rolls off the line at the Yokohama Plant. 
Datsun Model 14 |
| May | ▪ |
The corporate mark is chosen. |
1936
| May | ▪ |
Datsun Model 15 
Datsun Model 15 |
1937
| April | ▪ |
Datsun Model 16 
Datsun Model 16 |
| June | ▪ |
Nissan
Passenger
car
Model
70 
Nissan Passenger car Model 70 |
1938
| April | ▪ |
Datsun Model 17 
Datsun Model 17 |