Manufacturer
Nissan
Japanese automaker headquartered in Yokohama. Its Datsun-badged trucks were the first Japanese pickups many Americans bought, and the brand moved from the Datsun name to Nissan in the US with the 1985 model year.
- Founded
- 1933-12-26 (as Jidosha-Seizo; Datsun/DAT lineage earlier)
- HQ
- Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Website
- nissan-global.com
Datsun 220/320 (1958-65 US debut), 520/521, 620 (1972-79), 720 (1980-86, built in Smyrna TN from 1983), Hardbody D21 (1986-97) and the D22 Frontier (1998-2004). Nissan has built its US trucks in Smyrna, Tennessee since 1983.