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(Posted on Apr 30, 2019 at 08:18PM by Billy Kirk)

â€œNissanâ€ as you know it wasnâ€™t always, well, Nissan.

Hereâ€™s the scoop: Back in 1914, Kwaishinsha Co.â€™s Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama and Meitaro Takeuchi endeavored to build an automobile. They used the first letter of each of their last names to christen the 10-HP machine they produced the â€œDAT,â€ which means â€œlivelyâ€ or â€œagileâ€ in Japanese.

In the same year, Lila Company and Kwaishinsha Co. merged; five years later in 1919, the aforementioned merged with Jitsuyo Jidosha Co., a three-wheel-car producer. The result was Dat Jidosha Seizo Co. Then, in 1931, that entity teamed up with Tobata Casting Company to make â€œDatsonâ€ cars (literally â€œson of DATâ€). Later, that name would be tweaked to â€œDatsunâ€ to reflect the national symbol of Japan, the sun. If youâ€™ve been around a while, you may even remember Datsun machines, even if youâ€™re American!

Finally, on June 1, 1934, Nihon Sanyo and Tobata Casting paired up, eventually leading to the creation of â€œNissan Motors.â€

Thatâ€™s quite the storiedâ€”and complexâ€”history, isnâ€™t it? If you have any questions or wish to learn more, donâ€™t hesitate to give us a call at Kirkland Nissan today!