Classic Datsun Cars for Sale
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Datsun (now Nissan) produced some of the most exciting Japanese sports cars of the 1960s and 1970s. The legendary 240Z, 510, and Fairlady are icons of affordable performance.
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listings found
United States
1982 Datsun 720
$14,500
$16,495
United States
1982 Datsun 280ZX
$22,500
United States
1973 Datsun 240Z
$66,495
United States
1976 Datsun 620
$6,795
United States
1971 Datsun 521
$20,995
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1969 Datsun Fairlady
$9,995
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1973 Datsun 240Z
$56,995
United States
1979 Datsun 620
$22,995
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1974 Datsun 180B
$11,895
United States
1969 Datsun 2000
$22,495
United States
1982 Datsun 720
$9,495
United States
1976 Datsun 180B
$8,295
United States
1978 Datsun 280Z
$41,995
United States
1976 Datsun 280Z
$28,995
United States
1983 Datsun 280ZX
$21,695
United States
1973 Datsun 240Z
$45,995
$54,995
United States
1971 Datsun 240Z
$30,995
United States
1980 Datsun 280ZX
$30,995
United States
1972 Datsun 240Z
$47,495
United States
1981 Datsun 720
$8,995
United States
1969 Datsun 1600
$7,995
Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Datsun
Datsun cars did not disappear, they were renamed. Nissan, the company that built them, confirmed in 1981 that it would phase out the Datsun name, saying a single name would unify its worldwide image. In the US the change began with the 1982 model year and the Nissan Stanza, cars wore both names during the transition, and 1984 was the last model year with Datsun badges. Some export markets kept the name until 1986.
Yes. Nissan relaunched Datsun in July 2013 as a low-cost brand for emerging markets, with sales starting in 2014 in India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. The revival did not last. Nissan discontinued the brand in Russia and Indonesia in 2020, and in April 2022 it said it was discontinuing Datsun in India, where production of the redi-GO had already ceased at its Chennai plant.
Datsun grew out of DAT, the name of a 1914 car formed from the initials of three investors in its maker: Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi. In 1931 the successor company developed a smaller car and called it Datson, meaning son of DAT. Because son sounds like a Japanese word for loss, the ending was changed to sun, giving Datsun. Sources date that change anywhere from 1932 to 1934.
Datsun traces back to Masujiro Hashimoto, who founded the Kwaishinsha motor car works in Tokyo in 1911 and completed its first car, the DAT, in 1914. Kwaishinsha later merged with Osaka-based Jitsuyo Jidosha to form DAT Jidosha Seizo, which developed the small Datson of 1931, soon renamed Datsun. That car business then became part of the company that took the name Nissan Motor Co. in 1934.
Yes. Datsun was a brand name used by Nissan, not a separate carmaker. Yoshisuke Aikawa's holding companies, Nihon Sangyo and Tobata Casting, established Jidosha Seizo in Yokohama on December 26, 1933, and it was renamed Nissan Motor Co. in 1934. The name Nissan is a contraction of Nihon Sangyo. The cars the company exported to the United States went on carrying the Datsun name until the 1980s.
Datsun entered the American market in 1958. Nissan exhibited a small sedan, marketed as the Datsun 1000, and a 220 pickup in Los Angeles that year, and exports of both followed. The American sales company, Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A., was established in California in 1960, and the cars and trucks it sold kept the Datsun name.
The Datsun 240Z went on sale in the United States in October 1969 as a 1970 model. Designed by a team led by Yoshihiko Matsuo and pushed for by Yutaka Katayama, the head of Nissan's US operations, it used a 2,393 cc inline six rated at 151 gross horsepower. In Japan the car was sold as the Fairlady Z, a name Nissan president Katsuji Kawamata had taken from the musical My Fair Lady.
The numbers follow engine size. The 240Z used a 2.4-liter inline six, the 260Z of 1974 grew to 2,565 cc, and the 280Z, sold in the US from 1975 to 1978, had a 2,753 cc engine with Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection in place of carburetors. The 280ZX that replaced it in late 1978 was a redesigned car that kept the L28 engine and came as a two-seater or a 2+2.
The 33 Datsun listings on Classic Cars Arena right now are priced from $6,395 to $66,495, with a median asking price of $21,695. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.
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Classic Datsun Cars: Japanese Sports Car Pioneers
Datsun, the export brand of Nissan, revolutionized the sports car market in the 1960s and 1970s by offering world-class performance at affordable prices. Datsun proved that Japanese manufacturers could build cars to rival the best from Europe and America.
Most Popular Classic Datsun Models
The 240Z (and 260Z/280Z) is one of the most successful sports cars ever made, combining elegant styling with reliable inline-six performance. The 510 (Bluebird) is the "poor man's BMW 2002," prized by racers and enthusiasts for its nimble handling. The Fairlady roadsters preceded the Z-car, while the 620 pickup offers classic Japanese truck charm.