Datsun DB series

The Datsun DB series was the Deluxe range of small Datsun cars that Nissan built from 1948 to 1954, a more modern ponton-bodied companion to the Datsun DA. Like the cheaper Datsun DS series sold beside it, it used pre-war Datsun designs that were themselves closely based on the Austin Seven, and it shared its chassis with the small Datsun trucks. The DB of March 1948 was the first postwar Japanese vehicle with modern styling and resembled the 1947 Crosley. It was followed by the DB-2, which brought a station wagon called the DW-2, then the four-door DB-4, the DB-5 with the new 860 cc engine and finally the DB-6 of 1954 with a four-speed gearbox. The line had no direct replacement, and Nissan marketed the Austin A40 and A50 as its upmarket cars until the Cedric arrived in 1960.