Datsun Type 14

The Datsun Type 14 was a small car that Nissan built from February 1935 to 1936, with a 15 PS sidevalve engine and several body styles. Britain's National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is quoted as saying it marked the birth of the Japanese car industry. It looked much like the Datsun Type 13 it followed, the main addition being a leaping rabbit radiator emblem designed by Ryuichi Tomiya. The old DAT engine gave way to the new Datsun Type 7, a 722 cc side valve four, driving the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox for a top speed of 80 km/h. It was the first car built at Nissan's new Yokohama plant, where the first example came off the line on 12 April 1935, and 3,800 were made, 53 of them exported.