[BITList] Datsun - vaunted ?

[franka]

Colin,
Used to have a 260z which once I changed the twin SU carbs for 3 two 
barrel webbers and tuned it up, would leave things like 911 Porches 
standing and showed up MGA and Bs for the rubbish they were
frank

On 3/21/2012 4:54 AM, x50type at cox.net wrote:
>                 Datsun was once a 'vaunted' brand -- that's news to me!
> I thought it was cheap shit..........
>                 ct
>
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>                   Nissan Confirms, the Datsun Is Coming Back
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>                  *
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>                       By ERIC BELLMAN
>                       <http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=ERIC+BELLMAN&bylinesearch=true>in
>                       Jakarta, Indonesia, and CHESTER DAWSON
>                       <http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=CHESTER+DAWSON&bylinesearch=true>in
>                       Tokyo
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>                 Nissan Motor
>                 <http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=7201.to>Co.
>                 7201.TO +0.45%
>                 <http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=7201.TO>
>                 plans to resurrect its once-vaunted Datsun brand,
>                 hoping to attract aspirational customers in
>                 high-growth emerging markets.
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>                 NISSAN
>                 Reuters
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>                 CEO Carlos Ghosn says Nissan will resurrect the brand
>                 in emerging markets. 'Datsun is part of our company's
>                 heritage.'
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>                 Nissan phased out the brand close to 30 years ago but
>                 now is counting on Datsun's reputation for small,
>                 sporty, inexpensive cars to attract young consumers in
>                 the world's developing economies.
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>                 "Datsun is part of our company's heritage and will now
>                 become part of our growth," Chief Executive Carlos
>                 Ghosn
>                 <http://topics.wsj.com/person/g/carlos-ghosn/66>said
>                 during a visit to Jakarta on Tuesday.
>
>                 Datsun is scheduled to hit the road in India,
>                 Indonesia and Russia in 2014. But Mr. Ghosn said he
>                 wanted to announce the long-rumored revival in
>                 Indonesia to underline the growing importance of the
>                 Southeast Asian market. Nissan plans to invest $400
>                 million to more than double its capacity in the
>                 region's largest economy, he said.
>
>
>                       The Datsun Brand
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>                 Take a look back.
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>                 View Slideshow
>                 <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577293241544084510.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#>
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>                 [SB10001424052970203986604577257653971375934]
>                 <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577293241544084510.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#>
>                 Associated Press
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>                 Nissan Auto Co. unveiled Japan's first mass-produced
>                 sports car in 1958. The car was named simply the
>                 Datsun Sedan.
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>                 The Japanese auto maker said the time is right to dust
>                 off Datsun as Nissan seeks to increase its global
>                 market share to 8% in the next five years from 5.8% at
>                 the end of last March.
>
>
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