Save Remove Download Share Subscribe January 1, 1930 – , Wed Jun 23 00:00:00 -0500 2010 1931 DAT Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. Becomes affiliated with Tobata Casting Co., Ltd.: Tobata Casting Co., Ltd., who was manufacturing the automobile parts, planned to advance to the automobile industry and received DAT Jidosha Seizo to be affiliated under them. 1932 1932 The birth of Datsun: In 1931, DAT Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary of Tobata Casting Co., Ltd., and developed its first 495cc compact size passenger vehicle. In the following year, 1932, the company changed its name to Datsun: DAT was taken from the initial letters of three men. The SON was changed to SUN, since the SON sounded the same as a word meaning "disadvantage" in Japanese. 1933 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., is established in Japan. Tobata Casting Co., Ltd. Establishes Automobile Division. Tobata Casting Co., Ltd. set up an Automobile Division in March 1933 and began automobile production in earnest. In October of the same year, the company purchased more than 66,000m2, of reclaimed land in Shinkoyasu on the coast in Yokohama City (the site where the present Yokohama Plant is located). 1933 Established Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. In Yokohama. Yoshisuke Aikawa's two holding companies, Nihon Sangyo and Tobata Casting, which he also established, invested in and established Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. on December 26. 1934 Corporate name changes to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.: The corporate name was changed to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. When Nihon Sangyo Co., Ltd. became the 100 percent investor at the general meeting of stockholders in June. 1935 The first car manufactured by a fully integrated assembly system rolls off the line at the Yokohama Plant. 1937 The Datsun Type 15 is the first mass-produced Japanese vehicle. Other Type 15 models include a mini pickup and delivery van. Issued by Nissan Save Remove Download Share Subscribe to Email Alerts