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DatsunType 17

1938–1944 Japan Automobile 7 production years
Production1938–1944
Recorded originJapan
ClassAutomobile
Also known asDatsun 17
Background

The Datsun Type 17 is a small car produced by Datsun in Japan either in 1938 exclusively or from 1938 to 1944. It was the last in a line of Datsun small cars produced before Nissan's resources were diverted to military materials for the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Text adapted from “Datsun Type 17” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1938–1944

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

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