Production chronology1955–1997
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗43 years
← Nissan
Nissan / Model record
NissanHardbody Truck
Production1955–1997
Recorded originJapan
ClassPickup truck
Also known asNissan D21
Background
The Datsun Truck is a compact pickup truck made by Nissan in Japan from 1955 to 1997. It was originally sold under the Datsun brand, but this was switched to Nissan in 1983. It was replaced in 1997 by the Frontier and Navara. In Japan, it was sold only in Nissan Bluebird Store locations.
Text adapted from “Datsun truck” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Canadian NRCan model years1995–1997
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗3 years