When rumors of a resurrected Datsun badge first oozed out onto the Internet, enthusiasts were thrilled. Would parent-company Nissan bring back performance icons like the 510 and the 250Z? They would not.

Instead, the world—and not the U.S.—would see the introduction of a homely little car cut from much the same pattern as the first basic machines to make in-roads on U.S. soil. Here is the story of Datsun in America, from humble beginnings to legendary glories, and then a troubled metamorphosis to Nissan.

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