Hold me close tiny Datsun

[Ghosty]

Yeah, well, my 1.3 Mazda had 192bhp!

 

And how many cylinders?

[Bear]

Hmm. Lessee... pretty sure they were twin-pot up front, but might have been four pot. Rears are going to be single. So... 10? Yeah. 10 cylinders. I'm sure there are other cylinder shapes on it somewhere...

[nisfan]

Take it since these are cheap knock offs they wont rust like datsuns either cos they are mostly recycled lidl bags?

[406V6]

I had a Tiida as a hire car in Ireland for a few days back in 2010 and although the styling is shit it was a decent drive. Comfy and went fine round the lanes and back roads.

[tooSavvy]

R.I.P Savvy.....

 

However, we have one here - with a boot!

 

(Selling like otcakes to the flipflop wearers)

 

No.... not us.

 

TS

[Cavcraft]

I can assure you the last time I rose whilst I was dreaming, it wasn't over something as fugly as that.

[carlo]

Brilliant. I like the thread title too.

 

Me too, made me look!

 

Something that pisses me off, why do we never get offered all these lovely small 4 door saloons that India/Russia and the far east always seem to get?  Just because the stupid UK public wouldn't buy them?  Ridiculous!

[J-Rod]

Yeah, I can't understand that either. How come the UK has gotten into its head that small with a boot doesn't work? 

[tooSavvy]

Yeah, I can't understand that either. How come the UK has gotten into its head that small with a boot doesn't work?

 

Hmm.. When I removed a fridge from my Ma's flat, using my Hyundai Pony 4door - had to unbolt bootlid and sit it on the back seat - fridge roped into boothole

 

Ah yes, they sell hatches too!!

 

TS

[J-Rod]

Ah, I'm not saying that they're going to be good for everything but it just seems weird that the option isn't there. If saloons simply didn't sell at all in this country, then why sell larger saloons? 

 

Weren't these popular at one time..? 

 

[martc]

I think the handle next to the gear stick is the choke. I think the Saloon is based on the Tilda, which we never got on the GB.

Bernard Manning mode on - A Japanese car named after a brand of rice - there has to be a mildly racist joke in there somewhere - Jim Davidson mode off

[cort16]

I think Nissan have shot themselves in the arse using Datsun as a brand as if they ever did want to come to the UK there's still loads of folk who remember Nissan's being Datsuns so it may damage the Nissan brand.

 

Dacia seemed to have proved that folk want cheap basic transport. If they sold that GO+ here for 7 grand (the selling price in india is £4800) no matter how grim it was if it had a 3 year warranty and affordable finance folk would buy it as there's always someone looking for reliable basic transport.

 

The Sandero access is very basic too. Not even a cassette player!

 

[J-Rod]

I, for one, would buy into the 'cheap, basic transport' thing. What with the options list on many 'cheap' cars being as long as the Dead Sea Scrolls, I think there's room for misery-spec motoring as Dacia seem to be proving. 

 

I know I'm starting to sound like a stuck record but again, I'll take the C1 in vain; shit transmission, shit steering, shit everything... apart from a myriad of electronic gizmos which seemed totally pointless. This was a cheap car trying to feel like a more expensive car (phone controls on the steering wheel but manual wing-mirrors?) and therefore achieved neither. 

 

At least with those Dacias you know what you're getting and I'd agree with Cort; many people would buy into that, if the cars were proved reliable. 

[UltraWomble]

I thing there's room for misery-spec motoring as Dacia seem to be proving.

 

many people would buy into that, if the cars were proved reliable. 

 

Your misery is our concern....

 

[Asimo]

Is a go-faster Tilda a rice-rocket?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I would imagine Datsun could be relaunched in the UK, but not making Dacia style misery. Nissan can sell a Juke for £13'500, so they could put the Datsun badge on a sub 10 grand funky retro-but-modern stuff inspired by this:

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I would happily drive a car with an interior like this. Infotainment is an iPhone and a single slot CD, plus a TomTom stuck to the screen.

 

Car makers have somehow managed to tell us we need electronic handbrakes, infotainment and shit like that.

 

 

 

No we don't.

 

 

[J-Rod]

Looks pleasant enough.

[LC Torana]

Your misery is our concern....

 

 

And swing-axle suspension that'll see you swap ends at a greasy intersection.

 

But what the #*%! is a "sideways-opening boot"?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

But what the #*%! is a "sideways-opening boot"?

 

 

Picture robbed from RetroRides here.

[cort16]

Okay, that's pretty cool

[Matt]

Car makers have somehow managed to tell us we need electronic handbrakes, infotainment and shit like that.

 

It's not just car manufacturers, it's fucking everything these days. While there is a difference between a quality product and utter shit a lot of the stuff out there is marketing bollocks telling people that they need whatever they're selling. Look at Dollar Shave Club; they are a US based company and they post decent quality razors to your door for virtually no money as a subscriptions. Four blades for a dollar a month, every other month or every three months (or $6 or $9 for different razors). There needs to be more products like that around.

[Bone]

I think Nissan have shot themselves in the arse using Datsun as a brand as if they ever did want to come to the UK there's still loads of folk who remember Nissan's being Datsuns so it may damage the Nissan brand.

 

Dacia seemed to have proved that folk want cheap basic transport. If they sold that GO+ here for 7 grand (the selling price in india is £4800) no matter how grim it was if it had a 3 year warranty and affordable finance folk would buy it as there's always someone looking for reliable basic transport.

 

The Sandero access is very basic too. Not even a cassette player!

 

That dashboard reminds me of a packing liner in a machine parts container.