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The Datsun DA was a small automobile produced by Nissan and sold under the Datsun brand as Nissan's first post-war passenger car. The DA was introduced in November 1947, a direct result of the occupying Allied command once again allowing production of passenger cars. As the tooling for the pre-war Datsun Type 17 was no longer available, the DA was based on the Datsun 1121 truck (which itself was based on the pre-war 17T truck); it used the 722 cc Type 7 side valve engine from the 17T as well as its floor-shifted 3-speed manual transmission and front clip, including a pressed steel grille and nearly no brightwork.

Datsun also offered the Deluxe Sedan (DB) with more modern ponton bodywork alongside the lower cost DA Standard Sedan. The DA had a simple pressed metal grille when first introduced; by 1949 this had been replaced by a more ornate chromed unit. The DA also received a redesigned, less boxy rear section in 1948. The DA was in production until 1950 when it was replaced by the Datsun DS Series (later also marketed as the "Thrift").

References

• "1947 Datsun DA". earlydatsun.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2013.

1. ^ Hara, Sadaichi (2018-10-01), ダットサン車の開発史 日産自動車のエンジニアが語る1939-1969 [Datsun car development history: Nissan Motor engineers talk about 1939-1969] (in Japanese), Grand Prix Publishing, p. v, ISBN 978-4876873593

• Datsun vehicles
• Cars introduced in 1947
• 1950s cars