Nissan ends Datsun budget brand

Datsun GO CVT web.jpg — Datsun hoped models such as the Go CVT hatchback would help it boost sales in emerging markets. (NISSAN)

April 25, 2022 10:03 AM

TOKYO -- Datsun, revived in 2013 as a low-cost emerging market brand, is dead in all but name after parent company Nissan pulled the plug on global production.

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