DATSUN CHERRY
Not long after releasing the Datsun 240Z sports car, the Japanese Datsun company was busy designing a supermini; the 100A Cherry. This car was announced about the same time as Fiat released its 127 and as it turned out the specifications were very similar. History shows that Fiat is generally given credit for starting the supermini trend, the Datsun Cherry provided strong evidence of the correctness of the theme. In fact, the Nissan design team got the design right first time. Their designer’s brief specified space and performance parameters from… Read more