chris240 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 The other day I bought a nice (& rare) U.S book from ebay titled of all things..."Datsun Z-cars" it was written by the editors of the US consumers guide, with most info provided by the US advertising & public relation representative for Nissan Corp USA and all other info provided by Nissan Motor Corp direct..The book was published in 1981 and has sales figures as quoted by Nissan corporation for zeds officially exported to various countries year by year..well here goes : 1970 16215 USA 1201 CANADA 319 AUSTRALIA 2 GREAT BRITAN 3 HOLLAND 1971 33684 USA 3440 CANADA 894 AUSTRALIA 264 GREAT BRITAN 7 HOLLAND 82 FRANCE 1972 52628 USA 4020 CANADA 362 AUSTRALIA 549 GREAT BRITAN 92 HOLLAND 402 FRANCE 1973 45588 USA 2537 CANADA 783 AUSTRALIA 1114 GREAT BRITAN 112 WEST GERMANY 130 HOLLAND 188 FRANCE 1974 40172 USA - 2 SEATER 9499 USA - 2+2 SEATER 1041 AUSTRALIA total...(no "official" breakdown given) OTHER COUNTRIES NO No'S LISTED, HOWEVER IN AUST, GERMANY & HOLLAND 2+2'S OUTSOLD 2-SEATERS BY A RATIO OF 2 to 1.. therefore if we have 1041 Aust zeds , 347 should be 2 seaters and 694 should be 2+2's..roughly speaking. 1975 40216 USA - 2 SEATER 11592 USA - 2+2 SEATER 1153 CANADA - 2 SEATER 329 CANADA - 2+2 SEATER 198 AUSTRALIA - 2 SEATER 742 AUSTRALIA - 2+2 SEATER 20 GREAT BRITAN - 2 SEATER 139 GREAT BRITAN- 2+2 SEATER 22 WEST GERMANY - 2 SEATER 372 WEST GERMANY - 2+2 SEATER 21 HOLLAND - 2+2 SEATER (2 SEATER NIL) 1 FRANCE - 2 SEATER 100 FRANCE - 2+2 SEATER 1976 (2 SEATER SHOWN FIRST THEN 2+2) USA 45766 / 13792 CANADA 876 / 351 AUSTRALIA 385 / 1615 GREAT BRITAN 0 / 444 WEST GERMANY 0 / 417 HOLLAND 7 / 47 FRANCE 0/184 1977 (2 SEATER SHOWN FIRST THEN 2+2) USA 54954/ 16065 CANADA 1005 / 237 AUSTRALIA 98 / 990 GREAT BRITAN 312 / 513 WEST GERMANY 1 / 519 HOLLAND 61 / 52 FRANCE 1 / 71 TOTAL FIGURES FROM 1970-1977 FOR 2 SEAT & 2+2 CANADA 17285 AUSTRALIA 7427 GREAT BRITAN 3806 WEST GERMANY 1483 HOLLAND 460 FRANCE 1103 what the book doesn't mention is how zeds where distributed to countries like New Zealand.. I am now on the lookout for a 1975 French 260z 2 seater !!! chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB260Z Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 i was one of the bidders on that mag, surprised it when for that much. Interesting info on the production numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Camouflage Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I have that book. I also have the book that nissan pubished that they copied those numbers from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted March 21, 2008 Administrators Share Posted March 21, 2008 Given that there were only around 7000 S30 chassis imported into Australia. I'd say that a membership of 800+ is pretty good. I didn't realise we received so few 240z's. That list also shows no Zeds made it to Ireland, no wonder I've seen a total of one here and it was LHD so obviously imported . Do you know how accurate those figures actually are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris240 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 We'd have to say given the figures are quoted fron Nissan direct they must be damn accurate..Mr Camouflage has said a Nissan publication he has , has the same figures. gotta be close. Im realy suprised that we only got 98 2 seaters in 1977..I was guesing at least 3-400. I know of 2 of 1977-2 seaters in Canberra.. Hey Scott I'll sway ya my wifes alfa for your 77 We should pass this list onto the WA register, if they dont have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sco_aus Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 We'd have to say given the figures are quoted fron Nissan direct they must be damn accurate..Mr Camouflage has said a Nissan publication he has , has the same figures. gotta be close. Im realy suprised that we only got 98 2 seaters in 1977..I was guesing at least 3-400. I know of 2 of 1977-2 seaters in Canberra.. Hey Scott I'll sway ya my wifes alfa for your 77 We should pass this list onto the WA register, if they dont have it. lol, no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Camouflage Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 We'd have to say given the figures are quoted fron Nissan direct they must be damn accurate..Mr Camouflage has said a Nissan publication he has , has the same figures. gotta be close. Im realy suprised that we only got 98 2 seaters in 1977..I was guesing at least 3-400. I know of 2 of 1977-2 seaters in Canberra.. Hey Scott I'll sway ya my wifes alfa for your 77 We should pass this list onto the WA register, if they dont have it. lol, no Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 How many sold in Japan?? Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted March 31, 2008 Administrators Share Posted March 31, 2008 We'd have to say given the figures are quoted fron Nissan direct they must be damn accurate..Mr Camouflage has said a Nissan publication he has , has the same figures. gotta be close. Im realy suprised that we only got 98 2 seaters in 1977..I was guesing at least 3-400. I know of 2 of 1977-2 seaters in Canberra.. Hey Scott I'll sway ya my wifes alfa for your 77 We should pass this list onto the WA register, if they dont have it. lol, no Why not? Don't think he was saying not to pass it onto the WA guys. He was saying no to "Hey Scott I'll sway ya my wifes alfa for your 77 ;D" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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