| Model year | 1978 |
| Year of manufacture | 1978 |
| First year of ownership | 2006 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.2 Manual |
| Performance marks | 5 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 10 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 10 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 1 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
6.5 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 2545 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 25214 kilometres |
Summary:
The best car ever made
Faults:
The only thing it needed was a freshen up with a service eg new filters and fluids and I had the seats re done.
General Comments:
The car is so reliable I have not had one problem.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 28th August, 2006
| Model year | 1978 |
| Year of manufacture | 1978 |
| First year of ownership | 2006 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2006 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.2 petrol Manual |
| Performance marks | 4 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 4 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 10 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
6.8 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 28000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 30000 miles |
| Previous car | Nissan Gloria |
Summary:
The greatest people's car ever made
Faults:
Needs a small amount of welding.
Seats are sagging.
Vinyl roof is lifting, but will be taken off as it is a rust trap.
General Comments:
Sunny coupe. Purchased from an enthusiast who picked it up from a little old lady. Waxoyled from the start, this one is probably one of the best examples in the UK. Nippy around town, sluggish on the motorway, so I follow trucks in the slow lane, although my girlfriend coaxes speed from somewhere I can't figure. Lead foot I guess.
Attracts more attention than a Porsche or late model Ferrari. I'm not kidding. Kids go nuts over it.
So, slow, not all that comfortable, but cheap to run, insure, fun to drive and will hold its value if cared for.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 2nd May, 2006
An update. Had an accident in the car. Needed a new wing which we managed to get brand new (thanks to Datman.) The other car (a Mondeo) came off a lot worse, so I'm pleased with the strength of the little beast.
| Year of manufacture | 1978 |
| First year of ownership | 2005 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2005 |
| Engine and transmission | Automatic |
| Performance marks | 5 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 5 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 6 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
6.0 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 78000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 84000 kilometres |
Summary:
Attention grabbing
Faults:
Battery went dead.
General Comments:
I loved my Datsun. It was a bit sluggish, but kept on going and going and going...
I thought it was really comfortable too, and so did everyone else that got in.
Looked cool too, funky like.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 14th October, 2005
| Year of manufacture | 1978 |
| First year of ownership | 1992 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 1993 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.2L Manual |
| Performance marks | 2 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 6 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 2 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 10 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
5.0 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 120000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 140000 kilometres |
| Previous car | BMW 3 Series |
Summary:
Butt ugly. Gutless as. Horrible seats. Easy to push start. Hard to kill
Faults:
Starter ring gear rotated on flywheel. Needed multiple start attempts before she roared (wimpered) into life. I just got into the habit of parking on hills facing down.
Fouled the plugs all the time (but then I was running it on AVGAS)
The Cam and cylinder bores were heavily worn when the previous owner (a work mate) bought it. He pulled it down. Decided it wasn't worth investing in repairs, and just reassembled it. The plan was to just thrash it about till it died.
General Comments:
The 120Y is the ugliest car I have ever owned.
I knew the motor was about stuffed, as I saw it disassembled about six months before. It had survived those six months so I figured it was worth NZD $450.
I got posted to Pilot Training squadron (Piston powered aircraft) so I ran the Datsun on AVGAS for the next 18 months. Think it got super twice. The Lead fouled the plugs, but then we had a plug tester and sandblaster so they just regular cleaning.
Couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Really, really gutless car.
Sold it for NZD $550 when I emigrated. A year later my old man ran into the new owner in the pub and he was raving about how reliable it was.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 2nd January, 2004
Good Man!
So you had the ugliest 'rat' car too! We boys, a long time ago now, used to use one as a field car (toy). It was sludge gray. The laughs we had torturing it! It received every flavour petrol we could lay our greasy little mits on.
The tyres were down to the canvas, the seats were torn to pieces and the boot was full of broken glass and soiled clothing. It stunk like a cross between a public loo, a petrol station and an arm pit.
It was indestructible though and we even used to play a very stupid game whereby, one of us would don an old crash helmet and tear around the field whilst the others took pot shots at him with air rifles! Ping, twoink, pow.
The other daft game was for three of us to hang on to the roof whilst the pilot attempted to shake them off. I couldn't drive very well at the time as I hadn't passed my test and so took to driving under trees in an attempt to scrape them off! The pain, the pain. Poor car! Great!!!