{{Infobox automobile | image = The 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 PENTAX K-3 088 (11248370914).jpg | caption = 1935 Datsun 14 roadster | name = Datsun Type 14 | manufacturer = Datsun/Nissan | production = {{ubl|1935–1936|3,800 produced}} | layout = FR layout | assembly = Japan: Yokohama | body_style = phaeton, roadster, sedan, van | predecessor = Datsun Type 13 | successor = Datsun Type 15 | engine = 722 cc ''Type 7'' side-valve I4 | transmission = 3 speed manual | wheelbase = {{convert|1980|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|2800|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|1200|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1600|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | designer = Noriyoshi Gotoh }}
The '''Datsun Type 14''' was a small car produced by Japanese manufacturer Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. from February 1935<ref name=MikiDat>{{cite book | title = ダットサン : 歴代のモデルたちとその記録 : 浅井貞彦写真集 | trans-title = Datsun model succession and records: Sadahiko Asai Photobook | language = ja | url = http://www.mikipress.com/books/pdf/575.pdf | page = 96 | isbn = 978-4-89522-575-5 | publisher = MIKI Press | date = August 2011 | first = Sadahiko | last = Asai | location = Tokyo | access-date = 2020-07-15 | archive-date = 2014-11-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030332/http://www.mikipress.com/books/pdf/575.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> to 1936. It had a {{convert|15|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}} sidevalve engine and was offered in several body styles. According to Britain's National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, the Type 14 "marked the birth of the Japanese car industry."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edsall |first1=Larry |title=Classic Profile: 1935 Datsun Type 14 |url=https://journal.classiccars.com/2016/07/06/classic-profile-1935-datsun-type-14/ |website=The ClassicCars.com Journal |date=6 July 2016 |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref>
==Design== The Datsun 14 was externally very similar to the preceding Datsun Type 13. The only notable difference was the addition of a leaping rabbit emblem. The brand Datsun is derived from the DAT car of 1914. The car's name was an acronym of the surnames of the following partners of {{nihongo|Kaishinsha Motor Car Works|快進社自働車工場|Kaishinsha jidōsha kōjō}}, the company that produced it: *{{nihongo|Kenjirō '''D'''en|田 健次郎|''Den Kenjirō''}} *{{nihongo|Rokurō '''A'''oyama|青山 禄朗|''Aoyama Rokurō''}} *{{nihongo|Meitarō '''T'''akeuchi|竹内 明太郎|''Takeuchi Meitarō''}}. Fortuitously, {{nihongo|Dat|脱兎}} also means to "dash off like a startled rabbit or hare".<ref name=takashima>{{cite journal|last =Takashima|first=Shizuo|title =A Look Behind Japanese Automotive Names|journal=Motor Magazine International|year=1974|volume=2|number=1|pages=91–92}}</ref> Nissan decided to use this association to incorporate a rabbit into the design of the Datsun Type 14 and therefore Ryuichi Tomiya designed the leaping rabbit radiator mascot which became a defining characteristic of the type.<ref name=bent>{{cite web|last=Bent|first=Alan|title=1935 Datsun 14 Model|website=earlydatsun.com:The Complete Guide to Classic Datsun Cars and Trucks|url=http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun14.html|year=2016|accessdate=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042929/http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun14.html#|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> <gallery widths="200" heights="133"> File:Datsun 14 hoodornament 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.jpg|The leaping rabbit emblem on a 1935 Datsun 14 File:Datsun Model 14 Roadster rear.jpg|1935 Datsun 14 roadster in 2013 File:Datsun Model 14 Sedan MY1935 (1).jpg|1935 Datsun 14 sedan in 2016 </gallery>
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Mechanically, the old DAT engine of the Datsun Type 13 was replaced with the new Datsun Type 7 engine, a side valve four-cylinder engine with a displacement of {{convert|722|cc|abbr=on}}. The new engine was smaller, but more powerful, at {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The engine drove the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox to give the car a top speed of {{convert|80|kph|abbr=on}}.<ref name=bent />
==Production== The Datsun 14 was the first car that Nissan produced at their new plant in Yokohama.<ref name=jacobs>{{cite book|last=Jacobs|first=Andrew James|title=The New Domestic Automakers in the United States and Canada : History, Impacts, and Prospects|place=Lanham|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2016|page=90}}</ref> The factory utilised many tools and techniques imported from the United States and enabled the company to assemble both bodies and chassis in the same factory for the first time.<ref name=bent /> The first vehicle rolled off the production line on 12 April 1935.<ref name=jacobs />
==Production numbers== A total of 3,800 Datsun 14 were produced between April 1935 and April 1936, of which 53 were exported.<ref name=bent /> The car was similar in styling to the Austin 7, which greatly helped exports, initially to Australia and, in 1936, to New Zealand.<ref name=jacobs />
==Datsun 14T== thumb|1935 Datsun 14T Nissan produced the '''Datsun 14T''' commercial vehicle based on the Datsun 14 at the same factory during the same period. The truck had a front section identical to the 14, including the rabbit radiator mascot and chrome plated grille.<ref name=bent />
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Type 14 Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Cars introduced in 1935 Category:Nissan trucks