{{Infobox automobile | image = 1938 Datsun Model 17 Phaeton.jpg | caption = Datsun Model 17 Phaeton | name = Datsun Type 17 | manufacturer = Datsun/Nissan | production = 1938{{efn|Nissan claims that production continued until January 1944.}} | layout = Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive | assembly = Japan: Yokohama | body_style = {{ubl | Phaeton | Roadster | Coupe | Sedan }} | predecessor = Datsun Type 16 | successor = Datsun DA | engine = {{cvt|722|cc|cuin|1}} ''Type 7'' I4 | transmission = 3-speed manual | wheelbase = {{cvt|2005|mm|in|1}} | length = {{cvt|3187|mm|in|1}} | width = {{cvt|1190|mm|in|1}} | weight = {{cvt|630|kg|lb}} }}
The '''Datsun Type 17''' is a small car produced by Datsun in Japan either in 1938 exclusively or from 1938 to 1944. It was the last in a line of Datsun small cars produced before Nissan's resources were diverted to military materials for the Second Sino-Japanese War.
==Design== The Datsun 17 was almost identical to the preceding Datsun 16 but distinguished by a wide vertical bar in middle of the front grille and a simpler interior.<ref name=nhcc>{{cite web|publisher=Nissan|title=No.006 Datsun 17 Sedan (1938 : 17)|website=Nissan Heritage Car Collection|url=http://press.nissan-global.com/COMMON/HERITAGE/database/en_detail.html?006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130071717/http://press.nissan-global.com/COMMON/HERITAGE/database/en_detail.html?006|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|year=2016|access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref>
==Drivetrain== The Datsun 17 was mechanically identical to the preceding Datsun 16.<ref name=nhcc/> The {{cvt|16|PS|kW|1}} engine drove the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox to give the car a top speed of {{cvt|80|kph|mph}}.<ref name=bent>{{cite web|last=Bent|first=Alan|title=1938 Datsun 17 Model|website= Early Datsun |url=http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun17.html|year=2016|access-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117193222/http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun17.html|archive-date=17 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Production== Production of the Datsun 17 started in Yokohama in April 1938 and, according to Nissan, continued until January 1944, although Alan Bent claims that it finished in late 1938 as part of the cessation civilian car production that followed the Japanese decision to focus on military vehicles.<ref name=bent/>
==See also== * Datsun 17T
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Type 17 Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Cars introduced in 1938