The global automaker, now known as Nissan, has a long history involving a few name changes. It was founded in 1914 by M. Hashimoto, who coined his initial model the ‘DAT,’ borrowing the last initials of his three investors to build the moniker. A smaller model came in 1931, which Hashimoto first called ‘Datson,’ or son of Dat. Because ‘son’ is the Japanese word for loss,  he later changed the ‘O’ to a ‘U’ to give the brand a
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