Rejoice Nissan lovers! We’ve just found your new favorite tool to go back in time and relive the day your favorite model came out.
Nissan said it has “expanded a lot” repository of news articles on the global newsroom website for media, launched in 1999.
The Japanese automaker scanned and digitized all of its existing pre-1999 releases and made them available on the newsroom as PDFs of the original print version.
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1991 Nissan Bluebird ‘Aussie’
The Japanese versions date back to 1961, which is when Nissan’s communications division was founded, while the English versions date back to 1963.
Going forward, Nissan plans to “enrich the information” on its newsroom website with the addition of photographs from its collection, including those used at the time of publication. news and photos related to vehicles.
Want to see a scanned press release and original press photos from when the original 1989 300ZX came out? You got it.
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1966 Cedric Custom
Or want to see a press release from 1968 when Nissan began assembling the Datsun 1000 and 1600 at the Volkswagen Australasia plant in Clayton, Victoria? You are completely insured.
Nissan says the online archive is “a valuable resource for learning about the company’s initiatives and improvements to date.”
The Japanese automaker is not the first to upload its archives, as Ford recently published a searchable database called the Heritage Vault.
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1980 280Z with T-Bar Roof
Here Ford Heritage Vault Packed with over 5000 curated photographs and brochures spanning from the company’s founding in 1903 to 100 years in 2003.
Play around with Nissan’s archived new releases and let us know in the comments what you find.
