Nissan publishes nearly 60 years of archived content material

Rejoice Nissan nerds! We’ve simply discovered your new favorite device to return in time and relive the day your favorite mannequin launched.

Nissan says it has “vastly expanded” its archive of stories releases on the worldwide newsroom web site for media, which launched in 1999.

The Japanese carmaker has scanned and digitised all its present pre-1999 releases and made them accessible on the newsroom as PDFs of the unique print variations.

Japanese releases date again to 1961, which was when Nissan’s communication division was established, whereas English variations date again to 1963.

Sooner or later Nissan plans to “additional enrich info” on its newsroom web site with the addition of images from its assortment, together with these used on the time of the information launch and associated photographs of automobiles.

Need to see a scanned press launch and unique press photograph from when the unique 1989 300ZX launched? You bought it.

Or need to see the press launch from 1968 when Nissan began assembling the Datsun 1000 and 1600 on the Volkswagen Australasia plant in Clayton, Victoria? You’re completely coated.

Nissan stated this on-line archive is a “useful useful resource to study concerning the firm’s initiatives and improvements so far”.

The Japanese carmaker isn’t the primary to add its archive materials, as Ford just lately printed a searchable database known as the Heritage Vault.

This Ford Heritage Vault is filled with greater than 5000 curated images and brochures spanning the corporate’s founding in 1903 to its centennial in 2003.

Have a mess around with Nissan’s archived new releases and tell us within the feedback what you discovered.

Click on this hyperlink to go to Nissan’s archived information releases.