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Datsun-The Japanese car, first made in 1913 by the forerunner of Nissan Motors, was originally named Dat, after the initials of it's three owners. Later Dat was changes to Datson, the son meant to suggest the "son of Dat". But the Japanese pronunciation of son sounded too much like the japanese word for "loss", something no business would want to suggest, and in 1932 the named was changes to Datsun.