DATSUN GONE

THE Datsun brand is set to ride into the sunset. Production at the budget brand’s last assembly plant in Chennai, India, has come to an end. The most recent Naamsa sales report shows that Nissan sold only 48 Go models in the past three months. The Datsun Go was launched in SA in 2014 with a starting price of R89 500. However, it soon became the subject of criticism when Global NCAP handed it a zero-star safety rating. Later on, a South African spec Datsun Go+, fitted with a single airbag, scored one star.