The Cedric was a large car built by Nissan from 1960-2004. Sharing mechanicals with Datsun, these were the first cars built by Nissan with the Nissan name, previously the Austin A40 Somerset and the A50 Cambridge were built under licence by Nissan in Japan; this arrangement ended in 1959. The first generation was built from 1960-65, this the second generation was built from 1965-71, with new Pininfarina bodywork and several new engine options on an all new platform. It was sold in various export markets as the Datsun 2000/2300/2400. Available in Sedan or Wagon, base model was the 4 cyl 130,mid spec was the Deluxe Six P130 and the top model was the Custom Six P130D. Later called the Standard, Personal Six and Special Six.