On the roads of America in 1959, the landscape consisted of big, gas-guzzling behemoths from domestic manufacturers. Powerful V8 engines were the norm and the worth of a car was often measured by the size of its tailfins. Onto this scene emerged the Datsun 1000 compact pickup truck - the first truck of its kind. Although the Datsun 1000 only featured a 1000cc,

37-horsepower 4-cylinder engine and a quarter-ton load capacity, it was the precursor of better things to come. In immediate iterations, the engine size increased to 1200cc and horsepower to 60. The revised Datsun 320 pickup hit the American shores in 1961, but it was the introduction of the Datsun 520 pickup in 1965 that caused a sales jump of then-historic proportions from a few hundred units per year to more than 15,000. In its first year, the Datsun 520 pickup became the top-selling imported pickup in the United States - a title the company held onto for more than a decade. Nissan made a pickup truck version of the B110 Datsun Sunny 1200--the B120 "Sunny Truck" as it is commonly called in Japan. In Australia this was called the Datsun 1200 Ute. In South Africa it was known as the Bakkie. It was sold in South America, but sadly not in North America. The B120 is a wikipedia:Coupe utility type of pickup truck. A Coupe Utility is based on a car design and has an integral cargo bed (not a separate bed and cab as with traditional trucks).