Sell your Datsun the Motorway way

Sell my Datsun

Want to sell your car? You’re in the right place! With Motorway it’s stress-free, haggle-free, and totally free!

Selling your Datsun the Motorway way

We make it easy to sell your car right from your phone, here’s how!

1. Start with a free valuation

   Motorway’s clever valuations tool is powered by smart data. So, unlike the old-school ways of going around to dealers and asking for their best estimate, our tool looks at the whole industry, as well as our own marketplace to calculate your car's value. It’s based on how cars like yours have been selling and it’s totally date-accurate, so don’t wait if you like the look of your price, valuations can change any time!

2. Create a car profile

   You don’t have to worry about drafting up long descriptions about your vehicle and i’s whole history. We make it easy for you to create a whole profile for your car and all it takes is your phone. We’ll ask you some simple questions and you can simply answer them with a tap. We’ll also walk you through all the angles we’ll need for car photos and those are simply taken from your phone’s camera, too!

3. Sit back and wait

   That’s all you have to do to sell your car, because Motorway will take care of the rest! Your car profile will be added to our online sale and we’ll invite our 4,000+ dealers to view it. If they like what they see, they have to make an offer that they don’t think fellow dealers can beat. That’s how you get the best offer for your car every time!

4. Arrange for your car to be collected

   The winning dealer will collect your car from your home. You don’t have to go anywhere or do anything, they’ll come right to your address, give your car a quick inspection, and pay you by secure bank transfer!

5. All done!

   You’ve just sold the Motorway way, simple!

What model of Datsun can Motorway help me sell?

We can help you sell all models of Datsun, including:

• Datsun Go
• Datsun Go+
• Datsun on-Do
• Datsun mi-Do
• Datsun redi-Go
• Datsun Cross

A bit about Datsun

Datsun is a Japanese car manufacturer based in Tokyo. The brand is parented by Nissan and serves as its more affordable line of vehicles started in 1931. The brand’s name was based on the initials of founders Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama, and Meitaro Takeuchi and was originally given to a single compact car called the ‘Dat’. Dat Motorcar Co was established in 1925 and originally offered trucks given the lack of demand for passenger cars.

It wasn’t until 1931 that the first Datsun (originally named ‘Datson’ to mean ‘son of Dat’) prototype was made. Known as the Type 10, only ten were sold, the Type 11, released the following year, upped sales to around 150. By 1937, the brand was making over 8,000 cars including those intended for export to the Australian market.

As with many long-standing car manufacturers around the world, war challenged the early days of Datsun, forcing them to make military vehicles and abandon their passenger car efforts for several years. Post war production began again in 1947 but it was not until nearly a decade later that the marque was offering complete vehicles locally made with their own technology.

Datsun’s move into the American market was heavily impacted by Nissan’s war efforts. The brand needed to distance itself from Nissan and any negative association this could have on American consumers, while still appealing to young car-buying market segment present there. Datsun entered the American market in 1958, though in 1962 they also released a Nissan model, the Patrol, which would be the first Nissan product in the US prior to the brand’s official launch many years later.

Datsun arrived in Britain in 1935. The brand was well received, selling over 6,000 in a year by 1972. Nissan became a dominant name in the car market in terms of market share within the 1980s and so the Datsun name was slowly phased out, to be replaced by Nissan badging. By 1984, Nissan had completely replaced the Datsun name in Britain. This name change would be replicated across all markets and by the 2000s the name would be virtually non-existent with the exception of a Nissan model bearing its name launched in Japan.

However, by 2014, the name Datsun had been revived in the select markets of Russia, India, Nepal, South Africa, Indonesia, and India. The brand was intended to champion affordable and reliable vehicles which continue to be its main offering in these regions.

Sell your Datsun

Thinking of selling? Our network of 5,000+ verified car dealers compete to give you their best price* for your Datsun. You could sell in as little as 24 hours.