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Dutch registred Citroën 2CV and S-Cargo in the Lane Motor Museum

Nissan S-Cargo statistics – How many are left?

March 19, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

Another post in the How many are left series and today I’ll dive into how many Nissan S-Cargos have been registered in the Netherlands.

1989 Nissan S-Cargo parked at my local multistory parking garage

I’m not going to explain in great detail what the Nissan S-Cargo is. The S-Cargo was the third Pikes car, preceded by the Be-1, Pao and succeeded by the Figaro and the Rasheen. The S-Cargo was introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1989 and manufactured between 1989 and 1991. If you wish to learn more about the S-Cargo, I covered it in great detail in my S-Cargo Down on the Street post.

Finding the S-Cargo

To find all Nissans registered as S-Cargo was quite an extensive search: I found the S-Cargo to be registered under the following names:

Nissan Sunny GTi-R statistics – How many are left?

February 24, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

The Nissan Sunny / Pulsar GTi-R is a homologation special for Group A rallying by Nissan. Nissan had to sell 5000 cars with the same engine as the rally car to fulfil the requirements for homologation. Nissan planned to use the SR20DET as the designated engine and permanent four-wheel-drive as their drivetrain. The combination led to a small pocket rocket that was able to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 6 seconds. The GTi-R was sold overseas under the Sunny branding, while in Japan it was sold under the Pulsar branding.

In the past, I did cover the Sunny / Pulsar GTi-R and I found it quite an impressive little car! I encountered one down on the street in 2015 and I even created two videos about this GTi-R and I’ll add them to the post below. When I recently started doing the How many are left series, I was curious how many GTi-Rs are left on the Dutch roads.

Are you a demanding person? Then the Isuzu Bellett 1500 is the car for you!

Isuzu Bellett and Florian passenger cars – How many are left?

January 28, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

At a time, Isuzu imported Bellett and Florian passenger cars into the Netherlands. This started back in 1963 when the Dutch company Seinen in the Hague started importing the Isuzu Bellel and Bellett. In fact, Isuzu was the first Japanese car company to set foot on Dutch soil. The Bellel (with diesel engine) was mainly sold to taxi operators because what better way to prove reliability than running it as a taxi. Naturally, this also backfired when they proved to be far less reliable than their European counterparts. Toyota repeated the same strategy with the Crown and was successful as the Crown proved to be a reliable car. You could argue Isuzu was a pioneer and Toyota followed and succeeded.

Isuzu Bellel used as a taxi in Amsterdam or The Hague — Isuzu Bellel used as a taxi in various Dutch cities like Amsterdam or The Hague

Near the end of the decade, the Bellel was replaced by the Florian. By 1972, the Bellett was replaced in Japan by the Isuzu Gemini. The Gemini is an Opel Kadett C built in license through General Motors. Opel has a very strong foothold in the Netherlands and therefore the Gemini couldn’t be sold in the Netherlands.

Can you guess how many Nissan Be-1s have been imported?

Nissan Be-1 car statistics – How many are left?

January 20, 2024 / banpei / 0 Comments

I think it’s very interesting to find out how many are left of a certain car and the Nissan Pikes cars always had my attention. I recently found a website that scaped the Dutch license plate registry and aggregate cars. This, in turn, allows me to scrape their site and pull my own statistics out of it. That’s how I recently found out there are 269 Nissan Figaros registered in the Netherlands.

Nissan Figaro I encountered in Kensington, London

So I thought, why not create a How many are left series where I highlight a certain car or set of cars and try to figure out how many are left? Today I’ll kick off with the Nissan Be-1, which was the first of the Nissan Pikes cars.

Category: How many are left

Nissan S-Cargo statistics – How many are left?

Finding the S-Cargo

Nissan Sunny GTi-R statistics – How many are left?

Isuzu Bellett and Florian passenger cars – How many are left?

Nissan Be-1 car statistics – How many are left?

Nissan Pikes “Factory”

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