I spent a couple of days refreshing the wheels on my sister-in-law's old beat-up Nissan 1400 bakkie during a visit to her home in Groot Brak (you can read about that here). Using a wire rotary brush, ...

And what a good run it's had, having seen generations of the Volksie Beetle, the original Mini, the Morris Minor, the Ford Anglia, the hugely popular Valiant, and a whole tribe of Ford, Chevrolet and ...

Like many an old war veteran — except for most of the Bob Mugabe wannabes — Nissan’s 1400 pickup enjoyed a long and illustrious career before it was pensioned off after almost four decades service. In ...

In 1971, while Idi Amin was busy deposing President Milton Obote in Uganda and the Brits were struggling to come to grips with decimal currency, a relatively new car importer launched the Datsun 1200 ...

The Renault-Nissan alliance on Friday announced the launch of a new manufacturing project in SA. “With this manufacturing project, the two groups are reaffirming their commitment to South Africa,” the ...

The 1990s were a strange decade for Toyota, as it skipped the international fifth-generation Hilux, continuing to produce the fourth-generation bakkie from the mid-1980s until deep into the 1990s.

The young ones may well have no idea what I am talking about, but the older readers should know. Well, for one man, whether it be a sweet or a cartoon, saying “Love is a Nissan bakkie” will make ...

Johannesburg - South Africa is bakkie country, and history has taught us that we like them in all shapes and sizes. From the tiny but tough Nissan 1400 from days gone by, right through to the most ...