DATSUN · DATSUN PATROL · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 29 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 71% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Datsun (UK: , US: ) was a Japanese automobile manufacturer brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun. Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in March 1986, but relaunched it in June 2013 as the brand for low-cost vehicles manufactured for emerging markets. Nissan considered phasing out the Datsun brand for a second time in 2019 and 2020, eventually discontinuing the struggling brand in April 2022. In 1931, DAT Motorcar Co. chose to name its new small car "Datson", a name which indicated the new...
As of 2025 Q4, 29 DATSUN PATROL were still registered in the UK — 4 licensed and on the road, plus 25 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DATSUN PATROL is genuinely rare, with only 29 left, making it rarer than 71% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DATSUN PATROL on UK roads fell by 1 (3.3%).
Most DATSUN PATROL run on petrol — about 55% of those still registered, with the rest split across diesel.
The DATSUN PATROL peaked at 30 registered in 2014 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.