And what a beautiful little car it is. The Datsun 11 is essentially an upgrade of the first car in this line, the 1930 Datson 10. The only significant changes being mostly cosmetic.
At the front of the car the same radiator grille design is carried over from the 10, with a chrome frame and a painted corrugated section top and bottom. The only difference is that the 10 has no badge on the grille, while the 11 features the newly designed Datsun logo. The Datsun logo was created by Yoshizaki Ryouzou and Tanaka Tsunesaburou, who took their inspiration from the Chevrolet bow tie logo. They used a rough outline of the Chevrolet badge, but applied traditional Japanese symbolism to the design. The red sections are a representation of the rising sun featured on the Japanese flag, with the cobalt blue section representing the sky. This emblem was used right throughout Datsun's life, and a stylised version is still used today in Nissan's corporate emblem.
