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Production period: 1956–1982 Class: Utilities Body versions: Pickup truck, panel van, minibus In 1953, a technological cooperation agreement was started between Nissan and Austin Motors. The result of this agreement was the marketing of the Austin A40 as the Nissan A40 in Japan and the production of the Austin A50 under license as the Nissan A50. In addition, Nissan was allowed to use the Austin engines and chassis technology of these models for its own vehicles. In 1956, the Nissan Junior appeared, a pick-up and station wagon equipped with the Austin engine of the A50. In 1957, the Nissan Junior Caball van based on the Junior followed. After the contract ended at the end of the 1950s, Nissan used its own engines, which were developed as a template from the original Austin engine. In the 1960s, Nissan cooperated with the manufacturer Prince Jidōsha Kōgyō and eventually took it over completely. In 1970, the Prince Miler model was integrated into the Junior program and from then on there was a Nissan Junior as a Nissan Miler with special equipment specifically for sale through the Nissan Prince dealer network. In 1982, production of the model series ended without a successor and the production facilities were sold to SAIPA, where the model was produced from 1983 to 2003 and since then by the SAIPA subsidiary Zamyad as the Z24. SAIPA had acquired the Junior's production facilities and produced the Nissan Junior 141 as the SAIPA Z24 from 1983 to 1998. In 1998, Zamyad, a subsidiary of SAIPA, took over production and has been producing the Z24 ever since. Since 2003 no longer as SAIPA, but as Zamyad. The current model is equipped with a 114 hp (84 kW) 2.4 liter gasoline engine. / @sprkhodro #nissan #junior