Nissan Cedric (30)

TLV-01 Nissan Cedric

The Nissan Cedric is a large automobile produced by Nissan since 1960. It was developed to provide upscale transportation, competing with the Prince Skyline and Gloria which were later merged into the Nissan family. In later years, the Nissan Skyline was positioned as a sports sedan/coupe, whereas the Nissan Gloria was turned into a sporty version of the Cedric.

The first Cedric was the (30) series, introduced in March 1960 and produced through 1962. It was available only at Japanese Nissan dealerships called Nissan Bluebird Store. It was the first product labeled as a Nissan, but shared mechanicals with Datsun products built at the time.

This medium-sized car was built using manufacturing techniques acquired from the English Austin Company through a technical tie-up. First the 1,500cc model was launched in April 1960, followed by the 1,900cc Custom (G30) model in October that year.

The white and brown ones I believe was one of the first releases of TLVs hence some of the details were not up to par with current TLVs. Nonetheless the details are still nice so i am not complaining.

The silver is the commemorative release to mark the 100th number of the Tomica Vintage line. This one is hand polished without paint but with a clear coat applied to it. This was also sold with a special box to distinguish it from regular Tomytec releases.

(from wikipedia.org and nissan heritage collection)