Thank you, Indeed. Listeners of this show will get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at http://Indeed.com/PASTGAS. Thank you Shopify! Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at http://Shopify.com/GAS August, 1958. Nissan ad man Yutaka Katayama, known to most as Mr. K, is in Sydney, Australia was leading a two car team of Datsun 210s in the brand’s first official motorsport event.The brand had gotten its start barely 20 years ago, and was now in Australia to build brand recognition for their impending global expansion. It was a huge gamble. And one that would pay off. But how are the histories of Datsun and Nissan intertwined?? How did Yoshisuke Aikawa’s leadership turn Japan into an automotive manufacturing powerhouse? And how did Mr. K revolutionize automotive advertising and bring prestige and recognition to Nissan and Datsun worldwide? Today on Past Gas, the first of our two-part series on DATSUN. 00:00 Intro 00:39 Why Nissan Created Datsun (Pt 1) 02:33 Indeed 03:01Cast intros 04:28 Why Datsun is so cool 07:27 Yoshisuke Aikawa 13:05 Shopify 14:17 The DAT and the origins of Nissan 24:21 Indeed 25:29 Growth and Mr. K 32:57 World War 2 and its aftermath 37:41 Mr. K takes Datsuns global 44:29 Set up for Part 2... 46:29 Listener mail and outdo Image credit: Luca Rocchi Morio Jacob Frey 4A Mytho88 ►LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST HERE! http://bit.ly/PastGas Donut Media’s James Pumphrey, Nolan Sykes, and Joe Weber walk you through incredible stories behind your favorite cars and manufacturers. Episodes include underground Japanese racing clubs, bitter racing rivalries, and how some of your favorite classic cars came to be. Listen and find out why Past Gas is the #1 automotive podcast on Apple. ►Check out Donut Media: Donut ► Check out our membership program Donut Underground! ►►/ @donut ►Get a Donut shirt ►►http://www.donut.media/ ►Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donutmedia/ ► Our instagram has good memes: / donutmedia Donut = We like cars, and we like making videos about cars. Hopefully our videos make you like cars too.