Nissan Atlas
| Nissan Atlas | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer |
Nissan Shatai UD Trucks |
| Also called | Nissan Cabstar/NT400 (Europe, Australia & China) Renault Maxity (Europe) Samsung SV110 (Asia) UD Condor (Japan) Yue Loong Homer (ROC) Tan Chong Pahlawan (Malaysia) UD 1200/1300/1400 (United States and Canada) Dong Feng Captain N300 (China) Ashok Leyland Partner (India) Ashok Leyland Garuda (India, military variants) |
| Production | 1982-present |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Truck |
| Body style | Truck (standard cab, crew cab) |
| Powertrain | |
| Transmission | Nissan (manual) Aisin (automatic) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor |
Nissan Cabstar, Homer (light) Nissan C80 (medium) Nissan Caball, Clipper (heavy) |
The Nissan Atlas (Japanese: 日産・アトラス) is a series of pickup trucks and light commercial vehicles manufactured by Nissan. It is built by UD Trucks for the Japanese market, and by the Renault-Nissan Alliance for the European market. The lighter range vehicles, weighing from 1 to 1.5 tons, replaced the earlier Cabstar and Homer, while the heavier Caball and Clipper were replaced by the 2-to-4 ton range Atlas. The Atlas nameplate was first introduced in December 1981, available at Nissan Bluebird Store locations.
The Atlas is known also as the Nissan Cabstar, Renault Maxity, Samsung SV110 and Ashok Leyland Partner depending on the location. The range has been sold across the world.
Manufacturing of the heavier range (H40-series) began in December 1981, while the lighter series Atlas (F22) was introduced in February 1982.
The Atlas F22 was sold in Europe as the Nissan Cabstar and proved a popular truck in the UK market due to its reliability and ability to carry weight. The F22 Cabstar was available in the British market with the 1,952 cc Z20S OHC petrol engine. From 1990 the range widened and was sold as the Cabstar E. In Taiwan, the F22 continued to be sold as the "Yue Loong Homer".
It was also used as recreational truck (motorhome conversions). It proved to be serious competition for the dated Bedford CF and Ford Transit which were its main competitors. The trucks popularity in the African market saw vast majority of the remaining early UK F22 models being exported to Africa.
Australia was another important market for the Atlas, where it took over after the previous Nissan Caball which was sold there from 1970 to 1981. It was later marketed as the Nissan Cabstar (1984–1992). It was built in Australia using many local components.
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