'''Nissan Motor Co. (Australia) Pty. Ltd.''' is the Australian arm of Japanese automaker Nissan that specializes in the sales and distribution of Nissan and automobiles in Australia. Formed in 1966, it is currently headquartered in Mulgrave, Victoria. Until 1992, the company assembled passenger cars of the Japanese company.
History
Nissan automobiles were imported to Australia as early as the 1930s.[1] In the early 1960s, the Australian industrialist Lawrence Hartnett became aware of the brand and took over local sales. In 1966 Sydney-based Pressed Metal Corporation began assembly of up to 20,000 Bluebirds annually for the Australian market.[1]
As early as 1968, Nissan was named as a tenant of the closed Volkswagen Australia plant.[2] The Volkswagen