Nissan Diesel COE models 1960-1990

Nissan Diesel’s COE models started with the six-wheeler Rhino, the eight-wheeler Vulcan and the four-wheeler Tasker – arriving in New Zealand in the late 1960s and originally powered by Nissan’s stupendous Uniflow two-stroke diesel engine range.

The fuel-crisis of the early ’70s killed off the two-strokes, but by then Nissan had developed their four-stroke range, and in particular the 300hp V8 that powered their heavy-hitters in the range proved to be a huge success and one of the reasons the brand is so well respected in the industry, as it set a template of durability that defined the brand right up to the present day.