Learning Japanese: ?Tateguro? Nissan Gloria A30

12-09-2009 02:42 AM

Welcome to a new series on the JNC Blog. In Learning Japanese, we’ll introduce nicknames for Japanese cars and delve into their etymology. We started informally with the erimaki Mitsubishi Mirage, but now it’s official.Let’s kick off with the tateguro, or 1967-71 Nissan Gloria. So how did the third-generation Gloria get its name?Tate means “vertical” [...]

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