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Father of the Z, K-san, dies at 105

Capri · 2015-02-21 21:47:35

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/father-of-datsun-sports-car-dies-31010921.html Yutaka Katayama, a former president of Nissan Motor's US unit who built the Z sports car into a powerful global brand in the 1970s, has died, his son said today. He was 105 Known as the "father of the Z," Mr Katayama won international…

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http://www.independent.ie/world-news/father-of-datsun-sports-car-dies-31010921.html

Yutaka Katayama, a former president of Nissan Motor's US unit who built the Z sports car into a powerful global brand in the 1970s, has died, his son said today. He was 105

Known as the "father of the Z," Mr Katayama won international respect for the Datsun Z as an affordable sports car at a time when Japan-made products were synonymous with slipshod quality.

Mr Katayama, who retired from Nissan in 1977, died on Thursday of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital, his son Mitsuo said

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