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CEDRIC MAGAZINE ARTICLESThe following is a list of a few magazines that have featured articles on the Nissan Cedric. The list is in chronological order, it shows the publication date, the name of the magazine, the title of the article and a brief description of the contents of the article.
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February 1961 - Modern Motor
"Low Cost Japanese Cars" - an article about Nissan/Datsun cars that are soon to be available in Australia, has a small section about the 30 series Cedric. ***Has a photo of the 30 series Cedric on the cover. ***

February 1962 - Wheels
"Japanese Cars For Australia" - a one page article about the coming Nissan/Datsun cars, has a small section about the Cedric, which according to the article "bears a close resemblance to the Humber Super Snipe" !

March 1963 - Wheels
"From Japan, the Cedric and the Tiara" - a 3 page article about the Mark I 31 series Cedric and the Toyota Tiara.

April 1963  - Modern Motor
"Cedric is no cissy" - an article about the Mark I 31 series Cedric

November 1963 - Motor Manual
Has an article about the Mark I 31 series Cedric Wagon.
*** has 2 photos of the Mark I 31 series Cedric wagon on the cover***

September 12th 1964 - Motor (UK)
"What's so special about Cedric ?" - an article about the 50 series Cedric Special. This car is a prototype that was tested while it was in England being fitted with a Borg-Warner automatic transmission.

November 1964 - Australian Motor Sports and Automobiles
"How good are Japanese cars" - has a 16 page article about Japanese cars including an article called "Cedric-smooth sophistication" which is about the Mark II 31 series Cedric.

April 1966 - Modern Motor
"9 wagons * 9 ways" - an article comparing 9 different wagons, has a TINY section about the Mark I 130 series Cedric wagon.

June 1966 - Modern Motor
"Datsun's Dapper 6" - an article about the Mark I 130 series Cedric

June 1966 - Australian Motor Sports
"Which 6 is best" - a comparison test between a Mark I 130 series Cedric, a second generation Toyota Crown and 3 horrible Australian cars, a Holden, a Falcon and a Valiant.

August 1966 - Modern Motor
"6 Pot Cedric" - an article about the Mark I 130 series Cedric

May 1967 - Motor Manual
"Testing time" - an article on road testing, uses a Mark I 130 series Cedric to demonstrate how the magazine conducts their road tests.

October 1967 - Australian Motor Sports and Automobiles
"Super 6 sequel" - a 2 page article on the Mark II 130 series Cedric Super 6. The article is a follow up from an article printed last month in AMS that fould the Super 6 to be "sluggish" and "down on power". After the car was returned to Nissan a fault was found, so this was rectified and the car was tested again, this time with much better results.

July 1968  - Wheels
"Savage Safari" - an article about the 130 series Cedric 2000 rally car.

July 1991 - Wheels
 "A Streetcar Called Brian" - a humorous article about the 31 series Cedric

August 1997 - My Car
"A classic becomes a singing sensation" - has an article about the "Nissan Cedrics", an Australian singing group (see the Cedric Trivia page for more details). The article features a photo of my Mark II 31 series Cedric wagon.
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