The Nissan Motor Company Ltd. began as Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. in 1933. In 1958 Nissan began exporting passenger cars to the U.S., and two years later the Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. was established. In 1981 the brand name on overseas models was changed from Datsun to Nissan. In 1980 Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation (NMMC) was established in Smyrna, Tenn., and produced its one millionth vehicle in 1989. That same year the luxury Infiniti division debuted. In 2001 Nissan had produced more than 60 million vehicles.
