The history of Nissan begins with the opening of the Kwaishinsha Co. automobile plant, established in 1911 by the pioneer of the Japanese automobile industry Masujiro Hashimoto in the Azabu-Hiroo area of Tokyo. The first Datsun passenger car rolled off the assembly line at the Yokohama plant in April 1935. At that time, Nissan switched to using only Japanese-made components and installed presses to produce body panels, thus ending the manual processing of metal sheets. Almost from the outset, Nissan vehicles have come to be associated with technical excellence and innovation. 1951 saw the launch of the Patrol, the first off-road vehicle with a 6-cylinder engine, surpassing the legendary American Willis Jeep in engine power and payload. Mastering all the new niches of the world car market, in 1989 the Infiniti Division of Nissan North America was founded in the USA with the aim of producing luxury cars. Released in the same year, the Q45 model competed with Mercedes, BMW and Lexus. The company pays great attention to the production of original parts for the aftermarket. The company supplies body parts, auto glass, interior and interior trim parts, optics, auto electrics, spare parts for the ignition, cooling systems, etc. In addition, spare parts for Nissan cars are produced by such manufacturers as KOYO, KAYABA, KASHIYAMA, BANDO, NISSHINBO (Japan), TRW-LUCAS, HENGST, KOLBENSCHMIDT, BOSCH MAHLE (Germany), BREMBO (Italy), PHILIPS, VALEO, SAINT -GOBAIN (France). In 1999, Nissan formed an alliance with Renault to avoid the financial crisis, which bought almost 40% of its shares. On May 12, 2016 it became known that Nissan was acquiring 34% of shares of another manufacturer from Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation - and creating a new alliance with it. Today Nissan is the second largest Japanese automaker and one of the leaders in the global automotive industry, having, in addition to its factories in Japan, many divisions and subsidiaries around the world: in the USA, Europe, Australia, South America, Asia - in only 17 countries