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Ladies, gentlemen

Can anyone tell me why Nissan called its special car manufacturing plant - the one that made the Figaro - The Pike Factory?
Nissan's GB press office didn't know the answer, and there is no explanation anywhere online (plenty about the Pike Factory, but not its name). Office suggestions have included a Dad's Army connection, Japan's love of eating ugly fish, and a Japlish mistranslation.
A completely worthless prize awaits the most plausible, preferably correct, answer.

Lisa

Well, Longbridge also had a "Pike" factory so, whatever the reason, Datsun weren't the only ones to think of it and it's Midlandish as well as Japanese.
I know that won't answer your question, but at least it may cause further confusion.

Hardly anything to do with Pikes Peak hill climb in the states?

Longbridge Pike factory history.
http://www.austinmemories.com/page24/page24.html

I think you'll find that Longbridge's Pike Factory was so-called because it was built by a company called White & Pike... although you'd have thought it would have been called the White & Pike Factory.

Stupid boy!

I was wondering how long it would take somebody to post that and you haven't disapointed!

Don't tell him Pike

Sorry I don't know but I couldn't resist that one .