LOL.....By 72 things were improving and Datsun had even brought us the 240, a poor man's Jag that still tended to rust but was one helluva' car.
No, I'm talking about the winners that came to us as just a few in the late 50's and thru the middle 60's when it began to slowly improve. Those early Datsuns wouldn't get out of their own way. They barely reached 55 mph in a quarter mile! 64 1200 And man did they ever break down!!!!
Bikes were the same way but they matured faster. Honda's first attempts much beyond the MoPed level were hilarious. Do you remember the "Dream 305?" It was a lot more like a nightmare with pressed bars, whitewall tires, and plastic fenders. If you wanted a real bike you bought Brit or Harley. Then first Kawasaki made it big with the 500 and in 69 the Honda Four revolutionized motorcycling and I, just like a ton of others, have been riding the rice-burners ever since.