The First Generation Cedric

The first Cedric was introduced by Nissan in March 1960. It was Nissan's first big car since the Nissan 70.  The Cedric replaced the Austin A50, which Nissan was building under license from the Austin Motor Company. The styling of the Cedric's windscreen and vertical headlights were inspired by the Tobu JNR 151 commuter train. When it first came out, only the sedan was available from the dealerships. The station wagon and van became available at a latter time.

The Cedric was developed to compete with the Prince Skyline and Gloria. According to Nissan, the name "Cedric" was inspired from the main character in Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, who was known as a model of beauty, strength and justice.

Tomica Limited Vintage released this model car in 2004. They made six versions of this car. The first four models were numbered LV01 with no alphabetic designations. The brown with white roof and ivory versions were released in January 30, 2004. The black with white roof and the Tokyo taxi were released in February 2004. There are two variants of the Cedric which were released in May 2004 and are numbered LV01e and LV01f, both had different interiors from the others. The Nippon Kotsu Cedric taxi was released in March 2007 as part of their taxi boxed set.