The original Prince Clipper's face was built around six oval cooling vents — an unmistakable grille nobody else copied.
Lead trim: Prince Clipper BQTI 1.9 GB-4
Nissan Clipper AQTI / BQTI1958–1963
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FactThe original Prince Clipper's face was built around six oval cooling vents — an unmistakable grille nobody else copied.
The Clipper name began with the Prince Motor Company's AKTG cab-over truck of May 1954, the Clipper label first appearing on the 1.5-litre AQTI series of October 1958, which had a distinct front with six oval cooling openings; in February 1961 the AQTI was re-engined with the 1.9-litre GB-4 (later G-2) and renamed the BQTI. It was a Prince light/medium-duty commercial vehicle; after the Nissan-Prince merger the range was rebadged as the Nissan Clipper, and from 2003 the name was reused for rebadged kei trucks.
Collectors Spotted in the Nissan Clipper Lineage
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Clipper AQTI 1.5 | 1958–1961 | 1.5 L | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prince Clipper BQTI 1.9 GB-4 | 1961–1963 | 1.9 L | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Nissan stopped selling rebadged Minicabs in 2013 when Mitsubishi quit kei trucks, then brought the badge-twin back as this electric van.
Nissan dropped this Clipper in 2013 because Mitsubishi quit building its own petrol kei trucks and vans for 2014.
The Clipper’s face had a clever trick: of its four big chrome-ringed circles up front, only two were actually headlights — the other two were cooling vents styled to match.
Three years before Nissan absorbed Prince Motor Company, Prince redesigned its cabover Clipper truck with quad headlights and renamed it the T630/T631 Super Clipper.
The original Prince Clipper's face was built around six oval cooling vents — an unmistakable grille nobody else copied.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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