The Nissan Silvia CSP311 was introduced in September 1964 as the "Datsun Coupé 1500". The introductory model was a hand-built coupé based on the Fairlady platform (Datsun Sports or Datsun Roadster in the U.S). The CSP311 was powered by the 96 PS (71 kW) 1.6L Nissan R series engine, driving power to the rear wheels via a 4-speed manual transmission. Due to being nearly entirely hand made, only 554 were produced, mainly in 1965, before production stopped in 1968. The SCP311 was eventually succeeded by the S10 Nissan Silvia in 1975.