Prince Motor Company
The first Laurel was developed by the Nissan Tsurumi R&amp;D Division and assembled at the Musashimurayama Plant of the former Prince Motor Company in 2-door and 4-door variants. Released as a Nissan after Prince merged with Nissan, Laurels shared many components and architectures with the Skyline range. The Laurel was not marketed new in Japan at "Nissan Prince Shop" locations that sold the Skyline and Gloria, former Prince products. Instead the Laurel was sold at "Nissan Motor Shop" as the junior model to the larger V8-powered Nissan President.