The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose ...

While it has primarily been known in the U.S. as Nissan, this carmaker built vehicles under the Datsun brand for decades.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well.

Full-size trucks define the mainstream, but the smaller midsize off-roaders can get into and out of places others may not, in addition to weighing less and looking just as cool.

Full-size trucks define the mainstream, but the smaller midsize off-roaders can get into and out of places others may not, in addition to weighing less and looking just as cool.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well.

Full-size trucks define the mainstream, but the smaller midsize off-roaders can get into and out of places others may not, in addition to weighing less and looking just as cool.

Full-size trucks define the mainstream, but the smaller midsize off-roaders can get into and out of places others may not, in addition to weighing less and looking just as cool.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well.

The best-looking trucks are all built for a purpose, and this one’s purpose is inciting nostalgia. It performs this purpose well — perhaps too well. The current Nissan Frontier is a fine, good-towing, ...