The first ‘talking car’, the 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima, stored its voice messages on a 3-inch, shock-resistant, plastic phonograph record [ow.ly] [source of the video: [ow.ly]]
1982 Datsun Voice Warning Box Used Tiny Phonograph Record, Just Like Moon Base Robots
Certain high-end Datsun models of the Late Malaise Era came with a seriously science-fictiony feature: the car talked to you! That’s no big deal nowadays- $1.29 worth of silicon- but back then it took hardware.
Early 1980s Datsun/Nissan Voice Alert phonograph unit
Demonstration of the "talk box" used in Datsun and Nissan Maximas, 200SXs, and 280ZXs in the early-to-middle 1980s.
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