The company was founded under the name Hatsudoki Seizo KK in Osaka 1907 and got 1957 the name Daihatsu. 1967 started the long-lasting partnership with Toyota, Daihatsu has been part of the Toyota Group since 1998. The trademark of the company is a stylized D that is supposed to resemble an ellipse. The focus of the company is on the construction of small vehicles, most of them belong to the Kei-Car-Class. However, Daihatsu first became known for building three-wheel commercial vehicles, such as the Midget MP4. From 1977 commercial vehicles were also imported to Germany. 1989 was finally founded the Daihatsu Germany GmbH based in Tönisvorst. Over the next decades, a not insignificant amount of small cars was sold in this country. Particularly well-known are the Cuore and the Charade. Although Daihatsu 2013 withdrew from the European market, the small cars continue to enjoy great popularity, including in the tuning sector. With autotuning, the vehicle can also be super individualized.
There is a crazy development in the world of kei cars, which has been an integral part of automotive culture in Japan since 1949. There are “several” radical transformations from the Japanese tuner Mo.Fac, which specializes in the small Daihatsu Copen...
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Recently updated on May 8, 2023 at 08:49 a.m. The Daihatsu Copen is undoubtedly one of the coolest kei cars in the world. The tiny roadster with the electric steel folding roof has not only enchanted women for years, but also brings a smile to every fresh air fan...
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Recently updated on May 6, 2021 at 01:00 a.m. Photo credit: DAMD Tuning The Japanese tuner DAMD once again comes with a particularly bizarre part. A current Daihatsu Taft (kei car for Japan). But of course not a standard one. But the “little D”…
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Recently updated on May 24, 2021 at 08:30 am Unfortunately, the Tokyo Auto Salon will not take place in 2021. But that doesn't stop Daihatsu from presenting their vehicles built specifically for the auto show. And this time the Japanese...
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Can you still remember the completely crazy Liberty Walk widebody Daihatsu Copen GT-K from August 2018 (the kit is from 2017)? Together with another converted vehicle, we gave you the pseudo GT-R based on a tiny Kei Car ...
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Recently updated on September 17, 2020 at 02:31 a.m. The fifth generation of the Daihatsu Mira (L700/710), like all the others, is hard to beat when it comes to boringness. Regardless of whether you ordered the 660 cm³ “EF” engine as a naturally aspirated engine or with a turbocharger, ...
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Recently updated on September 18, 2018 at 08:51 am They actually did it! A good year ago we reported that the Japanese tuner Liberty Walk Performance was planning an extensive widebody kit for the tiny Daihatsu Copen. The virtual images showed...
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Recently updated on August 21, 2018 at 08:39 a.m. First of all, we don't actually know anything about this vehicle! The guys from Liberty Walk Performance are responsible for this project and supposedly the part is supposed to be part of the current Tokyo Motor Show (starts today)...
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We just noticed a video on the “ACCtv” channel. As with many videos, this one was unfortunately saved with meaningful details. Anyway, of course we want to show it anyway. Due to the lack of information, we leave it at this point ...
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News on the page about the Accincjp team (ACCinc airrunner OntheGround TC-5 decade systems G-DRIVE). We discovered the following photos on the tuner's social media channel and just have to show them to you. You can see a tuned Daihatsu Move L175 (fifth ...
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