Daihatsu - Definition and Overview

Daihatsu is a Japanese manufacturer of cars, especially compact/small cars. These cars are also known as keicar in Japan.

Company history

• 1907 Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. founded
• 1951 Company renamed: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
• 1967 Starting cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
• 1988 Daihatsu USA launched with the Charade and Rocky
• 1992 Daihatsu USA closed in February
• 1999 Becomes subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation

Passenger car models

Toy model of Daihatsu Midget

• Bee
• Charmant
• Charade
• Compagno
• Copen
• Consorte
• Fellow Max
• Max
• Midget (also known as Bajaj)
• Mira (also known as Cuore)
• Move
• Naked
• Rocky
• Sirion
• Taft
• Terios
• YRV

Plants

• Ikeda (Osaka), also headquarters
• Ryuo (Shiga)
• Tada (Hyogo)
• Kyoto (Kyoto)

External links

• Daihatsu (http://www.daihatsu.co.jp) (official site in Japanese)
• Daihatsu (http://www.daihatsu.com) (English site)