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The Daihatsu Gran Max continues to be the top choice for businesses and entrepreneurs who need a light commercial panel van or pickup. According to Daihatsu Malaysia, it had sold 1,190 units of the Gran Max in 2022, making ...

Daihatsu Gran Max was Malaysia’s best-selling small van in 2022

Daihatsu Malaysia recently reported that it sold 1,190 units of the Daihatsu Gran Max in 2022. The total overall sales volume which includes pick-up and panel van (both in manual and auto transmission) retains Gran Max as Malaysia’s No.1 ...

Daihatsu Gran Max Retains Position Of Bestseller In LCV Segment (Below 2 litres)

Daihatsu has had a long presence in the Malaysian market which goes back to the 1970s when it began marketing the Charade hatchback. It was especially strong in the compact car segment and also had popular 4×4 models. Although ...

Best-selling cars around the world in 2022

World’s biggest hits Argentina Australia Brazil China France Germany India Indonesia Italy Russia South Africa Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States It’s been a difficult time for the car industry these past few years, with the Covid-19 pandemic and ...

Retro review: the brilliantly-boxy Daihatsu Materia

This review was first published in Issue 170 of Top Gear magazine (2007) Japan’s obsession with cars so blocky that they make traffic jams look like a giant game of Tetris, is slowly beginning to find a smaller (yet ...

Daihatsu Move Canbus patents registered in Indonesia, arriving there soon?

Despite the Move name, the Daihatsu Move Canbus doesn’t really share any connections with the former donor car to the Perodua Kenari. Indeed, the Move Canbus shares more similarities with the tall-looking Daihatsu Tanto. With that little anecdote out ...

Daihatsu To Use CATL's Batteries And Cell-To-Pack Technology

CATL and Daihatsu reached Strategic Cooperation agreement The Japanese company intends to accelerate its transition to electric vehicles. Daihatsu Motor Co., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota engaged in micro vehicles (kei cars), and CATL announced an MOU ...

Daihatsu goes for CATL batteries

The Japanese small car manufacturer Daihatsu is cooperating with the Chinese battery giant CATL and wants to stock up on battery cells for future electric models through its new partner. Both sides have now signed a memorandum of understanding ...

China's CATL signs MoU with Daihatsu - yes, a compact EV is in the plans for Perodua

Daihatsu Ayla EV concept at the 2022 Gaikindo Indonesia Auto Show The compact car business is very difficult. Just ask , which had terminated its one year earlier than planned. Profits are thinner than their door panels, but ever ...

CATL and Daihatsu reached strategic cooperation agreement

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu) announced an MOU of Strategic Cooperation on battery supply and battery technologies to promote e-mobility in Japan.

China's CATL signs MoU with Daihatsu - yes, a compact EV in the plans for Perodua

Daihatsu tops J.D. Power Japan's 'quality' survey, Honda next, Toyota below average

Market research agency J.D. Power has released the findings of its 2022 Japan Initial Quality Study (IQS). A total of 20,797 respondents who had owned their new car for at least 2 to 13 months were asked to answer ...

Next-gen Daihatsu Move (aka Perodua Kenari) to be brand's first EV, will debut in 2023

The next-generation Daihatsu Move is expected to undergo a full model change at the end of 2023, and with it comes new powertrains with hybrid and full electric, reports Japanese publication BestCarWeb. How will the electric powertrain come about? ...

Daihatsu Tanto Fun Cross Debuts As Funky Kei Car With Tiny Turbo Engine

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Daihatsu Ayla EV concept unveiled – Electric Perodua Axia in the making?

Daihatsu Indonesia has unveiled the Daihatsu Ayla EV concept at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show 2022 (GIIAS 2022), which is basically an EV version of our beloved Perodua Axia. The concept explores the possibility of a budget EV ...

Perodua Axia EV Now A Reality - Daihatsu Shows It Off At GIIAS 2022

Perodua Axia EV – Powertrain 32kWh Battery. Enough Juice for the Axia EV? This one came up out of left field, but feast your eyes on what could possibly be Perodua’s first EV…..in a few year's time, perhaps. It’s ...

Daihatsu exhibits Rocky hybrid model, AYLA BEV concept car and other vehicles at Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show 2022

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that P.T. Astra Daihatsu Motor, its Indonesian subsidiary, will exhibit a total of nine vehicles and technical exhibits at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show 2022 (GIIAS2022) held in Jakarta from August 11 to 21.

Daihatsu Ayla EV concept car debuts in Indonesia, Axia EV hinted?

At the ongoing Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (2022 GIIAS), Daihatsu has brought out the Daihatsu Ayla EV concept car. The Ayla is also known as the Perodua Axia in Malaysia. The key difference between this concept car and ...

D92A 2023 Toyota Vios: Designed by Daihatsu? Let's spot the similarities with a DNGA Ativa

Love it or loathe it, the all-new 2023 has just made its world debut in Thailand where it is called the Yaris Ativ. Even before the fourth-generation is officially uncovered, we already reported that the popular sedan will be ...

Signs of an electric Axia? Daihatsu Ayla EV set for possible debut at GIIAS 2022

Daihatsu Ayla EV is rumoured to be developed by PT Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) Early indications of it showing up at GIIAS 2022 Will it make it to the mass market? The Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (2022) is ...

Signs of an electric Axia? Daihatsu Agya EV set for possible debut at GIIAS 2022

Daihatsu Wildcat TAFT F20: How I found & restored this unique vehicle

The Wildcat was a victim of not one, but two floods and was untouched for 9 years. Just a piece of scrap metal, nothing more. Sunu Babu recently shared this with other enthusiasts. After working in the IT industry ...

Relive your youth with this £5,000 Daihatsu Charade GTI

Retro Complete with a banging stereo for your chunes so you can party like it’s 1999… again Ever heard the line about how mullets are business up front and party out the back? Well, it’s an awful justification for an ...

Daihatsu: Launch of a completely redesigned model of seven-seated compact MPV “ALZA” in B-segment category in Malaysia

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd (hereinafter “Daihatsu”) has announced that Perodua, a joint venture company in Malaysia (Selangor State) which manufactures and supplies automobiles, launched a completely redesigned model of the B-segment national car “ALZA” on 20th July, 2022

Suzuki, Daihatsu, Toyota, and CJPT to Introduce Mini-Commercial Van Electric Vehicles in FY2023

Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) announced that they have agreed to work towards the market introduction of mini-commercial van electric vehicles (BEVs) in FY2023 to achieve carbon neutrality

Sayonara, Daihatsu Wake! Star of the quirkiest JDM car ad ever to end production in August 2022

Japan isn’t just the land of fire-breathing Japanese monsters (both from sea and land), it’s also a polite nation famed for some of the weirdest advertisements ever shown on TV. Besides romanticising for long long maaan and summoning a ...

What happened to the cheap car? The sweet bargains we need right now from Ford, Toyota, Daihatsu, Hyundai and others to make cars affordable again for struggling Australians

Dacia Jogger Ford Maverick Hyundai Casper Daihatsu Rocky Toyota Aygo Cross Models like the Dacia Jogger, Ford Maverick and Hyundai Casper seem tailor-made for Aussie tastes, so why aren’t they here? With Sukuki this week announcing the imminent demise ...

All 1,000 units of the Daihatsu Copen 20th Anniversary Edition were sold out in 5 days!

For those pouring out whatever motor oil or blinker fluid for the Honda S660’s demise, there is still one more brand-new kei sports car that is chugging along – the Daihatsu Copen and the nameplate is turning 20 in ...

From Ford and Chevrolet to Suzuki and Daihatsu, these are the small SUVs Australia doesn't get - but we definitely want!

Chevy Trailblazer Ford Bronco Sport GWM Cyber Tank MG Marvel R Opel Mokka-e Daihatsu Rocky Suzuki XBee Suzuki Vitara Hybrid We reckon Ford’s Bronco Sport would resonate well with Australian customers after a rugged-looking small SUV. Small and compact ...

8 things you might not know about the Daihatsu Move beyond the Perodua Kenari's donor model

1. The first two generations were designed by Italians 2. There are female-focused variants 3. Some parts of the third-gen Move are interchangeable with the Perodua Viva 4. The fourth-gen Move had two different designs depending on the variant ...

The Daihatsu Mira story part 2: Kelisa, Viva, and beyond

Retro fever and swappable parts Gino and AVY But wait… In Part 2, we take a look at the final generations of the Daihatsu Mira From one generation skipped by Perodua to what would eventually be the Kelisa and ...

Daihatsu: production, sales and export results for April 2022

Production, sales and export results for April 2022

2022 Daihatsu Sirion caught undisguised ahead of June launch, Perodua Myvi with less features and less powerful engine

Credit: @txtdarierha The is the road-going King but that title only applies in Malaysia and the 2022 update further enhances its position in automotive royalty. On the other hand, the Myvi’s Indonesian twin, the Daihatsu Sirion doesn’t face the ...

The Daihatsu Mira story part 1: From humble kei car to Perodua Kancil

The beginning of the Mira A new purpose Hot hatches, 4x4s, and Moderno The Mira nameplate existed for around 40 years Many Kancils, Kelisas, and Vivas have been converted to their respective JDM twins In Part 1 of this ...

Tiny Daihatsu Hijet Camper Van Hides a Cute Log Cabin Inside

A brief history of the Daihatsu Hijet How you can create your own log cabin on wheels Americans can get a micro-camper van soon Larger RVs can be expensive, but a cheap camper van can work just as well. ...

2022 Daihatsu Rocky e-Smart hybrid leaks online, shared with Toyota Raize

Remember the rugged little go-anywhere Daihatsu Rocky from the 1980s and ’90s? Well, it seems there is an e-Smart hybrid option on the way for the current model, which is sold in Japan and other Asian markets, twinned with the ...

Daihatsu To Present Modified Versions Of The Rocky And Atrai In Tokyo

Daihatsu announced the lineup for the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon that includes four concept cars based on the Rocky e-Smart Hybrid SUV and the Atrai Kei van that debuted a few days ago. Starting with the Rocky, Daihatsu is showing the ...

Mod ideas for your Perodua Ativa? Daihatsu to showcase modified Rocky e:smart Hybrid

Two distinctive Rocky e:Smart versions to be showcased Premium Version gets contrast blue highlights Crossfield Version is ready to tackle the wilderness At the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon, which is set to happen from 14- to 16-January, Daihatsu will ...

Never mind the Ativa, this raised-up Daihatsu Rocky e:Smart Hybrid is what you need for floods

Toyota, Daihatsu, and Suzuki get in bed, aims to show the world that sports cars aren’t dead

Rendered image via BestCarWeb In a rather surprising development, a scoop from Japan revealed that Toyota, as part of their “Making better cars” campaign, will be developing a new compact midship sports car in collaboration with Daihatsu and Suzuki. ...

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