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History of Daihatsu Motor Cars / Automobiles |
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- 8.11.2. Daihatsu
- The Daihatsu Motor Company came into being in 1951.
- The company was originally called the Hatsudoki Seizo Company which was founded in 1907 and initially produced internal combustion engines.
- In 1930 the company produced a three-wheeled trike.
- The first car, a three-wheeled car called the “Bee”, was built by Daihatsu in 1958.
- Cooperation with Toyota started in 1967, with Toyota taking a controlling interest in 1999.
- Between 1963 and 1970 the company produced about 120,000 Compagno models, including a 41 hp 797 cc sedan (1963-67), the Spider 800 cabriolet/convertible (1965-67) and a 55 hp 958 cc sedan & convertible (1965-70).
- The company started production of the Charade model in 1977.
- Four generations of this model were produced; the 50 hp 993 cc G10 (1977-83), the three-cylinder 1 litre G11 (1983-87), the G100 (1987-1994) and the G200 (1994-2000), including a 1.5 litre sedan version. How many Charade cars were produced?
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