1900's
1907 Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. established for the manufacture and sales of internal combustion engines.
1930's
1930 Production of 3-wheel vehicles began.
1950's
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Bee (1951) |
1951 Company name changed to Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
1957 Midget compact 3-wheel vehicle marketed.
1960's
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Compagno (1963) |
1967 Business tie-up signed with Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd.
1970's
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Fellow Max (1970) |
1977 Charade (993cc) passenger car marketed.
1980's
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Cuore (1981) |
1981 Cuore marketed.
1984 Rocky marketed.
CKD production of Daihatsu 850 Cab/Cab Van models commenced in China on October 18th.
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Charmant (1982) |
KD production of Hijet in Tianjin, China started in November.
1985 Accumulated automobile production exceeded 10,000,000.
1986 CKD production of the Charade commenced in China on November 1st.
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Charade (1983) |
1989 Feroza marketed.
Applause marketed.
1990's
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Mira (1990) |
1990 Daihatsu entered into a technical cooperation agreement with Asia Motors Co., Inc. of Korea.
1992 Daihatsu entered into a new joint venture with P.T. Daihatsu Indonesia in January.
Cumulative engine production hit the15 million mark.
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Opti (1992) |
Local production of the Hijet (joint venture with Piaggio V.E.) began in Italy in December.
1993 Charade GTti captured a 1st place win in class A-7 and 5th place overall in the 41st Safari Rally.
1994 Joint venture production of Malaysia's Second National Car, Kancil, (based Cuore) began in August.
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Feroza (1993) |
1995 New Zebra Espass marketed in Indonesia in April.
New mini passenger car Move marketed in Japan in August.
1996 Production of Malaysia's National 1-Box Car, Rusa, began in April.
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Mira (1994) |
New light commercial vehicle Midget II marketed in Japan in April.
A technical assistance agreement was signed between Daihatsu and Liuzhou Wuling Motor Co., Ltd., in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous District, China.
Compact Wagon Pyzar (Gran Move) marketed in Japan in August.
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Charade (1994) |
1997 Daihatsu celebrated its 90th anniversary.
Compact 4WD Terios marketed.
Accumulated light vehicle production exceeded 10,000,000.
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Rocky (1994) |
Accumulated production of the Kancil in Malaysia exceeded 100,000.
1998 New passenger car Sirion marketed.
Mira, Move and Terios Kid models compliant with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards were put on the market.
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Charade (1994) |
An Opti model compliant with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards was put on the market.
Cumulative vehicle production hit the 20 million mark.
1999 Atrai and Hijet models compliant with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards were put on the market.
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Freeclimber (1996) |
The tada Plant obtained ISO 9001 Authentication.
Light passenger car "Atrai Wagon" marketed.
Head (Ikeda) Plant obtained ISO 14001 Authentication.
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Charade (1996) |
Shaiga (ryuo) Plant obtained ISO 14001 Authentication.
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