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Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. ダイハツ工業株式会社
Type	Public company (TYO: 7262) 51.2% owned by Toyota
Founded	March 1, 1907
Headquarters	1-1, Daihatsu-cho Ikeda, Osaka 563-8651, Japan
Key people	Kousuke Shiramizu (Chairman) Teruyuki Minoura (President)
Industry	Automobile manufacturing
Revenue	¥1,348 billion (2006)
Net income	¥33.5 billion (2006)
Employees	11,873
Slogan	Innovation for Tomorrow
Website	Daihatsu.com

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (ダイハツ工業株式会社, Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha ^?) is a Japanese manufacturer of cars, well known for its smaller models. Many of its models are also known as kei jidosha (or kei cars) in Japan.

The name "Daihatsu" is a combination of the first kanji (Japanese character) for Osaka (大) and the first of the word "engine manufacture" (発); when put together they are pronounced "dai hatsu".

Contents 1 Company history 2 Recent market withdrawals 3 Hybrid technology 4 Passenger car models 5 Plants 6 References 7 External links

• 1907 – Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. founded
• 1951 – Company renamed: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
• 1967 – Started cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
• 1988 – Daihatsu USA launched with the Charade and Rocky
• 1992 – Daihatsu USA shuts down in February, Toyota is now known for Daihatsu models to the US
• 1999 – Toyota gains a controlling interest in (51% market share) Daihatsu Motor Ltd.

It was reported on 31 March 2005, that Toyota would exit Daihatsu from the Australian market, after sales fell heavily in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car market in Australia growing 7%. Daihatsu wound up its Australian operations in March 2006 after almost 40 years in the market.

Daihatsu's operations in Chile – where Daihatsu is a well-known brand for its 1970s models such as the Charade or Cuore – were also threatened after very low sales in 2004 and 2005. However, Toyota has stated that it intends to persist in the Chile market for now.

Daihatsu has supplied cars under different badges to various different automakers in the past, and also supplies engines and transmissions to one of Malaysia's largest car makers, Perodua, which sells cars in the United Kingdom and Malaysia.

The hybrid vehicle technology is called Daihatsu Mild Hybrid System ^[1], mainly used in Atrai/Hijet Hybrid-IV.

• Altis / Toyota Camry
• Applause
• Atrai ( with hybrid vehicle versions).
• Bee
• Ceria
• Charade
• Charmant / Toyota Corolla
• Compagno
• Consorte
• Copen
• Cuore
• Domino
• Esse
• Grand Move
• Fellow Max
• Fourtrak / Toyota Blizzard
• Hijet
• Materia/Coo / Toyota bB
• Max
• Midget
• Mira
• Move
• Naked
• Rocky
• Sirion/Storia / Toyota Duet
• Sirion/Boon / Toyota Passo
• Sonica
• Sportrak
• Tanto
• Taruna
• Terios / Toyota Cami
• Terios/Be-Go / Toyota Rush
• Valera
• Xenia / Toyota Avanza
• YRV

• Ikeda (Osaka prefecture), also headquarters
• Ryuo (Shiga prefecture)
• Tada (Hyōgo Prefecture)
• Oyamazaki (Kyoto prefecture)
• Sunter II (Indonesia) - Astra Daihatsu
• Cumana, Estado Sucre (Venezuela) - Terios

• Daihatsu (official site in Japanese)
• Daihatsu (English site)
• Daihatsu UK (UK site)

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Current vehicles:	Atrai/Hijet · Be-go/Terios · Boon/Sirion · Coo/Materia · Copen · Esse · Mira/Cuore/Charade · Move · Mira Gino/Trevis · Sonica · Tanto
Past vehicles:	Applause · Bee · Ceria · Charade · Charmant · Compagno · Cuore · Consorte · Domino · Fellow Max · Max · Midget · Pyzar/Gran Move · Rocky/Feroza/Sportrak · Rugger/Rocky/Fourtrak · Scat · Sirion/Storia · Taft · Taruna · Valera · Xenia · YRV