Daihatsu Logo — Daihatsu (ダイハツ) is a Japanese manufacturer of cars, especially the segments A and B. The Daihatsu source goes back to the factory internal combustion engines Hatsudoki Seizo Co., founded in Osaka in 1907, which produced its first vehicle with 3 wheels in 1930 and in 1951 adopted the name Daihatsu Motor Co. Toyota’s participation data 1967 and in 1999 became its subsidiary Daihatsu.
In 2004, Daihatsu built 965,295 vehicles (including commercial vehicles), an increase of 7.6% compared to 897,116 last year. 90% of the production of mini cars Daihatsu corresponds to less than 660 cc engine capacity for its domestic market and other Asian countries, taking advantage of this category has a preferential tax treatment in Japan. It also manufactures light commercial models. More