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09-24-2009, 08:48 PM
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Small cars are a big deal
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Nostalgic Subcompact: 1988-1992 Daihatsu Charade
Remember the '88-'92 Daihatsu Charade? Not a whole lot of people do, and not a whole lot of people knew it existed at the time, either.
Daihatsu's cars were good, but they were too expensive, and underpromoted. http://www.subcompactculture.com/200...-daihatsu.html
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09-24-2009, 09:19 PM
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I remember that car. I used to see one every other day back when I was a kid.
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09-24-2009, 11:56 PM
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I remember that company too. I bet most people thought it was a Civic,Festive, etc.
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09-25-2009, 01:40 AM
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09-25-2009, 01:55 AM
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Drives: 08 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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The neighbor shop to mine was working on one of them. The mechanics at my shop were laughing at it. We were what the heck a Daihatsu!
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09-25-2009, 02:55 AM
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Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris, 71 Galaxie Join Date: Mar 2007
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I almost bought on of the 1.0 liter ones a couple years ago at an auction, but the car went for $1,500. Which was more than the blue book value. Wanted a 2nd car but was hoping it would go for $500 or less.
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12-24-2009, 03:30 AM
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Learn to Relax
Drives: 2007, Meteorite, LB Join Date: Dec 2008
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In a few years we'll be driving 600cc cars. Keep in mind the Suzuki Alto and the Honda 600.
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12-24-2009, 03:46 AM
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Diahatsu still exsist's in some market's sold under the toyota banner
 we still can buy them here new 600cc or 1000cc then there the serion 1300cc and now 1500cc 1NZ-FE and the 2NZ-FE 
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12-24-2009, 11:41 AM
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Learn to Relax
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12-25-2009, 05:04 PM
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Drives: 2007 Yaris HB 5-spd Join Date: Dec 2009
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I believe these had the exact same runner gear as the 1st gen metro.
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12-29-2009, 04:12 PM
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Drives: 08 liftback Join Date: Oct 2008
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if it wasn't for seeing the diahtsu cars in the video game GT3 for ps2 I may not have bought a yaris.... i used to think it was hilarious to soup up a lil car that had less than 100hp stock and race it around.
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12-29-2009, 07:42 PM
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Half a Bubble Off Plumb
Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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I rented one of them in Grand Cayman in 1985, before they came to the U.S. I thought it a nice little car.
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12-30-2009, 02:18 PM
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Drives: Toyota Yaris 1.3 vvti cvt Join Date: May 2007
Location: Breda, The Netherlands
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You still see them sometimes here in Holland.
We can buy them also here nowadays. |
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