Daihatsu stand at Tokyo Motor Show
October 26, 2009 by Matt Brogan
While the Daihatsu brand may have shut-up-shop here in Australia, the brand is going from strength to strength in its home country of Japan.
Popular box-styled vehicles, a staple of big-city markets, were proudly on display at the Daihatsu stand along side the quirky new Basket open-top model and environmentally friendly e:S model.
The Basket (as pictured above) is an open-top four-seater designed to “enjoy the slow pace of life in close contact with nature”. A removable hard-top is also available. The Basket’s rear seats can also be folded flat to turn the car into a utility vehicle.
The e:S model focuses its purpose on minimising environmental factors such as fuel consumption and CO2 output while utilising existing technologies. A combined fuel economy figure of just 3.3L/100km has been achieved.
A four-seater, the e:S boasts a tare weight of just 700kg thanks to the use of slim, leightweight seats and the substitution of many traditional materials with light-weight ones.
e:S also uses stop-start technology and a unique combustion control system, specially developed by Daihatsu.
For a pictorial walk-through of the Daihatsu stand, please see the gallery below:
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hehe.. love the ‘basket’. id never take it out of ute form.. :D
When will the people at Toyota wake and reintroduce Daihatsu’s to Australia. I want a new Terios!!! not that my other 3 have anything wrong with them. Dont tempt me to visit New Zealand just to get one!! Give us back these great cars.
lol, enjoy the slow life in a basket, hope there is a turbo model.
I would totally buy the Basket. Kei-cars are so cool, if properly marketed I reckon they will be a market for them here as well.
There is something very likeable about the simplisity and honesty of its design. Anyone else find the memory of the Mini Moke pop into their minds when looking at this hard to define little car?
The last pic has something that looks like the Citroen DS3