Category: Daihatsu
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Daihatsu Fourtrak: 2.8 Turbo Diesel History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Daihatsu Fourtrak was a compact but serious working 4×4, sold in Britain from 1984 until the early 2000s. Known as the Rugger or Rocky in other markets, it combined a separate chassis, selectable four-wheel drive and low-range gearing with a long-lived 2.8-litre diesel. Later Independent versions made it more civilised,…
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Daihatsu Charade GTti: Turbo Triple History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Daihatsu Charade GTti was one of the most technically ambitious small hot hatchbacks of the 1980s. Its 993cc three-cylinder engine used twin overhead camshafts, twelve valves, fuel injection, an intercooler and a turbocharger to produce almost 100 bhp. In a light three-door shell, that was enough to challenge much larger…
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Daihatsu Hijet: UK Microvan and Pickup History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Daihatsu Hijet put an extraordinary amount of carrying space into a footprint little longer than a supermini. British buyers knew it as a cab-over microvan and pickup: first with a 993cc petrol engine and later with a 1.3-litre unit, both built around a narrow body and a forward driving position.…
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Daihatsu Copen: 660 Turbo and 1.3 History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The first-generation Daihatsu Copen compressed the idea of a metal-roof roadster into a car barely 3.4 metres long. Britain received the 659cc turbocharged right-hand-drive model from 2003 and later the easier-going 1.3-litre version. Both combine two seats, front-wheel drive and an electrically folding aluminium hardtop, but their servicing needs and character…