RYUO, Shiga Prefecture--Embattled Daihatsu Motor Co. halted domestic vehicle assembly plants after admitting decades of fraudulent certification tests, alarming the municipalities, suppliers and ...

The concepts headed to Tokyo are based on the Hijet, Move, and Tanto Custom, but it’s what Daihatsu didn’t show that’s ...

Daihatsu Motor Co., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota engaged in micro vehicles (kei cars), and CATL announced an MOU of Strategic Cooperation on battery supply and battery technologies.

The rear-wheel drive K-Open roadster and the tiny Midget X may have grabbed most of the attention at Daihatsu’s booth during the Japan Mobility Show, but they weren’t the only attractions. The company ...

The Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize twins have been around since 2019, but that didn’t stop the automaker from using it as a base for a new and interesting concept. The Daihatsu Rocky Crossfield ...

Daihatsu President Masahiro Inoue said he sees South America and Africa as growth markets for compact cars made by the Toyota subsidiary. Inoue, who took over in March after leading Toyota’s ...

Daihatsu revealed the K-Open concept at the Tokyo auto show, previewing a third generation of its tiny Copen roadster. The K-Open still packs a gas engine and a manual transmission but ditches the FWD ...

Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years. The brand, best known ...

Daihatsu's stand at the opening day of the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show featured six mini concept cars focused very much on practicality in an urban environment. Somewhat strangely, the company's concepts ...

Inspired by the FT Concept from 2015, the 2018 Daihatsu Terios is all-new from the ground up. So is the 2018 Toyota Rush, which is a badge-engineered crossover with more standard equipment than the ...

Toyota's announcement to scrap Scion came as a surprise this week -- the brand had just debuted new models and was promising more. But it was not the first time that a Toyota budget brand fizzled in ...