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The first vehicle to bear the name Hijet from Daihatsu was a kei truck in November 1960, with the enclosed light van model following in May 1961. The first generation Hijet used a conventional front engine, rear-wheel-drive format with the driver sitting behind the engine, in a similar pickup fashion.
Model Current model Main markets Vehicle description Image Name(s) Also called Introduction (cal. year) Introduction (model code) Update/facelift; Kei car: Atrai: 1981 2021 - Japan Up-class version of the Hijet Cargo kei microvan. Copen: Toyota Copen GR Sport 2002 2014 - Two-seater front-wheel-drive kei convertible sports car. Mira e:S
The definitive model went into production in Pontedera in September 1992 and was marketed on the European market in the spring of the following year (both as Piaggio Porter and as Daihatsu Hijet on some Asian and UK market). [2] Much of the mechanics components were produced by Daihatsu in its factories in Japan and assembled in Italy by Piaggio.
Beginning in 1987, Daihatsu also sold the Hijet in the United States as an off-road only utility vehicle. Daihatsu and Bombardier Inc. had been planning to open an assembly plant for the Charade in Canada in 1989, with the ultimate goal of building a small car of Bombardier's design to market in North America. [35] These plans didn't eventuate.
Typical manufacturers and model names include: Daihatsu Hijet, Subaru Sambar, Suzuki Carry, Mazda / Autozam Scrum, Mitsubishi Minicab. Honda has ended production and sales of kei trucks with the end of production of Honda Acty in 2021.The first kei truck to go on sale was the Kurogane Baby, manufactured from 1959 until 1962.
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The first-generation Daihatsu Zebra was launched on 1 August 1986 as an enlarged seventh-generation Daihatsu Hijet.It was equipped with a 53 PS (39 kW) 1.0-liter 3-cylinder CB engine from previous generation. [1]
The Daihatsu E-series engine is a range of compact three-cylinder, internal combustion piston engines, designed by Daihatsu, which is a subsidiary of Toyota. The petrol-driven series has cast iron engine blocks and aluminum cylinder heads, and are of either SOHC or DOHC design, with belt driven heads.