Toyota Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. jointly launched two different cars in Indonesia on Tuesday, a day after Toyota acquired all of Daihatsu's shares. "It is a new relationship between Daihatsu and Toyota," Daihatsu President Masanori Mitsui said during the launch in the industrial ...
Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday it plans to recall around 800,000 of its Tanto minicars after a minor injury due to a broken rear door stay. Daihatsu said it will notify the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism soon about the recall covering Tanto ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will make Daihatsu Motor Co. a wholly owned subsidiary in August as the world's top automaker seeks to revamp its low-priced small-car business amid growing demand in emerging markets. Toyota, which holds a roughly 51 percent stake in Daihatsu, ...
Toyota Motor Corp. will buy out its Daihatsu Motor Co. unit, bringing in-house a key maker of small cars for Southeast Asia and Japan. The world's largest automaker will acquire the remainder of its 51 percent-owned affiliate through a stock swap, according to a statement. Toyota ...
When Daihatsu Motor Co. launched the Mira e:S minicar in 2011, the Toyota affiliate thought it had found a model for emerging markets. The Mira e:S — e for eco, S for smart — was capable of going 30 kilometers on a liter of ...
Daihatsu Motor Co., the maker of minicars that is majority-owned by Toyota Motor Corp., bought an office building in Tokyo to strengthen its business in the nation's largest metropolitan area. Daihatsu will move its 70 Tokyo employees now working in a rented office to the ...
The Daihatsu Tanto remained Japan's best-selling car in May, taking the top slot for the second month in a row, industry bodies said Thursday. Year-on-year sales of most other models fell due to the 3-point consumption tax hike in April, but Tanto sales soared 88.4 ...
The Daihatsu Tanto was Japan's best-selling vehicle in April, the first time in a year that a minicar has topped the rankings, industry bodies said Thursday. Sales of the Tanto doubled from the previous April to hit 19,390 units, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and ...
Japanese mini-cars are becoming the norm rather than the exception.
In a move that could affect this spring's labor-management wage talks, the Daihatsu Motor Co. group's labor union is considering demanding a pay-scale hike of at least 1 percent, sources said Wednesday. This is the first numerical request to be heard from the auto industry ...
Honda Motor Co., which expects half of the vehicles it sells in Japan this year to be minicars, will unveil its first mini sports car since 1996 amid booming demand for more fuel-efficient, cheaper autos. The S660 concept mini sports car will be introduced at ...
