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 drawing attention ...

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 has announced that the Copen will end production next year, news that struck a chord with fans of the plucky little kei car. Yet, only weeks later, the company eased the sting with a surprise ...

Daihatsu will storm the Tokyo Auto Salon with two custom cars based on the Atrai kei truck and van, as well as two versions of the Rocky subcompact SUV. The most interesting concept seems to be the ...

An automotive industry investigation in Japan is stating that some shady safety-test rigging has been going on at Toyota’s Daihatsu brand. A huge range of vehicles dating back to the 1980s, spanning ...

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 ...

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 ...

The general public doesn’t really care about cars. It’ll perk up if something unusual comes along, though. A rat rod, a DMC DeLorean, a Lamborghini Aventador. All things it understands, and can ...

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 ...