| 1907 |
|
Hatsudoki Seizo Co.,
Ltd. established for the manufacture and sales of internal combustion
engines. |
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| 1930 |
Production of 3-wheel
vehicles began. |
| 1951 |
Company name changed to
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. |
| 1957 |
Midget compact 3-wheel
vehicle marketed. |
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| 1967 |
Business tie-up signed
with Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 1977 |
Charade (993cc)
passenger car marketed. |
| 1981 |
Cuore marketed. |
| 1984 |
Rocky marketed.
CKD production of Daihatsu 850 Cab/Cab Van models commenced in China on
October 18th. |
|
KD production of Hijet
in Tianjin, China started in November. |
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| 1985 |
Accumulated automobile
production exceeded 10,000,000. |
| 1986 |
CKD production of the
Charade commenced in China on November 1st. |
| 1989 |
Feroza marketed. |
|
Applause marketed. |
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| 1990 |
Daihatsu entered into a
technical cooperation agreement with Asia Motors Co., Inc. of Korea. |
| 1992 |
Daihatsu entered into a
new joint venture with P.T. Daihatsu Indonesia in January.
Cumulative engine production hit the15 million mark.
Local production of the Hijet (joint venture with Piaggio V.E.) began in
Italy in December. |
| 1993 |
Charade GTti captured a
1st place win in class A-7 and 5th place overall in the 41st Safari
Rally. |
| 1994 |
Joint venture
production of Malaysia's Second National Car, Kancil, (based Cuore)
began in August. |
| 1995 |
New Zebra Espass
marketed in Indonesia in April.
New mini passenger car Move marketed in Japan in August. |
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| 1996 |
Production of
Malaysia's National 1-Box Car, Rusa, began in April.
New light commercial vehicle Midget II marketed in Japan in April. |
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|
A technical assistance
agreement was signed between Daihatsu and Liuzhou Wuling Motor Co.,
Ltd., in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous District, China. |
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|
Compact Wagon Pyzar (Gran
Move) marketed in Japan in August. |
| 1997 |
Daihatsu celebrated its
90th anniversary.
Compact 4WD Terios marketed.
Accumulated light vehicle production exceeded 10,000,000.
Accumulated production of the Kancil in Malaysia exceeded 100,000. |
| 1998 |
New passenger car
Sirion marketed. |
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|
Mira, Move and Terios
Kid models compliant with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards were put on
the market. |
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An Opti model compliant
with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards was put on the market. |
|
Cumulative vehicle
production hit the 20 million mark. |
| 1999 |
Atrai and Hijet models
compliant with Japan's new mini-vehicle standards were put on the
market.
The tada Plant obtained ISO 9001 Authentication.
Light passenger car "Atrai Wagon" marketed.
Head (Ikeda) Plant obtained ISO 14001 Authentication.
Shaiga (ryuo) Plant obtained ISO 14001 Authentication. |
