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Daihatsu researches hybrid vehicles and two stroke diesel engines. In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... The two-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine differs from the more common four-stroke cycle by having only two strokes (linear movements of the piston) instead of four, although the same four operations (intake, compression, power, exhaust) still occur. ... The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, it is a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by being suddenly exposed to the high temperature and pressure of a compressed gas, rather than by a separate source of ignition, such as a spark...

Company history

• 1907 Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. founded
• 1951 Company renamed: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
• 1967 Starting cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
• 1988 Daihatsu USA launched with the Charade and Rocky
• 1992 Daihatsu USA closed in February
• 1999 Becomes subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation

It was reported on 31 March 2005, that Toyota will pull Daihatsu out of the Australian market, after sales dwindled severely. Sales were down a third so far in 2005, from 816 to just 541 vehicles. This is in spite of the new-car market in Australia growing 7%. Daihatsu will completely wind up sales in March 2006. Daihatsu has been in the Australian market for almost 40 years. The same was thought about Daihatsu´s operations in Chile, where its a well known brand for its `70s models as the Charade or Cuore, after sales of around 10 units in 2004 and 2005 (each year). But Toyota announced it will take the distribution for Daihatsu in Chile, to get back to the glory years or the brand there. There will be many new models as well. Maybe the same can happen in Australia. Daihatsu is quite popular in Venezuela nowadays, with the Terios. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toyota Motor Corporation (in Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社; Toyota Jidōsha Kabushikigaisha; TYO: 7203. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daihatsu Charade was a subcompact car sold from 1977 to the present. ... The Daihatsu Rocky was a small SUV sold in the United States from 1988 through 1992 to compete with the Chevrolet/Geo Tracker SUV. Sales were extremely poor, with just 295 sold in 1991. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another, usually large—and often multinational—company or corporation. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Passenger car models

Toy model of Daihatsu Midget

• Applause
• Atrai
• Be-Go came with Toyota Rush
• Boon came with Toyota Passo
• Ceria
• Charade
• Charmant
• Compagno
• Consorte
• Copen
• Cuore
• Hijet
• Max
• Midget
• Move
• Rocky
• Sirion
• Taruna
• Terios came with Toyota Cami
• Valera
• Xenia came with Toyota Avanza
• YRV

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Plants

• Ikeda (Osaka prefecture), also headquarters
• Ryuo (Shiga prefecture)
• Tada (Hyogo prefecture)
• Oyamazaki (Kyoto prefecture)
• Sunter II (Indonesia) - Astra Daihatsu
• Cumana, Estado Sucre (Venezuela) - Terios is the only Daihatsu model that is made there.

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