Tianjin Xiali is the fourth-largest automobile manufacturer in China. Since 2000, it is operated by Toyota in a joint venture. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Toyota redirects here. ...
Before the Toyota acquisition, Xiali produced the the TJ7100 hatchback and TJ7101U sedan. These cars, based on the 1987 Daihatsu Charade, are very popular in China as taxicabs. Production at the Tianjin Xiali plant has now shifted to more modern Toyota vehicles, for example the Xiali 2000 is based on the Toyota Platz/Vitz. Toyota also builds and sells vehicles in China under its own brand. The Daihatsu Charade was a subcompact car sold from 1977 to the present. ... The Toyota Vitz and Platz are the current models of a small subcompact car in Japan produced and marketed by Toyota Motor Corporation. ...