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Daihatsu Archive
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![(Updated 9/16/2025) It’s difficult to make sweeping generalizations about Japanese cars, especially those that you actually find on the streets and parking lots of Japan. Take these two, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190831_143518-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Daihatsu Copen / Toyota Crown Comfort – Japan, Land Of Paradoxes")
Curbside Finds: Daihatsu Copen / Toyota Crown Comfort – Japan, Land Of Paradoxes
Posted on September 16, 2025 | 27 Comments(Updated 9/16/2025) It’s difficult to make sweeping generalizations about Japanese cars, especially those that you actually find on the streets and parking lots of Japan. Take these two, […] -
![While at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Daihatsu-Hijet-Jumbo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck")
Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck
Posted on February 24, 2025 | 13 CommentsWhile at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […] -
![(first posted 3/4/2018) After working out that my grandfather used to own a Daihatsu Compagno ute, I was inspired to return to this car that I photographed at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/711px-1957_Daihatsu_Midget_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Daihatsu Compagno Convertible")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Daihatsu Compagno Convertible
Posted on March 5, 2024 | 43 Comments(first posted 3/4/2018) After working out that my grandfather used to own a Daihatsu Compagno ute, I was inspired to return to this car that I photographed at […] -
![(first posted 11/24/11) A turbocharged Japanese drive train combined with Italian styling on a British chassis. Sounds quite tempting doesn’t it? How about if I add the name De Tomaso […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1982-Innocenti-Turbo-De-Tomaso-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Innocenti Turbo De Tomaso – The Anglo-Italo-Japanese Mini")
Curbside Classic: Innocenti Turbo De Tomaso – The Anglo-Italo-Japanese Mini
Posted on January 24, 2021 | 58 Comments(first posted 11/24/11) A turbocharged Japanese drive train combined with Italian styling on a British chassis. Sounds quite tempting doesn’t it? How about if I add the name De Tomaso […] -
![Daihatsu never made ‘em like this, but obviously someone out there wanted it this way. It’s difficult to enumerate the many odd additions slapped on this poor car, but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201102_095927-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2005 Daihatsu Copen – Deep-Sea Anglophile Nightmare Special")
CC Capsule: 2005 Daihatsu Copen – Deep-Sea Anglophile Nightmare Special
Posted on November 30, 2020 | 16 CommentsDaihatsu never made ‘em like this, but obviously someone out there wanted it this way. It’s difficult to enumerate the many odd additions slapped on this poor car, but the […] -
![(first posted 11/1/2014) A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece about the Compadre, neé GM BTV. In comparison to that little project, the Kijang is considerably less ambitious […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GS-003-04.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Toyota Kijang – Brand Evolution")
Automotive History: Toyota Kijang – Brand Evolution
Posted on November 1, 2020 | 16 Comments(first posted 11/1/2014) A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece about the Compadre, neé GM BTV. In comparison to that little project, the Kijang is considerably less ambitious […] -
![Any lengthy COAL is going to have some ups and downs to it. Having come off a few wins in a row I was due for a stinker and unfortunately […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/48734280078_9b618d8cd9_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Innocenti SE – Electrical Spaghetti")
COAL: 1984 Innocenti SE – Electrical Spaghetti
Posted on January 5, 2020 | 16 CommentsAny lengthy COAL is going to have some ups and downs to it. Having come off a few wins in a row I was due for a stinker and unfortunately […] -
![I’ve seen this motley group quite a few times, as they are located pretty close to where I’ve been staying for the past couple of months. I think it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_20190726_085100-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside / Junkyard Classics: Somebody Likes Old Vans And Oddballs")
Curbside / Junkyard Classics: Somebody Likes Old Vans And Oddballs
Posted on October 12, 2019 | 22 CommentsI’ve seen this motley group quite a few times, as they are located pretty close to where I’ve been staying for the past couple of months. I think it was […] -
![This compact, with its gauche chrome affectations, represents the last conventional compact offering from quirky Daihatsu. To paraphrase their oft-repeated tagline, “Who can build a compact for ten years with few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Daihatsu-Applause-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1997-99 Daihatsu Applause – *sound of crickets in audience*")
Curbside Classic: 1997-99 Daihatsu Applause – *sound of crickets in audience*
Posted on January 6, 2015 | 48 CommentsThis compact, with its gauche chrome affectations, represents the last conventional compact offering from quirky Daihatsu. To paraphrase their oft-repeated tagline, “Who can build a compact for ten years with few […] -
![If I made a mental list of things I didn’t expect to see in a small, Southern Alberta city while riding home from work, I suspect a Japanese Midget would be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Daihatsu-Midget-II-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Daihatsu Midget II")
Curbside Classic: Daihatsu Midget II
Posted on October 9, 2012 | 45 CommentsIf I made a mental list of things I didn’t expect to see in a small, Southern Alberta city while riding home from work, I suspect a Japanese Midget would be […]
