Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Is there any law that says we can't follow up one El Camino with another? Of course not! Yeah, I could have gone out and shot any one of the dozen or so VW T2 Transporters on the island that remain un-DOTS-ified, but that will have to wait for another weekend....
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Who here would have been willing to spend $15,000 on a Dodge Dynasty? Oh c’mon now. Those trombone case red interiors were quite luxurious in the Imperial days of the Reagan era. But okay then. How about a few more Franklins for a zonker yellow Suzuki X-90? No? Maybe a Daihatsu Charade? Perhaps a Honda [...]
Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Do you remember the Daihatsu Charade? Do you even remember that Japanese automaker Diahatsu even sold cars in the U.S.? Well, they did, but even at the time, a lot of people didn't know. From 1988-1992, the company offered a compact SUV called the Rocky, and a subcompact hatchback and sedan called the Charade. Kind of an odd name for a car, don't you think, especially considering Webster.com, defines...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Fresh off the boat from England, a RHD Minor Traveller! This all started when I got an email from the captain of the Dai Hard 24 Hours Of LeMons team, who will be bringing the first-ever LeMons Daihatsu Charade to Thunderhill in a couple of months. He'd just...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Filed under: Budget , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Hatchback , Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo MiTo - Click above for a high-res image gallery Small cars have historically struggled in the land of the free, home of the brave. Typically regarded as an afterthought by Detroit, our current domestic crop (Focus, Aveo, Caliber) needs more fertilizer. Imported "penalty boxes" fair somewhat better, but for...
Gscene News Archive (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Sussex Police need your assistance in finding a local missing person. 73 year old Joan Clegg of Longhill Road, Ovingdean was reported missing by a neighbour on Sunday June 28. The neighbour was particularly concerned as Joan has recently been in bad health.?? Joan is described as white, 5ft 2" tall, of slim build with grey eyes and collar length grey, thinning hair. She is also missing her right...
Subcompact Culture (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
A few of us Yaris owners were speculating on the next generation Toyota Yaris, and which powerplant it will have. It was noted that the current 1.5-liter, 16-valve DOHC 1NZ-FE engine (offered in the Toyota Yaris, Echo, Prius [1NZ-FXE]; Scion xA, first-generation xB) looks like its being phased out of the company. The new Prius is using a 1.8-liter engine. The Toyota iQ in Asia and Europe has an engine...
Wheel Industry (Free subscription) | 05/14/2009
There are plenty of perfectly good reasons to leave Los Angeles and head to Northern California over a weekend. These include camping in Yosemite, sightseeing in San Francisco, or wine tasting in Napa. Picking up a broken-down 1989 Daihatsu Charade is not of them. What sort of person would go through the trouble of going on [...]
http://www.modifiedcars.com/rss.asp (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
New modified ride Daihatsu Charade Turbo 1986.
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 03/15/2009
Question: What links these cars? Chrysler Neon Daihatsu Charade Dodge SRT-10 Ferrari SuperAmerica Fiat Croma Hummer H2 Hyundai Terracan Hyundai Trajet Rover 75 CityRover Smart Cabrio Tata Safari Answer: According to The Telegraph they each sold just one car in the UK during 2008.
China Car Times (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
Geelys first proper looking hatchback (the Geely Marie, aka an old Daihatsu Charade) is set to go on sale in 2010 according to todays media reports. The Geely CE is a Suzuki Swift sized super mini, and was first shown at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show where it wowed crowds, alongside 23 other Geely concept [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 01/19/2009
The Daihatsu Charade didn't sell at all well in North America, for reasons that started with the ill-considered name and snowballed from there. Back in Japan, however, the Charade had Mickey Rourke behind it. Rourke has had his career ups and downs- amply chronicled in this New York Times Magazine piece - but he has a special place in our hearts for his portrayal of Henry Chinaski in the Bukowski-written...
China Car Times (Free subscription) | 01/15/2009
Geely have come a long way since their early days of pirate Daihatsu Charades, and the FE series is clear that Geely do have the ability to design, and engineer a car that appeals to the Western, as well as Eastern eye. Geely may well be going international with these offerings, as they plan [...]
Motoring News at UK Car Reviews (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Good points Neat Style. Fairly low price. Good fuel economy.
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