Here’s how Daihatsu was America’s forgotten Japanese minicar

Get a 15% discount on your next car cover at carcover.com! Use this link to get your discount: https://www.carcover.com/?via=MyOldCar In this episode I provide the history of the Daihatsu motor company, which despite being one of Japan's oldest car companies, their imports to the United States only lasted between 1987 and 1992. First with the Hijet mini-truck, followed by the Charade subcompact and the Rocky mini SUV. They were partly owned by Toyota back then, whose own cars sold millions more in the U.S., whereas Daihatsu only sold a few thousand before leaving the market after only 5 years.