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Daihatsu Charade 1st generation (G10)

Years
1977–1983
Chassis
G10
Drivetrain
FF
Daihatsu Charade 1st generation (G10)

Image: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima / CC0

Story

Billed as the "5 square-metre car", it fitted a roomy cabin into a small body and was Daihatsu's first front-wheel-drive car. It was later named a Historic Car by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame.

Chassis

Length 3,460 mmWB 2,300 mm1,360 mmHeightWidth 1,510 mm
Curb weight
630-660kg

Production plants

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since November 200225 years after sales began in November 1977
Last cars
Eligible since 200825 years after sales ended in 1983 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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