Remembering Japanese cars from the past

DOTS: 1986 Daihatsu Charade wants to be a Detomasso badly

One day you write about a Daihatsu Charade Detomasso and the next day you will pass a Charade that wants to be a Detomasso badly!
Daihatsu Charade G11 wants to be a Detomasso badly
Daihatsu Charade G11 wants to be a Detomasso badly

This Charade TS Daimatic (Daihatsu and Automatic together? Just like Hondamatic?) may not be en-par with the Detomasso but it certainly wished to look like one with its chicken-fence grille and aftermarket exhaust!

3 Comments

  1. The Doctor

    do you know the license plate of that car? My grandfather had an exact same version of that, but he sold it cheap, and i didn’t want it at that time (stupid me) and now it lives in the big scrapyard in the sky :( I know there’s a car with almost the same license plate still around :)

    Daimatic is a 2 speed automatic, which you still have to shift yourself, but without a clutch… so it’s a bit strange :D

  2. The Doctor

    dug in my archives, and here’s a pic of it, in all it’s glory…

    http://hachi.uwhost4.net/Raw30297.JPG

    I want one in the same colour :D

  3. banpei

    This one starts with PK-89-, so it is not the one (almost) the same to your grandfathers car… But I can put a piece of paper under its windshield wiper if you want to…
    Clutch-pedal-less two speed? Sounds just as wicked as the clutch-handle-less Honda Cub. ;)

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