Daihatsu Charade

The Daihatsu Charade is a supermini that the Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu produced from 1977 to 2000. Daihatsu considers it a large compact or supermini, to set it apart from the smaller, urban-oriented kei cars in its line-up such as the Mira. It replaced the Consorte, although the Charmant took over from the bigger-engined Consortes. The first generation was front-engined and front-wheel drive, originally only a five-door hatchback, powered by a 993 cc three-cylinder all-aluminium engine of 50 PS. A three-door Runabout followed in the fall of 1978, and between November 1977 and the end of production in December 1982 Daihatsu built 89,792 of the G10 and G20 type Charades. In China the Charade was called Xiali and was built by Tianjin FAW.