Daihatsu Charmant

The Daihatsu Charmant is a subcompact car built by Daihatsu and heavily based on the platforms of the E20 and E70 Toyota Corolla, with model changes that paralleled those of the Corolla. The first generation was first presented in November 1974 on the E20 platform, which was already outdated because Toyota had introduced the latest E30 Corolla seven months earlier. The Charmant estate was sold in Japan as a van, classed as a commercial vehicle, which can be recognised by the extra horizontal metal bars on the third row windows, and unlike the Corolla it was only offered with a five-door body. A little over a year after Charmant production ended, it was succeeded by the Applause and the Charade Social.