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Top^From 2000 to Now

Make: Daihatsu

Model: YRV

Released: Jul 2001

Discontinued: Jan 2005

The misguided YRV was meant to lure in new fashionable buyers since its name is an anagram for Youth Recreation Vehicle, but strange styling and a surprising lack of refinement were a real hindrance.

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Top^From 1990 to 1999

Make: Daihatsu

Model: Sirion

Released: Jul 1998

Discontinued: Dec 2005

Causing a minor sensation at launch, Daihatsu's Sirion light car hit the spot with excellent packaging and an eager three-cylinder engine clothed by a distinctive and oddly appealing five-door hatchback body. Sales were strong throughout the Sirion's first generation cycle.

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Make: Daihatsu

Model: Terios

Released: Jul 1997

Discontinued: Dec 2005

Jumping on the compact 4WD bandwagon, the Terios was a seriously city-orientated runabout with a loft seating position, some light off-road ability and plenty of city-friendly manoeuvrability.

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Make: Daihatsu

Model: Pyzar

Released: Feb 1997

Discontinued: Jul 2000

Oddball styling, a silly name and invisible marketing hindered what turned out to be a reasonably pleasant and spacious urban runabout out of Japan.

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Top^From 1980 to 1989

Make: Daihatsu

Model: Applause

Released: Oct 1989

Discontinued: Nov 1999

Despite the daft name and dowdy design, Daihatsu's small-car rival to the Toyota Corolla appealed with its good comfort levels, versatile extended-boot hatchback design and sound engineering.

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Make: Daihatsu

Model: Charade

Released: Apr 1980

Discontinued: Dec 2005

Released in the late 1970s as Daihatsu's response to increasing fuel prices, the Charade offered exceptional front-wheel drive hatchback packaging for a Japanese car at the time, and was promoted as "The Car the Computer Created".

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