Daihatsu Esse is a 5 door hatchback kei car. It was launched in late 2005 and it’s the cheapest car in Japan at prices of 682,500 yen – 1,123,500 yen. Unfortunately it not popular in Japan.Some of the reason must be too cheap design and engineering.Daihatsu know that.So, they heading to Toyota to get help and make [...]
According to Nikkei, Suzuki Motor Corp. plans to introduce an all-new engine for its minicars (Kei-car) for the first time in roughly 16 years. This 660cc engine is expected to deliver a fuel efficiency of 27 km/L (63.5 mpg US, 3.7 L/100km) when combined with an idle-stop system—an improvement of about 20% over the current [...]
According to Japan’s Chunichi Shimbun newspaper and a leading foreign news agency,Toyota Motor Corp is in the process of developing a new low-cost car for buoyant markets like China and Southeast Asia. The report says that the car is supposed to be launched by the year 2012 which will be price under $11,520.Autoten’s source reports [...]
