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Daihatsu to stop all vehicle shipments over improper safety testing

TOKYO, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Daihatsu Motor Co. said Wednesday it will stop all shipments at home and abroad after the Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary found most of its car models were affected by improper vehicle safety tests. The move comes after the minivehicle maker acknowledged earlier this year data-rigging in collision tests for six of its models, including those sold in Thailand and Malaysia. A third-party panel it has set up identified 174 new counts of misconduct across 25 vehicle test items in addition to those already discovered, with the oldest one dating back to 1989, Daihatsu said, adding that it reported the findings to the transport ministry. (Kyodo)

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Daihatsu to release mini-wagon with biggest interior space

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. shows a prototype wagon featuring the widest interior space for a mini-vehicle on Sept. 29, 2014, in Tokyo. The commercial models of the wagon will hit the market in November.

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Truck, mini-vehicle on fire after collision

TOKYO, Japan - A badly burned mini-vehicle is being removed from the scene after it was rear-ended by a truck and caught fire on Kan-Etsu Expressway in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on the morning of Dec. 12. Two people in the mini-vehicle were killed, and the truck driver was arrested.

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Daihatsu releases Cast mini vehicles

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Masanori Mitsui shows off three types of the automaker's new Cast mini vehicle in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honda's new sports-type mini vehicle S660

Honda Motor Co. shows its all new two-seater open-top S660 sports car to the press at its headquarters in Tokyo on March 30, 2015. Ryo Mukumoto, project leader for developing the S660, poses with the vehicle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya electronic parts maker produces jeep-style minicar

Moghaddam Zandi Mehdi, Iranian founder of Nagoya-based electronic parts maker Japtec Co., drives a Big Force minicar on a street of the central Japanese city on Sept. 4, 2015. The company has sold about 80 of the one-seater mini-vehicle since its release in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo