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Mitsubishi new minivehicle

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. unveils its new Delica Mini minivehicle to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025.

Daihatsu unveils new management policy after testing scandal

TOKYO, Japan, April 8 Kyodo - Daihatsu Motor Co. President Masahiro Inoue attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 8, 2024, as the company releases a new management policy following a scandal over improper safety testing. Daihatsu said its parent company Toyota Motor Corp. will be in charge of development and safety approval for some of the models Daihatsu had handled while it will focus on its mainstay minivehicle business. (Kyodo)

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Daihatsu unveils new management policy after testing scandal

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Masahiro Inoue attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 8, 2024, as the company releases a new management policy following a scandal over improper safety testing. Daihatsu said its parent company Toyota Motor Corp. will be in charge of development and safety approval for some of the models Daihatsu had handled while it will focus on its mainstay minivehicle business. ==Kyodo

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Daihatsu unveils new management policy after testing scandal

Daihatsu Motor Co. President Masahiro Inoue attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 8, 2024, as the company releases a new management policy following a scandal over improper safety testing. Daihatsu said its parent company Toyota Motor Corp. will be in charge of development and safety approval for some of the models Daihatsu had handled while it will focus on its mainstay minivehicle business.

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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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Japan Mobility Show

Daihatsu Motor Co.'s Osanpo open-top electric minivehicle is seen on display at the Japan Mobility Show at Tokyo Big Sight hall in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2023.

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Fully remodeled Honda N-BOX minicar

Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, shows Honda Motor Co.'s fully remodeled N-BOX minivehicle. N-BOX topped the list of best-selling new cars in Japan in the April-September first half of fiscal 2023, with the new model set to be launched on Oct. 6.

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Honda releases new N-series minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Honda Motor Co. rolls out the brand-new N-Box Slash minivehicle in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014.

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Suzuki Motor releases all-new Alto minicar in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Osamu Suzuki stands by the Japanese automaker's all-new eighth-generation Alto in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014, the launch date of the minivehicle in Japan.

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Daihatsu sales plan for FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Kaneko, executive vice president of Daihatsu Motor Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2014. Daihatsu, the minivehicle-making subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp., said it aims to sell 660,000 vehicles in fiscal 2014 starting April 1 by introducing a total of six new or renovated models.

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Eshima Ohashi Bridge becomes new sightseeing spot

YONAGO, Japan - This photo, taken in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 13, 2014, shows Eshima Ohashi Bridge, which links Matsue and Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. The steep bridge has become a new sightseeing spot since it was used in a commercial film for Daihatsu Motor Co.'s Tanto minivehicle.

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Mitsubishi eK Space

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. unveils the eK Space minivehicle, jointly developed with Nissan Motor Co., in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2014. Nissan calls the vehicle the Dayz Roox.

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Suzuki's Hustler minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., unveils the Hustler minivehicle in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013.

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Nissan, M'bishi Motors jointly develop minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., stands beside the company's DAYZ, a minivehicle jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The two automakers started selling the new vehicle the same day in Japan under the brand name of DAYZ by Nissan and eK Wagon by Mitsubishi Motors.

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Nissan, M'bishi Motors jointly develop minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, shows Nissan Motor Co.'s DAYZ, a minivehicle jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. The two automakers started selling the new vehicle the same day in Japan under the brand name of DAYZ by Nissan and eK Wagon by Mitsubishi Motors.

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Nissan, M'bishi start manufacturing jointly developed minicar

KURASHIKI, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga (L), chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., and Osamu Masuko, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., shake hands during a press conference in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on May 20, 2013. The two automakers started manufacturing the same day a jointly developed minivehicle that will be introduced on June 6 across Japan.

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Suzuki Spacia

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Suzuki Motor Corp.'s new Spacia minivehicle released in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2013.

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Honda's new N-ONE minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 1, 2012, in Tokyo's Minato Ward shows Honda Motor Co.'s all-new N-ONE minivehicle. The automaker said the same day it will try to sell 10,000 units of the minivehicle every month in Japan.

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Honda's new N-ONE minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 1, 2012, in Tokyo's Minato Ward shows Honda Motor Co.'s all-new N-ONE minivehicle. The automaker said the same day it will try to sell 10,000 units of the minivehicle every month in Japan.

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Suzuki's cumulative minivehicle sales top 20 mil. units

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the first model of the Alto minicar, released in 1979 by Suzuki Motor Corp. The company said Sept. 13, 2012, its cumulative domestic sales of minivehicles with engines of up to 660 cc had topped 20 million units the previous day, becoming the first carmaker to pass the threshold.

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Toyota launches 1st minivehicle in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the Pixis Space, Toyota Motor Corp.'s first minivehicle under the Toyota brand, in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2011. Toyota launched sales of the vehicle in Japan the same day.

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Honda aims to double minicar sales

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2011. Ito said the automaker aims to almost double its minivehicle sales to 300,000 units in the next five years.

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Suzuki's remodeled MR Wagon minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President and Chairman Osamu Suzuki stands by the automaker's new MR Wagon minivehicle in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. The car was fully remodeled for the first time in five years, equipped with a newly developed engine and continuously variable transmission.

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Toyota to enter minivehicle market in cooperation with Daihatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Ichimaru (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and Koichi Ina, president of Daihatsu Motor Co., attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2010. Toyota will start selling three types of minivehicles produced by its Daihatsu subsidiary in Japan under its own brand after the fall of 2011.

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Toyota to enter minivehicle market in cooperation with Daihatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichiro Ichimaru (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., and Koichi Ina, president of Daihatsu Motor Co., shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2010. Toyota will start selling three types of minivehicles produced by its Daihatsu subsidiary in Japan under its own brand after the fall of 2011.

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Nissan Thai factory starts operation

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga (L) and Deputy Thai Prime Minister Trairong Suwannakhiri shake hands at a new factory of the Japanese automaker in a Bangkok suburb March 12, 2010. Behind them was the minivehicle March, a mainstay product at the factory which started operation the same day.

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Nissan Thai factory starts operation

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co.'s minivehicle March is parked on March 12, 2010, at a factory of the Japanese automaker in a Bangkok suburb which started operation the same day.

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Suzuki launches 7th-generation Alto minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki poses with his company's seventh-generation Alto minivehicle at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16, 2009. The new automobile features improved mileage and greater interior space.

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Toyota to display 2.7-m-long electric car at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the FT-EVII electric minivehicle Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled Oct. 6, 2009, as a novelty vehicle to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota said the 2.7-meter-long vehicle can run for some 90 kilometers on a full charge while the automaker has yet to plan to sell it.

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Retro-vehicle fever hitting middle-aged, car buffs

TOKYO, Japan - A man and his son admire a Subaru 360 minivehicle manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido on Nov. 2 as part of an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Subaru 360 production.

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Mitsubishi Motors launches new Toppo minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. launches on Sept. 17 a new minivehicle, the Toppo (photo), for the Japanese market in an effort to boost its lineup of smaller and fuel-efficient cars amid high gasoline prices and growing concerns over climate change. The Toppo, equipped with a 660 cc engine, features an interior height of 1.43 meters, the tallest in the minivehicle segment.

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Daihatsu launches new minivehicle, Move Conte

TOKYO, Japan - The Move Conte, a 660cc minivehicle launched by Daihatsu Motor Co. on Aug. 25. The price tag starts from 1,039,500 yen.

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Honda to enhance minivehicle division to boost sales in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui (photo) vows in an interview with Kyodo News to enhance the automaker's minivehicle division to boost its overall car sales in Japan, which have dwindled in contrast to robust sales overseas.

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Daihatsu's remodeled Tanto minivehicle provides wider access

TOKYO, Japan - Teruyuki Minoura, president of Daihatsu Motor Co., poses with the remodeled Tanto minivehicle, which was put on sale on Dec. 17. It marks the first complete model change since the Tanto was released in November 2003. The remodeled car features a sliding rear passenger door. The lack of a support column between the front and rear passenger doors provides wider access for passengers and luggage.

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Nissan introduces Mitsubishi-made Otti minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. introduces the Otti minicar made by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. under an original equipment manufacturing arrangement at a press conference in Tokyo on June 7. Nissan said it can now respond to a wide range of customer needs by expanding its minivehicle lineup, which was limited to the Moco passenger car from Suzuki Motor Corp. and the Clipper commercial vehicle from Mitsubishi.

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(2)Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan eye minivehicle tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28 shows the headquarters of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Tokyo. Industry sources said Mitsubishi and Nissan Motor Co. are negotiating to integrate their minivehicle operations under a joint venture to be set up in the spring of 2005.

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(1) Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan eye minivehicle tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28 shows the headquarters of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo. Industry sources said Nissan and Mitubishi Motors Corp. are negotiating to integrate their minivehicle operations under a joint venture to be set up in the spring of 2005.

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Daihatsu launches new minivehicle targeting women

TOKYO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. President Takaya Yamada stands besides the Move Latte, a new minivehicle targeting female drivers which the company launched at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 23. The Move Latte, with an engine capacity of 660 cc, features glass windows that the manufacturer says will reduce the penetration of ultraviolet rays by more than 90 percent and a large, lighted vanity mirror.

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Daihatsu launches Tanto minivehicle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. on Nov. 27 launched its Tanto minivehicle (photo) in Japan. The Tanto, which means very wide and many in Italian, is powered by a 660 cc three-cylinder engine and is available with three-speed or four-speed automatic transmission.

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Suzuki Motor releases new Wagon R minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. President Hiroshi Tsuda stands by the company's new Wagon R minivehicle during a presentation ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 30. The new model is available at prices ranging from 770,000 yen to 1,512,000 yen.

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Honda releases new version of Life

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takeo Fukui poses Sept. 4 in Tokyo with a new version of its Life minivehicle. The model features a reinforced body designed to offer better protection to passengers in the event of a crash.

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(1)2 strong quakes hit northeastern Japan, no deaths reported

SENDAI, Japan - A minivehicle is seen crushed under a warehouse in the town of Nango, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 26 after two strong earthquakes jolted northeastern Japan. More than 240 people were injured but no deaths reported from the 12:13 a.m. and 7:13 a.m. quakes.

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Suzuki launches Twin hybrid minivehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki stands by his company's new environmentally friendly gasoline-electric hybrid minicar, Twin, launched at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The Twin, with an engine displacement of 660 cc and seating two, is the first commercial hybrid minivehicle to be put on the market.

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Daihatsu's fuel-cell minivehicle gets gov't test approval

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. has received authorization from the transport minister for tests of its fuel cell-powered hybrid minivehicle MOVE FCV-K-2 (photo) on public roads, the company said on Jan. 15. It is the first time for a minivehicle equipped with fuel cells to receive the authorization.

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Ghosn says Nissan aims at 2.8% of minicar market

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks with the media in Tokyo on April 10. He said Nissan will aim to take 2.8% of Japan's minivehicle market with its first minicar model Moco.

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Nissan to enter minivehicle market in spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an experimental minivehicle Nissan Motor Co. will put on the market by having Suzuki Motor Corp. manufacture the vehicle under the Nissan brand.

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Electric minivehicle for elderly debuts

TOKYO, Japan - A single-seat electric vehicle for the elderly was unveiled in Tokyo on Oct. 7. Unlike automobiles, the vehicle does not have a foot break or an accelerator pedal. The electric vehicle, measuring 2.2 meters long and 1.2 meters wide, was jointly developed by Minoru Kamata, assistant professor of the University of Tokyo, and a Yokohama-based auto company.

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GM to become Suzuki's biggest shareholder

John Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Corp., (R) and Osamu Suzuki, president of Japan's Suzuki Motor Ltd., speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Sept. 16 on an agreement between the two automakers to expand their business tie-up.The U.S. auto giant agreed to raise its stake in Suzuki to become the largest shareholder in Japan's top minivehicle producer.

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Suzuki to launch MR Wagon minicar Dec. 4

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese minivehicle maker Suzuki Motor Corp. will launch a new five-door minicar, the MR Wagon, Dec. 4. It will also supply the vehicle to Nissan Motor Co. starting next spring under an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement. The MR Wagon, whose two-wheel-drive version is priced at 1,135,000 yen, is targeted at housewives in their late 20s and 30s.

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Nissan to enter minivehicle market in spring

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an experimental minivehicle Nissan Motor Co. will put on the market by having Suzuki Motor Corp. manufacture the vehicle under the Nissan brand.