DAIHATSU
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It was reported on 31 March 2005 that
Toyota would withdraw Daihatsu from the Australian market after
sales fell heavily in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car
market in Australia growing 7%. Daihatsu wound up its Australian
operations in March 2006 after almost 40 years in the market.
Daihatsu's operations in Chile – where Daihatsu is a well-known
brand for its 1970s models such as the Charade or Cuore – were
also threatened after very low sales in 2004 and 2005. However,
Toyota has stated that it intends to persist in the Chile market
for now.
Daihatsu has supplied cars under different badges to various
different automakers in the past, and also supplies engines and
transmissions to one of Malaysia's largest car makers, Perodua,
which sells cars in the United Kingdom.
