Fun fact. In Malaysia, people that uses the Perodua Kancil/Nippa didn't just swap to 660cc turbo 3 or 4 cylinder engines. They also ridiculously fitted a 4 cylinder 1.3 liter K3 engines either NA or Turbo versions. Some also converted to 4WD/AWD system like Marty's little Daihatsu Mira from Mighty Car Mods.
We had a three-door Mira with no rear seat back in the 90s. Featured an 847cc three-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed gearbox. Before us, it had served as a pizza delivery van and then a florist’s delivery van, Had 65,00km on it when we bought it, and 160,000km when we sold it to an elderly former mechanic who drove it around Australia. Had 390,000km on its original engine the last time I saw it about 10 years ago.
As a RHD Kei Copen owner (in LHD Austria that is) all the wicked sounds are immediately familiar. And the laugh is still there everytime I get in that little crazy Daihatsu. And yes, that all while barely keeping u with traffic. Brilliant
🤣🤣😏 You can put a washing machine in there standin without a problem. If you put a 1300 GTI motor in from a Suzuki swift you can have all your friends cry .
@nh73 The 1st generation had those shopping basket fronseats/ Later versions didn't have them.In the Netherlands these cars are called jokingly popemobile or cellphone booth
As someone who's owned one, absolutely 100% buy one they are incredibly fun and reliable. Your friends will make fun until you let them drive it, then they will understand why you've got it lol
It’s no wonder you were exhausted the reviews must have come thick and fast plus all the editing. Thank you Ian absolutely loved the diversity of the vehicles you’ve served up.
I don't think so - vans don't have side windows. Fortunately for me, when the police stopped me in my 'van' for speeding, the cop noticed it had an extra side window and he said - "so it's not a van" - and therefore I wasn't speeding !
Love the rims! Not something I usually say but those look amazing. 5:46 That's shirt material there, Ian. Loving the little car, not sure if I'd like it more or less with a 3 cylinder, I probably wouldn't care for the difference, but the white/red colour scheme is epic.
wow you really went to aus/nz at the right time......and came back just in time! Every other youtuber/'s (some million plus subs) are a bit dry on content at the moment (through no fault of their own), keep em coming seabrook!! (nice crisps btw)!
Lovely reflection, or was it the animal itself that passed by and came to say hallo at 3:49. Funny car! Great sound! The “Run JDM” sticker is very funny! I also prefer a three cylinder over a four cylinder. Especially for the sound alone.
I always fancied a Toyota Starlet Sportif Turbo which you could only get as a special import. The 1300 CC version I had was a 5 speed box and air conditioning that worked well. Better than modern units.
Withdrew from Australia too. My mum's last car before she moved back to the UK was a 3-door charade 1.3. Easy to boost the power on, though not as durable in the long term as the 1.0 3-cyl. Got 94kw at the wheels from my mum's, up from the usual 63 at the flywheel. Went like the clappers, though the torque steer was nasty and the standard brakes were drums all around, total rubbish. Daihatsu left Australia around 15 years ago, so very few of their cars are left.
@@shebbs1 Mate, that sounds like fun. 30 years ago I worked on a farm and we had a Daihatsu 4x4 pick-up that the owner had imported from Africa...no refinement, you had to get out and lock the diffs by a big nut on each hub, once pulled a Massey Ferguson out of mud with one. Happy days !
Bought my daughter a '99 charade, 5 speed 1600cc 250k on the clock, great fun to drive and has been utterly reliable. It's getting tired and needs some dollars spent on it, which probably won't happen, parts are harder to get and there is no market value for the car. If they still came to Oz I'd get another, lovely little cars and they could teach pretty much any other brand about build quality.
Always loved these - remember seeing one at the UK motor show when they were new. (I think they did a limited run turbo 1 litre 4 wheel drive version for the UK...) Much more fun to have a car that you can thrash without breaking the speed limits - most modern cars are just too fast to enjoy their ability legally. A bit like a Mini Copper that you can actually fit in........ I ran a Cappuccino as my everyday car for a few years - swapped to it from a Jaguar XJ! :-)
We had a Cappo as a second car for 5 years until a change of job meant my wife needed a slightly more sensible car for commuting. Bog standard except for a Larini exhaust, it was an absolute scream (literally). That was 15 years ago and it's still the only car I have ever regretted selling.
What a smashing video Mr Seabrook, you really put across your excitement. We forget how much fun low powered small cars are. The fact you can drive at 100% whilst fighting understeer but sticking to speed limits and not really get in trouble. Stay safe fella
660cc's is a great size. I had an MZ motorcycle fitted with the Yamaha XTZ 660cc, five valve, twin carb single cylinder engine and that was an absolute hoot as well.
Like always, nice and informative video. It remembers me my grandfather’s Daihatsu Cuore (in the Netherlands) 18years ago, when I first had my driver license. Keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
I bought one of these in 2010, it was a fresh import TR-XX R from Japan and I paid way too much for it but it was totally as new. Black, with the 4 cylinder JB engine variant. It was a beautiful car, automatic but what a super smooth auto that always shifted at exactly the right time with a bit of practice.. best auto box I ever used. Mine was still speed limited as per the Japanese law, and I wanted to keep it original so I never removed the limiter, which is not easy as it's part of the ECU. In the end I sold it to a pal to raise money to restore a Mercedes W123 280e manual, talk about chalk and cheese. If you get a chance to buy one of these at a sensible price, just go for it. The acceleration is insane. In Japan people put the TR-XX R engine in classic mini, I saw one once and it totally transforms a mini! Oh yes, one more fact, this is the engine used in the Carver One!
The Daihatsu Copen roadster with that same 659 turbo engine was sold in the UK and Europe between 2003 and 2007. So there's still opportunity to buy one 2nd hand for the thrill of the Kei car ride. I have a 2009 1300 Copen which I'm desperately waiting to be able take out for jaunts into the Welsh hills in.
In Malaysian they all swaping they own Kancil engine with this model because it's the same platform with Perodua Nippa/ Kancil because Perodua Kancil in Malaysian only using carb engine not injection like in the UK and other country. I'm also planning the same way to swaping my engine with l600 Mira 😊
I was very disappointed when you revealed it had 4 cylinders, and nearly didn't watch, but I am glad I did. I can see you hooning around the hills of Wales in it. It's all about same fun at lower speeds. Cheers
Love the hilarity - reminds me of fun times in the Honda Beat, which has a very different (yet still amusing) soundtrack & not what you'd call a wealth of torque, especially with less than a squillion revs on the clock.
It's like driving a Jack Russel. I've travelled hundreds of miles in a Kei car, and they're genuinely fun to be in. And I'm not a petrol head. Thanks Ian.
I always liked these especially when top gear of yesteryear reviewed one.. It I prefer the 3 pot warble and the monster stereo as original (and awd if I recall) Most kei cars were bonkers and all the better for that... We need more!
In Malaysia, it's actually really popular for people to mods the Nippa (nee Kancil) with turbo or just straight swap the turbo engine from other Daihatsu. Also you really gone all boy racer with this car :p
What an amazing little Kei Car! Lots of giggling going on there and understandably why! I’d be the same - such character and endless fun! Do miss the 3 cylinder thrum. Absolutely love it. Love the wheels!
Absolutely love it ! This was one of my favourite cars on GT3 the PS2 game ! At the time I also happened to own a JDM Charade CS ,which I used to call "The buzz box" ! I really like Daihatsu vehicles 👍
Omg every journey would be riotous fun in that car, never get bored of the sound. I do like cars that you can still thrash and not get little black marks on your licence from doing so.
"Ooo I reckon we could have him" 🤣🤣 I had the UK market Daihatsu Cuore, basically the same thing but mine was the 3 pot, 850 cc version. Always loved the look of the TR-xx Avangarto version. Being a youth at the time, minr featured cone filter and 5" bore exhaust...so much noise and yet so much fun at 100mph 🤣
We can import quite a lot of things, they just have to meet certain criteria. We also used to have a 15+ year old rule, which was open slather. This would have arrived under that rule. Its 25+ now, so technically they can come in again. Getting hard to find in Japan though.
Little Tassie holds many secrets. So many parallels with Wales. Apart from the sky that is :) Take care. I hope I can get back to Wales, and you can get back to Tassie before too long.
I adore the scaled down jdm vibe the body kitted turbo kei's have from this era, the seats are very tasty, even though it's not a triple, that copen 4 banger with fluttering is beautifully silly, I'd laugh every time I drove it, looks huge fun, fantastic test!!
"Hilariously frenetic" makes for a fun car and a valid license at the same time! I remember a Mini I had as a kid...big cam, fancy carbs, and 4100 rpm at 60 mph in top gear. Not a relaxing thing to drive, but a huge giggle to play with. :-)
That is a beautiful slick modification job. You may have to consider a name change from Hubnut to WiperPervert! You miraculously manage to bring bucket loads of "Ooo Matron" to the usually innuendo free subject of windscreen wipers. Was that a lizard running across the road in the background at 19:19?
Just about any kei car with added turbo is huge fun. More often that not it's nothing, then nothing again, still nothing, then EVRYTHING!!!! Brilliant.
I once test drove one way back was bonkers. I did own for 12 years a 1999 Daihatsu Charade 1.3 GTI. Which was great had a Ram Air Filter and Eco Tek valve fitted along with de cat custom exhaust with 5 inch tail pipe
I can attest to the fun of a keicar. Suzuki Whizzkid owner; which means a keicar that got a bigger engine from Suzuki for export. Rear engine also. Really fun car at low speeds already.
If I’m not mistaken the Daihatsu Copen and sirion 1300 cc 4 Cylinders were 100bhp/ 75 kw naturally aspirated and the 1500cc only developed 73 kw. I believe that was the spec here in South Africa before they dropped to a less 64kw engine in about 2008. All because Toyota didn’t want the Daihatsu competing with the Yaris. Sadly Toyota dropped production the Daihatsu cars. I miss my 2005 Charade CXL1litre
I just adore this little buggers, they many small etc...but what a fun to drive them. Pitty they don't get imported in Europ anymore. " Drove a Suzuki Alto Works, in my second home country. Nippy little thing and way more fun than my Harrier.
I learned to drive in 1989 in a Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel. They are still a great looking car and I hope you get to drive the GTTi version as I bet that is a hoot.
I had a poster of one 1987-88 sad I know but had one of the copen and the yrv also I only got to owning a terios with crime Bull bar someone made me a good offer for it £800 more than I bought for 6 months before kind of miss having it around great video Daihatsu legend small car company 😄🤯
Cut two miras in half last year and made them into rollover cars. Also work with a Mira with a Turbomeca marbore II Jet engine in it pushing 2500hp. Pretty under rated cars for sure. For a small N/A motor, they get up and move!
Fun fact. In Malaysia, people that uses the Perodua Kancil/Nippa didn't just swap to 660cc turbo 3 or 4 cylinder engines. They also ridiculously fitted a 4 cylinder 1.3 liter K3 engines either NA or Turbo versions. Some also converted to 4WD/AWD system like Marty's little Daihatsu Mira from Mighty Car Mods.
If I'm not mistaken...somebody managed to fit a 1.5L from a Terios into a Kancil/Nippa/Mira...
@@sequentialtt0415 Yes mate. That's true.
Yeahhh..its true..malaysia boleh maa..
@@ejam865 anything is possible.
We had a three-door Mira with no rear seat back in the 90s. Featured an 847cc three-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed gearbox. Before us, it had served as a pizza delivery van and then a florist’s delivery van, Had 65,00km on it when we bought it, and 160,000km when we sold it to an elderly former mechanic who drove it around Australia. Had 390,000km on its original engine the last time I saw it about 10 years ago.
Pretty disappointed MCM couldn't squeeze you in. I sincerely hope they're here in spirit.
They're busy guys, and a vast amount larger than I am. I have no quibbles.
As a RHD Kei Copen owner (in LHD Austria that is) all the wicked sounds are immediately familiar. And the laugh is still there everytime I get in that little crazy Daihatsu. And yes, that all while barely keeping u with traffic. Brilliant
Sometimes I'd like a Suzuki Wagon-R with a turbo. Obviously I can't telly my friends this, which is why I'm writing it here.
🤣🤣😏 You can put a washing machine in there standin without a problem. If you put a 1300 GTI motor in from a Suzuki swift you can have all your friends cry .
I can sell you a WagonR camper. Really.
@nh73 The 1st generation had those shopping basket fronseats/ Later versions didn't have them.In the Netherlands these cars are called jokingly popemobile or cellphone booth
I've got a Mk2 Wagon R in the family fleet, got it for my daughter but I love it. Superb little car!
As someone who's owned one, absolutely 100% buy one they are incredibly fun and reliable. Your friends will make fun until you let them drive it, then they will understand why you've got it lol
One of my favourite reviews , what a fun car! Sounds like you’re doing 120mph at 60
I love small cars that punch above their weight!
It’s no wonder you were exhausted the reviews must have come thick and fast plus all the editing. Thank you Ian absolutely loved the diversity of the vehicles you’ve served up.
Once more, driving a slow car fast is way more fun than driving a fast car slow.
I love these runts.
No rear seats and a spacious load area. So technically it’s a van. I approve.
These are fun cars! I was 51 yesterday and I'm imagining this car with a roll cage and Battle of the Planets graphics 😁
I don't think so - vans don't have side windows.
Fortunately for me, when the police stopped me in my 'van' for speeding, the cop noticed it had an extra side window and he said - "so it's not a van" - and therefore I wasn't speeding !
@@millomweb Heaps of vans in New Zealand have side windows. Mostly Japanese
@@craigk1328 Yes, same here in Blighty mate.
@@craigk1328 Vans in uk don't have side windows.
My first car was classed as a minibus ! 13 seats - not often I had them all in.
Love the rims! Not something I usually say but those look amazing.
5:46 That's shirt material there, Ian.
Loving the little car, not sure if I'd like it more or less with a 3 cylinder, I probably wouldn't care for the difference, but the white/red colour scheme is epic.
You are such a great bloke HubNut and I could listen to you forever reviewing cars. Thank you. Pete. UK
I see a boom in 90s J-Kei Cars coming up. Tribes of 660cc warriors.
Amazing mini road racer
The "performance radiator cap" added at least 5 bhp
wow you really went to aus/nz at the right time......and came back just in time! Every other youtuber/'s (some million plus subs) are a bit dry on content at the moment (through no fault of their own), keep em coming seabrook!! (nice crisps btw)!
The steering wheel is very reminiscent of the early R800. Thanks Ian, for another great video!!
That big fuse holder is for the stereo amp.
What a treat to see you driving in my home town! I drive these roads everyday.
I would quite like to thrash a little Kei car around the local back roads here in Scotland. The MCM guys would approve.
Canny do it
Where abouts in Scotland?
In the UK it was called the Daihatsu Cuore (not Mira) Avanzato TR-XX R4. The UK ones had un-restricted engines.
Nearly spat my cuppa out when you said ‘ reckon we can av him’! Quality. 😂😂😂👍🤜
Still only starting off my channel. But hubnut is my motivation. Ian and his channel are first class 👍
Lovely reflection, or was it the animal itself that passed by and came to say hallo at 3:49. Funny car! Great sound! The “Run JDM” sticker is very funny! I also prefer a three cylinder over a four cylinder. Especially for the sound alone.
Watching you enjoy yourself is a tonic to today. Go Hubnut the mad bus-man
I always fancied a Toyota Starlet Sportif Turbo which you could only get as a special import.
The 1300 CC version I had was a 5 speed box and air conditioning that worked well. Better than modern units.
I had the starlet CD 1.3 . 5 speed , injection and quite quick . Always fancied putting a turbo on it.
So sad Daihatsu withdrew from the UK market.....they make cracking cars!
Withdrew from Australia too. My mum's last car before she moved back to the UK was a 3-door charade 1.3. Easy to boost the power on, though not as durable in the long term as the 1.0 3-cyl. Got 94kw at the wheels from my mum's, up from the usual 63 at the flywheel. Went like the clappers, though the torque steer was nasty and the standard brakes were drums all around, total rubbish. Daihatsu left Australia around 15 years ago, so very few of their cars are left.
@@shebbs1 Mate, that sounds like fun. 30 years ago I worked on a farm and we had a Daihatsu 4x4 pick-up that the owner had imported from Africa...no refinement, you had to get out and lock the diffs by a big nut on each hub, once pulled a Massey Ferguson out of mud with one. Happy days !
Bought my daughter a '99 charade, 5 speed 1600cc 250k on the clock, great fun to drive and has been utterly reliable.
It's getting tired and needs some dollars spent on it, which probably won't happen, parts are harder to get and there is no market value for the car.
If they still came to Oz I'd get another, lovely little cars and they could teach pretty much any other brand about build quality.
You obviously found that hilarious in more ways than one. What a fun car to drive, no wonder you wanted to keep it.
Always loved these - remember seeing one at the UK motor show when they were new. (I think they did a limited run turbo 1 litre 4 wheel drive version for the UK...) Much more fun to have a car that you can thrash without breaking the speed limits - most modern cars are just too fast to enjoy their ability legally. A bit like a Mini Copper that you can actually fit in........ I ran a Cappuccino as my everyday car for a few years - swapped to it from a Jaguar XJ! :-)
We had a Cappo as a second car for 5 years until a change of job meant my wife needed a slightly more sensible car for commuting. Bog standard except for a Larini exhaust, it was an absolute scream (literally). That was 15 years ago and it's still the only car I have ever regretted selling.
@@markguppy2715 yep me too
What a smashing video Mr Seabrook, you really put across your excitement. We forget how much fun low powered small cars are. The fact you can drive at 100% whilst fighting understeer but sticking to speed limits and not really get in trouble. Stay safe fella
A winning combination. All of the rorty at under forty, what's not to like?
Top work mr hubnut!
Think how much fun you’d have with that on the Welsh country roads
Exactly this sprang into my mind!
660cc's is a great size. I had an MZ motorcycle fitted with the Yamaha XTZ 660cc, five valve, twin carb single cylinder engine and that was an absolute hoot as well.
Marty loves this..
So does Rake
Like always, nice and informative video. It remembers me my grandfather’s Daihatsu Cuore (in the Netherlands) 18years ago, when I first had my driver license. Keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
I bought one of these in 2010, it was a fresh import TR-XX R from Japan and I paid way too much for it but it was totally as new. Black, with the 4 cylinder JB engine variant. It was a beautiful car, automatic but what a super smooth auto that always shifted at exactly the right time with a bit of practice.. best auto box I ever used. Mine was still speed limited as per the Japanese law, and I wanted to keep it original so I never removed the limiter, which is not easy as it's part of the ECU. In the end I sold it to a pal to raise money to restore a Mercedes W123 280e manual, talk about chalk and cheese. If you get a chance to buy one of these at a sensible price, just go for it. The acceleration is insane. In Japan people put the TR-XX R engine in classic mini, I saw one once and it totally transforms a mini! Oh yes, one more fact, this is the engine used in the Carver One!
Fabulous - made my day. The smaller the car, often the greater the fun! Thanks Ian.
Yes, small cars are fun, I've had quite a few in my car life. FIAT Panda, Uno, 126, 127, 600 and now a FORD Fiesta MK2. Great the MCM Mira build.
The Daihatsu Copen roadster with that same 659 turbo engine was sold in the UK and Europe between 2003 and 2007. So there's still opportunity to buy one 2nd hand for the thrill of the Kei car ride. I have a 2009 1300 Copen which I'm desperately waiting to be able take out for jaunts into the Welsh hills in.
It has the same gearbox whine as the old A-Series Austin Metros....a sound I enjoy
In Malaysian they all swaping they own Kancil engine with this model because it's the same platform with Perodua Nippa/ Kancil because Perodua Kancil in Malaysian only using carb engine not injection like in the UK and other country. I'm also planning the same way to swaping my engine with l600 Mira 😊
I was very disappointed when you revealed it had 4 cylinders, and nearly didn't watch, but I am glad I did. I can see you hooning around the hills of Wales in it. It's all about same fun at lower speeds. Cheers
"Oh yeah, that's some nice action, baby' on the rear wiper. I was still reeling from the GSA spedometer Blue Movie soundtrack...
Love the hilarity - reminds me of fun times in the Honda Beat, which has a very different (yet still amusing) soundtrack & not what you'd call a wealth of torque, especially with less than a squillion revs on the clock.
Best intro ever. Gran Turismo rally stage replay scene. Sounds lovely too.
It's like driving a Jack Russel.
I've travelled hundreds of miles in a Kei car, and they're genuinely fun to be in. And I'm not a petrol head. Thanks Ian.
I always liked these especially when top gear of yesteryear reviewed one..
It I prefer the 3 pot warble and the monster stereo as original (and awd if I recall)
Most kei cars were bonkers and all the better for that... We need more!
Jezza drove one In a supermarket early 90s I remember watching it as a kid and being amazed. It's on UA-cam 😊
So good to hear you giggling like that! Brilliant! I totally agree about 3 cylinders!
Absolutely loved this video! I don't think you could've described the sound better than a 'demented bee', what a great car...
In Malaysia, it's actually really popular for people to mods the Nippa (nee Kancil) with turbo or just straight swap the turbo engine from other Daihatsu. Also you really gone all boy racer with this car :p
The Mighty Car Mods and HubNut meet up needs to happen, make is so! :)
Sadly we're now about 11,000 miles apart...
What an amazing little Kei Car! Lots of giggling going on there and understandably why! I’d be the same - such character and endless fun! Do miss the 3 cylinder thrum. Absolutely love it. Love the wheels!
Demented bee and a copen that looks like a shoe! Brilliant! Looks like you had a riot!! I'd love a go in one of those, it looks alot of fun
That is what little cars should drive like brilliant video ian
What kind of critter is shooting across the car park at 3:44?
I had to pause it.. Its the shadow of a bird..
I've got a 1993 Daihatsu Mira TR XX Avanzato and love it‼️🇺🇲
Absolutely love it ! This was one of my favourite cars on GT3 the PS2 game ! At the time I also happened to own a JDM Charade CS ,which I used to call "The buzz box" ! I really like Daihatsu vehicles 👍
Omg every journey would be riotous fun in that car, never get bored of the sound. I do like cars that you can still thrash and not get little black marks on your licence from doing so.
"Ooo I reckon we could have him" 🤣🤣
I had the UK market Daihatsu Cuore, basically the same thing but mine was the 3 pot, 850 cc version. Always loved the look of the TR-xx Avangarto version.
Being a youth at the time, minr featured cone filter and 5" bore exhaust...so much noise and yet so much fun at 100mph 🤣
We can import quite a lot of things, they just have to meet certain criteria. We also used to have a 15+ year old rule, which was open slather. This would have arrived under that rule. Its 25+ now, so technically they can come in again. Getting hard to find in Japan though.
Little Tassie holds many secrets. So many parallels with Wales. Apart from the sky that is :) Take care. I hope I can get back to Wales, and you can get back to Tassie before too long.
I think Kei cars are fabulous! Especially the sporty buzzy ones like this; you don’t need anything more!
What a beautiful little car. Makes all the right noise too.
Very surprising choice. Thank you Ian
What a neat little car. Loved this video.
I've never seen you giggle so much, what a fantastic little car
What a cracking little jalopy! Thanks for a great review. Might there be some HubNut merchandise with the little Hyundai featured?
That looks fun, feisty engine in a little car, I approve :D
Brilliant. Spider in the intro!
You can't avoid that here in summer :/
I "owned" and tuned one of these little beauties when I was a kid playing Gran Turismo ❤️
I adore the scaled down jdm vibe the body kitted turbo kei's have from this era, the seats are very tasty, even though it's not a triple, that copen 4 banger with fluttering is beautifully silly, I'd laugh every time I drove it, looks huge fun, fantastic test!!
I think it safe to say you liked that one :)
Your so right, cars should be fun.
Great video! Just wish I'd kept my 4WD Mira classic turbo I bought new in 1997 (one of only 50 imported to the UK). Truly bonkers cars!!
"Hilariously frenetic" makes for a fun car and a valid license at the same time!
I remember a Mini I had as a kid...big cam, fancy carbs, and 4100 rpm at 60 mph in top gear. Not a relaxing thing to drive, but a huge giggle to play with. :-)
Looks great fun Ian great review
1300 engine was fitted to the MK2 Sirion, around 60mph in second gear.
Very cool. The unmodified versions were sold for a brief time in the UK alongside the 850cc Cuore iirc in the late 1990s.
That is a beautiful slick modification job. You may have to consider a name change from Hubnut to WiperPervert! You miraculously manage to bring bucket loads of "Ooo Matron" to the usually innuendo free subject of windscreen wipers. Was that a lizard running across the road in the background at 19:19?
Reminds me of my Cinquecento Sporting I sold last year. Such fun. I miss Beppo.
Just about any kei car with added turbo is huge fun. More often that not it's nothing, then nothing again, still nothing, then EVRYTHING!!!! Brilliant.
I once test drove one way back was bonkers. I did own for 12 years a 1999 Daihatsu Charade 1.3 GTI. Which was great had a Ram Air Filter and Eco Tek valve fitted along with de cat custom exhaust with 5 inch tail pipe
I remember seeing a Nippa/Kancil with a K3VET 1.3 engine in it...pretty crazy
Love love love this lil runner.
This was very amusing! Really good, you need to do more K cars.
There is one for sale in the UK on Autotrader! Every time watch one of these videos, I end up looking through the small ad's
Looks like you had a good hoon in the Mira, think I would be giggling too with every gear change!
A hub nut special from Japan must on the cards
I can attest to the fun of a keicar. Suzuki Whizzkid owner; which means a keicar that got a bigger engine from Suzuki for export. Rear engine also. Really fun car at low speeds already.
Everyone who drives those things has the same delighted / maniacal cackle when they hit the gas.
Takes me right back to the Charade gtti. Bonkers little motors.
Very impressed with the rear wiper action. I don't have to ask whether you liked it! 👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿
If I’m not mistaken the Daihatsu Copen and sirion 1300 cc 4 Cylinders were 100bhp/ 75 kw naturally aspirated and the 1500cc only developed 73 kw. I believe that was the spec here in South Africa before they dropped to a less 64kw engine in about 2008. All because Toyota didn’t want the Daihatsu competing with the Yaris.
Sadly Toyota dropped production the Daihatsu cars.
I miss my 2005 Charade CXL1litre
I just adore this little buggers, they many small etc...but what a fun to drive them. Pitty they don't get imported in Europ anymore. " Drove a Suzuki Alto Works, in my second home country. Nippy little thing and way more fun than my Harrier.
I learned to drive in 1989 in a Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel. They are still a great looking car and I hope you get to drive the GTTi version as I bet that is a hoot.
you need 1 in your fleet for sure :)
Looks fun! Love Kei cars!
I think I never seen you drive a proper hotted up (non BMW) Mini.
You should try one. They're even more fun.
I had a poster of one 1987-88 sad I know but had one of the copen and the yrv also I only got to owning a terios with crime Bull bar someone made me a good offer for it £800 more than I bought for 6 months before kind of miss having it around great video Daihatsu legend small car company 😄🤯
Marty is business man is fucking anxious when I meet in person. Unless you line his pocket he is not interested
Sorry dealt with both I them and they built a business on what they do with cars and UA-cam…
So what you see on screen Is BS
Cut two miras in half last year and made them into rollover cars. Also work with a Mira with a Turbomeca marbore II Jet engine in it pushing 2500hp. Pretty under rated cars for sure. For a small N/A motor, they get up and move!
Hooning in Hobart... Yes! Will we see mods to Myrtle? Hmmm...
K car bring back alot memories. Good video.