Daihatsu

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
Native name
ダイハツ工業株式会社
Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorHatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd (1907–1951)
Founded1 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-01)
FoundersSaneyasu Oka
Zenjiro Takeuchi
Yoshiaki Yasunaga
Seishiro Tsurumi
Masashi Kuwabara
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
  • Japan
  • Indonesia
Key people
Masahiro Inoue
(President)
ProductsAutomobiles, engines
Production output
Increase 1,787,991 vehicles (1,477,462 without counting Perodua production)[1][note 1] (FY2022)
RevenueIncrease ¥1,493 billion[2] (FY2022)
Decrease ¥38 billion[2] (FY2022)
Decrease ¥77 billion[2] (FY2022)
Total assetsIncrease ¥944 billion[2] (FY2022)
Total equityDecrease ¥387 billion[2] (FY2022)
Number of employees
12,508 (April 2023)[1]
ParentToyota Motor Corporation
Subsidiaries
Websitedaihatsu.com
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Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Japanese: ダイハツ工業株式会社, Hepburn: Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.[3]

Historically one of the oldest surviving Japanese internal combustion engine manufacturers, the company was known for building three-wheeled vehicles and off-road vehicles, while currently the company offers a range of kei car models, along with kei trucks, kei vans and other larger small cars in Japan. The company produces entry-level compact cars in Japan and Southeast Asia, which are supplied to global emerging markets under the Toyota brand.

As of 2023, Daihatsu's presence has been limited to Japan and Indonesia under the Daihatsu brand, and Malaysia under the Perodua brand, where the company has significant research and development resources, manufacturing facilities and sales operations.[4]

Since August 2016, the company has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation. As of 2021, Daihatsu accounts for four percent of Toyota Group's total vehicle sales.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Data Book 2023" (PDF) (in Japanese). Daihatsu. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "ダイハツ工業株式会社 第182期決算公告" [Daihatsu Industry (Motor) Co., Ltd. Announcement of financial results for the 182nd fiscal year] (in Japanese). Daihatsu. Retrieved September 11, 2023 – via Company Activities Total Research Institute.
  3. ^ "Corporate Info Archived January 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Daihatsu. Retrieved on February 5, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Sato, Ryotaro (2021-06-19). "Daihatsu tailors new cars to Malaysia and Indonesia". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-10-25.


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