Daihatsu Sport merupakan produksi yang ke 6 Daihatsu Motor pada tahun 1963 setelah DAIHATSU MP5 Midget (1962). Daihatsu Sport merupakan kolaborasi dengan Vignale sebuah perusahaan pembuat mobil Italia, untuk ditampilkan di Turin Motor Show.
Pada saat itu, tidak biasa bagi pabrikan Jepang untuk memamerkan di pameran motor di luar negeri, tetapi ada keinginan kuat di Daihatsu dan juga Jepang, yang memasuki awal era otomotifnya, untuk membuat kegemparan di negara-negara otomotif maju.
Daihatsu Sport (1963)
The motorization of Japan proceeded at a rapid pace in the 1950s and 1960s.
Daihatsu, which had been a three-wheel truck manufacturer converted itself into a passenger car manufacturer, collaborated on design with vignale of Italy, and took other measures to press forward with world class passenger car manufacturing.
In 1963, the Daihatsu Sport, Created through collaboration with Vignale, was displayed at the Turin Motor Show.
At the time, it was unusual for Japanese manufacturers to exhibit at overseas motor shows, but there was a strong desire in Daihatsu as well as Japan, which was entering the dawn of its automotive age, to make a stir in advanced automobile countries.
In 2006, after having had several owners, this Daihatsu Sport was returned to Daihatsu in near perfect condition 43 years after the motor show.
History of DAIHATSU – Daihatsu Sport (1963)
- Length: 3,980m
- Width: 1580m
- Height 1260m
- Wheelbase: 2,220m
- Weight 710kg
- Total displacement 797cc
- Maximum output:50PS/6,500rpm
- Engine type. Water-cooled, four-cycle, in-line four-cylinder OHV engine
Classical Model Daihatsu Sport 1963
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