Back Daihatsu Afrikaans دايهاتسو Arabic دايهاتسو ARZ Daihatsu Azerbaijani دایهاتسو AZB Daihatsu Byelorussian Дайхацу Bulgarian Daihatsu Catalan Daihatsu Czech Daihatsu Danish
 Daihatsu global headquarters | |
| Public company | |
| Industrie | Automotive |
| Foondit | 1 Mairch 1907 |
Key fowk | Katsuhiko Okumura (Chairman) Koichi Ina (Preses) |
| Revenue | 1,348 billion USD (2006) |
| 4 billion USD (2006) | |
Nummer o employees | 11,873 |
| Parent | Toyota Group (51.2%) |
| Wabsteid | Daihatsu.com |
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (ダイハツ工業株式会社 Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 7262, OSE: 7262) is a Japanese manufacturer o caurs, weel kent for its weeer models an aff-road vehicles. Mony o its models is forbye kent as kei jidōsha (or kei caurs) in Japan. Its headquarters ar locatit in Ikeda, Osaka Prefectur.
The name "Daihatsu" is a combination o the first kanji for Osaka (大) an the first o the wird "ingine manufacture" (発動機製造 hatsudōki seizō) ; whan pit thegither thay ar pronoonced "dai hatsu."
Daihatsu wis formed in 1951 as successor organisation tae Hatsudoki, an bi the 1960s haed startit exportin caurs tae Europe, tho it didna see ony major sales success til far intae the 1980s.
Syne Februar 1992 in North Americae, it haes been common for Toyota tae distribute Daihatsu models.