Daihatsu Stopping New Car Sales?

Mobeer

Yen to the Euro:
http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/JPY/EUR/G/30

Yen to the Pound:
http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/JPY/GBP/G/30

gmrsupplies

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

Bad economic conditions always prune the bland and the dire

Just look at rover

Bland - take a look at this, could you describe this as bland

http://www.carpages.co.uk/daihatsu/daihatsu-materia-review-part-1-24-10-07.asp

goldspanners

gmrsupplies wrote: »

Bland - take a look at this, could you describe this as bland

http://www.carpages.co.uk/daihatsu/daihatsu-materia-review-part-1-24-10-07.asp

yes,very bland. its nothing new at all,its still years behind.

Kilty_2

gmrsupplies wrote: »

Bland - take a look at this, could you describe this as bland

http://www.carpages.co.uk/daihatsu/daihatsu-materia-review-part-1-24-10-07.asp

Yet another car I'd see in a car park and wonder "Why?" . Maybe more of the dire than the bland.

And I drive a repmobile (of which a few of the cars around it in said car park would be :rotfl: )

Inactive

" Bland " or not, the Sirion is a full 5 door / 5 seater model based on Toyota technology, that comes with a 5 year warranty, is roomy and well equipped.

flyingscotno1

Mobeer wrote: »

Yen to the Euro:
http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/JPY/EUR/G/30

Yen to the Pound:
http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/JPY/GBP/G/30

So presumably the Continental importers will be similarly struggling?

peter_the_piper

Don't know about Daihatsu but if Nissan continue designing vehicles (can't call them cars) like this http://www.nissan.co.uk/#vehicles/city-cars/cube/key-figures then they'll be joining them.

Hintza

pgilc1 wrote: »

- something they know buyers wont stomach.

Perhaps not in the short-term but unless things improve this will be the new reality.

Almost exactly a year ago was probably the cheapest cars will ever be in real terms (in my life time). I think there are probably still a few deals to be done but prices are on the rise.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Good job we're all different, the links to Materia and Cube above show me cars that look practical, quirky and different just like people really.

There's loads of standard cloned hatchbacks for cloned people, Daihatsu and Subaru haven't until recently made cars for the majority, they made cars for individuals who don't mind nay maybe enjoy being different.

Subaru must be counting the cost of trying to appeal to mainstream with their new Imprezza just another boring hatchback (a FocusGolfAstra308 lookalike), the sightings of which are extremely rare.

flyingscotno1

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Don't know about Daihatsu but if Nissan continue designing vehicles (can't call them cars) like this http://www.nissan.co.uk/#vehicles/city-cars/cube/key-figures then they'll be joining them.

Of course Nissan builds cars outside Japan so is better placed than some others.