Daihatsu
Daihatsu headquarters in Ikeda, Osaka | |
Native name | ダイハツ工業株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor | Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd (1907–1951) |
| Founded | 1 March 1951 |
| Founders | Saneyasu Oka Zenjiro Takeuchi Yoshiaki Yasunaga Seishiro Tsurumi Masashi Kuwabara |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
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Key people | Masahiro Inoue (president) |
| Products | Automobiles, engines |
Production output | 1,787,991 vehicles (1,477,462 excluding Perodua) (FY2022) |
| Revenue | ¥1,493 billion (FY2022) |
| ¥38 billion (FY2022) | |
| ¥77 billion (FY2022) | |
| Total assets | ¥944 billion (FY2022) |
| Total equity | ¥387 billion (FY2022) |
Number of employees | 12,508 (April 2023) |
| Parent | Toyota Motor Corporation |
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| Website | daihatsu.com |
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.
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. Because of the company's focus on kei cars, 70 percent of Daihatsu drivers in Japan are female. The company produces entry-level compact cars in Japan and Southeast Asia, which are often 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.
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.