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In this land of cheap fuel, wide streets and large parking lots, cars we generally considered in this class as being just too small for our needs.
However, some city residents have seen domestic benefits of owning cars that can be crammed into tiny parking spaces and are frugal to run.
The company has withdrawn from the Australian market in March 2006 with the maintenance of Daihatsu models now managed by its parent company, Toyota.
Mira Centro Cuore are among the Daihatsu mini cars better and they have enjoyed a degree of success in Australia, mainly because of a reputation for building reliable vehicles, with the largest and Charade Applause winning many company's admirers on the years.
Mira was launched in Australia as a car in December 1992 if it had been here as a van for a few years before then Mira vans were sold throughout the life of the vehicle Mira van came with a 850cc carburettored engine and four box speed manual transmission.
Daihatsu Centro, introduced in Australia in March 1995, should well be called the Centro Charade, even if it has nothing of significance in common with its big brother, the right Daihatsu Charade.
Duplication of names was done as a marketing move to try to take advantage of the reputation of Charade Australian buyers being a well-educated group didn t fall for the waterfall and Centro didn t sell well, disappear quietly in our market in late 1997.
These cars have a plate built 1997, so beware of the sales guy who insists that he is a 1998 where it was registered this year.
As Mira, some Centros also reached us in the form of van Beware of trucks that had windows and a rear seat added to try to pretend they are cars; they could have an ultra-resistant as delivery vehicles cars Mira real knockabout life and Centro are three or five-door hatchbacks.
The final version of the minicar Daihatsu Cuore It was sold in July 2000 and, after struggling for just over three years, imports ceased in September. 2003
The interior space in the three models is surprisingly good in front, but the rear seat is narrow enough for adults the boot space is quite small, but it can be increased considerably by folding the backrest down.
comfort and general noise level are not good, but Centro is significantly better than the old Mira They are not too tiring around town when you spend that moderate lengths of time driving.
These little ones are not really Daihatsu vehicles adapted to Aussie country long distance travel; you have to work their little hard engines to keep moving up hill and down dale in a pinch they can run at 100 to 110 km h on the flat bits, but the hills do not put their full be around very aware that the car may have been driving too hard since it's worn out before his time.
Mira Centro and power from a motor, fuel injection three-cylinder 660cc only low debt and its light weight means it provides more performance than you might expect, but you do have to work the gearbox to get a decent acceleration waving Cuore territory, presented here in July 2000, a larger engine, a three-cylinder unit 1 0 liters It is best suited to driving country than its predecessors, but still struggles sometimes.
The manual gearbox is a nice little five-speed, but the automatic transmission is only three reports and can be quite buzzy if the price is fast.
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