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Daihatsu Mira also known as Domino Cuore and Charade more recently, is a type of vehicle kei car built by the Japanese automaker Daihatsu It comes with a variety of options and chassis variations, the latest variant having four models Mira Mira AVY, Mira Gino and Mira VAN Mira is the latest successor to the line of cars began with the Daihatsu Fellow from 1966 and was originally introduced as the commercial version of Cuore outside Japan, the Mira also provided with a 850cc or 1000cc engine in Australia, the two-seater version was marketed as the Daihatsu Handivan and later as the Daihatsu mira Handi 1 the name is Latin meaning goal or purpose.
Daihatsu Mira and Cuore replaced in July 1980, Daihatsu Max Cuore It was replaced by the second L70 generation Mira Cuore which was introduced in 1985 for most generations, there were two engine sizes available a version of small, according to the Japanese national legislation, either 550 or 660 cc, and a larger version engine for export markets the variant L200 1990 94, for example, came with a 660 cc engine with three cylinders 40 64 PS 29 47 kW Japan, while other parts of the world have received a greater heart variant with a 847 cc or 1,000 cc Mira L500 is the first kei car Daihatsu to provide a motor 660 cc four-cylinder .
In July 1980 2 the Daihatsu Mira and Cuore arrived to replace the Daihatsu Max Cuore Some confusion comes from the fact that the L55 series, was the first generation Daihatsu Mira, but is generally regarded as the second generation of the Cuore and that Mira was marketed as Mira Cuore range was facelifted slightly in May 1982 when Mira dropped the Cuore part of its name also new was five sports gear MGX three-door only, equipped with radial tires the AutoClutch Daimatic transmission has been replaced by a unit with two fully automatic at the same time but in October 1983 supercharged versions and four-wheel Mira van were not made available at the same time ,.
The L55 series was sold with two main engines AB10 unit two-cylinder 547 cc, 617 cc and the unit slightly larger AD that was installed in the export only 3 Cuore L60 They both balance shafts dual star, producing a smooth and silent equality operations with engine with four cylinders traditional tests, the 617 cc version of the car has received praise for its refinement and its lively character and enthusiastic performance against European competitors such as the Fiat Panda 30 and the Citroen Visa of both club also with engines two-cylinder 4 the main problem is the cost of tree balance with bicyclinder cost supposedly much to build an engine with conventional four-cylinder, the car also congratulated by Quattroruote for its driving characteristics of the agile city although it could hardly be considered fully capable Autostrada 30 PS 22 kilowatts wide version has a top speed of 120 km h 4 75 mph.
The larger engine was introduced in the second half of 1982 as part of a push by Daihatsu to push its European exports 5 In some markets, the two engines were both available in Belgium, for example, they were sold as Cuore 550 for the small version and the Cuore 623,625, according to the body was fitted 6 Cuore sold well in Argentina and Chile in 1980 4,300 shipped cars, but economic difficulties, it led to a cancellation of exports 1982 5.
In 1983, Mira Turbo appeared only available in the Japanese market, and only as a commercial vehicle, there was a carbureted version of the small turbocharged two-cylinder engine That was enough for 41 PS 30 kW and a maximum speed resulting 130 km h 3 81 mph.
Giovanni Michelotti used this as a basis for Cuore generation automotive Michelotti CAP Personal Commuter prototype shown in Geneva in 1985 7.
The second generation L70 Mira Cuore appeared in August 1985, it had a longer wheelbase and a new generation of three-cylinder engines replacing the versions former two cylinders AB Moving new EB engines remained exactly the same, 547 cc To export versions a 847 cc three-cylinder was developed, called ED-10 in September 1986 a special version for the Swiss market has emerged, with a narrower bore 796 cc displacement release called ED-10A Unlike standard very slightly larger, it is appropriate four power class taxes in some cantons, while other cantons had significant tax limits to 800 cc 8.
As for the versions of the Japanese domestic market, there were commercial versions Mira sold alongside versions of cars Cuore The ads had back temporary seats that fold completely flat and are easily recognizable by rails of baggage As the rear side windows for the previous generation, a version with switchable four-wheel drive is provided for the frame code Van Version L71V the engines were originally carburized and is naturally aspirated or supercharged with intercooler These offered 38 PS 28 kW, 52 PS 38 kilowatts 9 respectively the turbocharged version was originally only available to a commercial Mira three doors and was introduced two months of the regular version transmissions were four or five-speed manual, with automatic two also speeds available for atmospheric releases 10.
In January 1986, a version of Van Mira hatchback was added A Walk Through the Van version using the regular combined cover with the square rear body near, appeared two months later, in August 1987, the Mira Cuore received minor facelift with a new grille and hood, as well as another detail changes do everything for a smoother overall appearance two months later, a version with permanent four-wheel drive was made available in the turbocharged version After suffered another minor amendment in October 1988, 50 PS turbocharged Mira TR Sedan CR series for passenger use has also been made available in five-door version and a limited edition of 500 Mira TR-XX limited Sedan were also sold 11 Japanese production of the L70 series ended when the new 660cc L200 version was launched in March 1990 to meet the new regulations for the class kei 10 also marked the end of the division line in Mira and Cuore like Cuore plate was removed in Japan with the introduction of only model w.
Thai Daihatsu arm focused on the production of L70 series after he was replaced in Japan In addition to the regular version, they also developed a version ute to the pick-up suppressant Thai domestic market 1990-1995 called Mira P1 was built with a pickup truck bed, rear door and redesigned taillights Mira pickup was extremely popular with Thai Daihatsu jump 50 sales per cent after 12 full circle and mirror the development of the SUV Daihatsu Mira also developed the P4 a roof with four seats wagon version of this micro-ute some P4s retained fold down the tailgate of the pickup, adding a glass hinged at the top, while others had an upper articulation of the tailgate in one piece later, there was an extended cab 2 ute two seats Daihatsu Miracab and also a tailgate with an enlarged end, called mint.
While originally using smaller engines as in the Japanese market, they were too long to be considered true kei cars later cars have the engine 850 cc as used in many other export markets 13 However, the Asian financial crisis of 1997 marked the end of Daihatsu in Thailand that sales dropped 4 000 in 1995 to 160 in 1997, production ended in February 1998 and March 1998 Daihatsu no longer available cars in the Thai market 13.
In 2004, a Philippine company relaunched the collection Mira, built and sold locally as Norkis legacy 14 A van version is also available, as well as a cabin with double bed four-door with a very short Unlike Mira original L70, they have the latest 659 cc engine EF which is also available on LPG It is longer and heavier than the original, with the pick-up in two original seats weighing 900 kg 1,984 lb and 3630 mm in length to 143.
L200 201 was the third and to the most popular generation of the vehicle, offered in many variants on the Japanese domestic market, the name Cuore was abandoned because the differences between passengers and commercial versions have been reduced L200 wheel drive was produced with the Mira badge spring of 1990 until at least 1998, but the platform has lived under other names L201 is the code of the chassis used on cars of the export market, the usually labeled Cuore.
As with most of Kei cars 200 series came in two primary variants The V series is a van-style windowed for light commercial use This variant featured a folding rear seat without a seatbelt The S series, intended for use private, is largely similar, but larger, more comfortable rear seats are equipped with seat belts and are at the rear of the vehicle with more legroom while the seats still fold down to Unlike V, S does not provide a flat load floor These characteristics are due to the Japanese tax preferences for commercial vehicles, which allow only a temporary accommodation at the back and require a flat load floor the range received a facelift very subtle a more rounded overall appearance for 1993, it included the headlights and modified rear bumper, and a nou Veal bonnet and front seats 15 This version is available for Japanese customers in August 1992 and has also made some changes to the range, including the new RV-4 model with Preten sions filter supercharged automatics now received a transmission with four speeds.
The Mira can either be equipped with a manual transmission in automatic three or four or five speeds An alternative four-wheel called the L210 is further available in the V or S models, only with manual An electronic five-speed injection valves 12 four-by-cylinder turbo is the topper range, while the basic versions Atmospheric merely a carburettor barrel There was also a version with four L220 mechanical steering wheels, so far the only Kei car to present this Option 16 to break the shackles of the Suzuki Alto work on Rally Championship All-Japan, Mira X4R was developed in 1991, it had a stronger engine with a forged crankshaft and flywheel and other improvements detail, a gearbox with ratios and improvements of the chassis equipment was stripped, with minimal domestic tires and diagonal p ince everything would be changed by the competitors of the Group X4R was sold at the rate of ten units per month at a price approximately twenty percent highe r than regular X4 Noriyuki Hotta won the class championship 1992.
A larger, highly customizable variant step-van with two seats Walk-Through Van was also produced only for the Japanese market it reaches the maximum height allowed for kei cars, two meters.
The L201 was sold outside Japan, mainly in Europe, Australia and New Zealand three or five-door 201 retained the engine of larger displacement of 847 cc ED10K and a choice of four or manual transmission five-speed or automatic optional three-speed this fuel engine produces 41 PS 30 ECE kW at 5500 rpm 16 Van versions were also available in Australia, called Handivan later shortened to Handi 17 Van, sometimes filled in the rear windows, also been marketed in some other markets such as the Benelux countries, where the tax structure favored.
The market had 200,201 and a myriad differences badge Cuore models L201's got a fog light on the left side Mira later models were the fog lights on both sides of the L201 had two license plate lamps while L200 only had one L200 Miras product for Japan were no rear fog lights when sold in the UK where Miras Japan specifications were available, they had a rear-mounted fog Despite the right badge Mira available on most markets driving on the right, the left hand car badged L201 Mira s were sold in the Dominican Republic.
This generation of Mira was chosen by Perodua in Malaysia again badged as its first product L200 is on sale in Malaysia as Perodua Kancil in 1994 after several facelifts, production of the Kancil finally ended in July 2009 built in Malaysia Kancil was marketed as the Daihatsu Ceria in Indonesia between 2000 and 2006.
Production of the L500 Miras started in September 1994 The design of the car has changed slightly throughout, but retained an appearance similar to that of L200 L500 Mira was badged outside Japan primarily as the L501 Cuore The Mira 200 series ceased sales in Japan but continued in other markets, where he received the same engine upgrades as the export market L500.
In the Japanese market, the Moderno Mira, a separate range of non-advertising cars was added in October 1995 This range received a minor facelift in May 1996, which was extended to the rest of the range in May 1997 to August 1997, classic Mira was added, a retro-look version of the classic was available with engines naturally aspirated 40 PS or 29 kW FWD, 55 PS or 40 kW with 4-wheel drive or a turbo option with 64 PS 47 kilowatts the classic was replaced with the same retro-designed Mira Gino which was based on the fifth generation L700 in January 1998 in cooperation with a Sanrio Hello Kitty version of Mira Moderno appeared it was available in pastel colors and has received various details Hello Kitty in the car, like a Hello Kitty key.
The L500 was the first kei car class Daihatsu to feature a four-cylinder engine with the option of the new engine When the JB series is equipped with this engine, the model code became the L502 range of models available in the platform 200 more or less focused on the 500 series one change was that export versions received standard fuel injection, which has the output of the DC motor 847 by one, to 42 PS 31 kilowatts This engine was called ED-20, the four-speed manual was no longer available, but a four-speed automatic joins three speed existing version on the Japanese domestic market 18 November 1996, a twin cam , the 12 valves version of 847 cc three-roll was also made available to it, the ED -DE, produced 50 PS 37 kilowatts at 5500 rpm.
In Australia, the L500 Mira was sold as the Daihatsu Charade Centro The production model was closed in 1995 only in Pakistan, such as the Daihatsu Cuore The L500 was produced by Toyota Indus Motor Company between 2000 and 2012, with the engine 847 cc carburetor ED-10 which was used in the export models since 1986 19.
The fifth generation Cuore received the frame code L700, L710 used with versions for four-wheel drive The new model appeared in autumn 1998 While car engines sold in the Japanese domestic market were to remain under the threshold of 660 cc, export versions received a new engine most 989 cc EJ-dE was a 12-valve DOHC three-cylinder, producing 56 PS 41 kilowatts at 5200 revolutions per minute to as new export models was the availability of an automatic three-speed after facelift on 2001 car was the equipment with the new engine more powerful engine code EJ-VE 58 PS 43 kW VVT-i 20 in some markets 850cc previous ED-dE engine was selected quote necessary.
Production of the L700 Mira was resumed in Malaysia in 2001, where it was sold alongside the Kancil Perodua Kelisa as with familiar series Daihatsu engine E-850 1000 cc Perodua completed production of the model in 2007.
A retro version of the Daihatsu Mira based on the L700 platform began production in 1999, replacing the previous Mira classic Mira Gino received features and options similar to those of the regular variant but was style with a retro look Mira Gino was originally only offered with a 659 cc engine in Japan, but the 1-liter EJ-VE engine and for the export market L700s was briefly available in Japan as a Mira Gino 1000 car based on the second generation Gino received his own ModelCode L650 L660 with an engine of one liter was sold as the Daihatsu Trevis in export markets.
The L250 Mira 260, unrelated to the earlier 200 series, is the sixth generation of the car The car is produced in Japan as Mira L250 Daihatsu Charade was marked in the UK and South Africa was Moreover badged and sold as Cuore export versions equipped EJ 1 liter engine as first seen in the previous generation, are L251, L260 as is used on versions with four-wheel drive for the Japanese domestic market only after the sixth Mira was replaced at the end of 2006, the production line was transferred to Malaysia, where production of this car that the Perodua Viva began in May 2007.
In Japan, there is also a sporty Mira Avy version available The range has undergone a facelift in very minor in August 2005 A special disability friend Printable version Mira Matic appeared in November 2006 This car could be driven directly from a chair Special self-powered wheelchair Mira Auto -matic, with a gate drivers that could open at 90 degrees and a fully automated entry and exit system buyers of self-Matic receive government assistance the Friend-Matic version continued to produce until August of 2009.
In December 2006, the L275, the seventh Mira generation, was introduced initially available only on passenger version, the Van derived appeared in early 2007 As usual versions wheel drive received a different model code L285 engines Two Topaz Neo KF are available a 658 cc KF-VE dual DVVT camshaft three-cylinder engine of 43 kilowatts 58 hp and turbo KF-DET engine of the same displacement which produces 47 kilowatts 63 ch the naturally aspirated engine is provided with a box five-speed manual, or three automative four-speed transmission or a continuously variable transmission 21 L276 export models appeared in September 2007 and receive the very light engine Toyota KR a line of three one-liter displacement.
Under the Japanese Test Cycle 10 15 fuel economy ranges from 21 km L 59 mpg imp; 49 mpg US for automatic three-speed transmission 25 5 km L 72 mpg imp; 60 US mpg for a continuously variable transmission for cars with Smart Drive package, which come with a new idle stop system, fuel economy increases 27 km L 76 mpg imp; 64 mpg US 21.
Inside the shift lever has been moved from between the front seats of central panel 22 there is a sliding rear seat optionally with a range of 255 mm, for more luggage space or kneeroom additional 21.
Mira TR-XX appears alongside many of his contemporaries kei sports cars in Run Zen-Nippon K For Senshuken Kat for the Super Famicom.
The YouTube channel show Mighty Mods cars featured several L700 Cuores, namely a blue, two-door 2002 Daihatsu Mira, which, due to the serious condition neglected it was found when bought by one of host of the show, was affectionately known as the Blue dirt Despite the nickname, subsequent amendments, including an engine change for greater Daihatsu Sirion raised the reputation of the model among affordable DIY cost car enthusiasts who watch the show 23.
Perodua Kancil A rebadged Daihatsu Mira third generation.
Perodua Kelisa A rebadged Daihatsu Mira fifth generation.
Perodua Viva A rebadged sixth generation Daihatsu Mira.
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