To prove its new diesel wouldn't quit, Daihatsu sent a Charade on 10 non-stop laps of the entire Japanese archipelago — a run that took 117 days.
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Lead trim: CD 0.84 L G21 (Chile, 41 PS) · up to 79 hp
Daihatsu Charade G11/G21/G26/G30 second generationG11/G21/G26/G30 · 1983–1988
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FactTo prove its new diesel wouldn't quit, Daihatsu sent a Charade on 10 non-stop laps of the entire Japanese archipelago — a run that took 117 days.
Released in March 1983 as a three- or five-door hatchback (drag coefficient 0.36) with new variants of the 1.0 L three-cylinder including a turbo, a naturally aspirated diesel (the CL, tested on 1 September 1983 with a 117-day, ten-lap non-stop run around the Japanese archipelago) and, from fall 1984, a turbodiesel. The CB50 turbo used a tiny IHI turbocharger needing no intercooler, at 80 PS JIS in Japan (68 PS DIN as the CB60 in Europe); the Charade Turbo and De Tomaso came with thicker anti-roll bars and alloy wheels. A limited 200-unit Charade 926 Turbo (October 1984) had the SOHC 6-valve 926 cc engine at 76 PS, and the mid-engined 926R (a 120 PS twin-cam 12-valve prototype shown at the 26th Tokyo Motor Show in October 1985) was cancelled when Group B was banned. Chile called it the G21 with the 41 PS 843 cc; Taiwan built a notchback Skywing; it formed the base of the Innocenti Minitre until 1992. Charades won class A5 at the 1984 Safari Rally and finished 13th, 14th and 19th overall in 1985.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB 1.0 L naturally aspirated (South Africa, 60 PS) | 1983–1985 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 59 hp | 60 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| CB50 1.0 L turbo (Japan, 80 PS JIS) | 1983–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 79 hp | 87 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| CB60 1.0 L turbo (Europe, 68 PS DIN) | 1983–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 67 hp | 78 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| CD 0.84 L G21 (Chile, 41 PS) | 1985–1988 | 0.8 L Inline-3 | 40 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| CE 0.93 L SOHC 6-valve turbo 926 Turbo (76 PS, 200 built) | 1984–1985 | 0.9 L Inline-3 | 75 hp | 80 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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Daihatsu's partnership with De Tomaso on this Charade's GTi produced 120,000 cars — big numbers for a budget hatchback collab.
The third-gen Charade GTti squeezed 105PS from a tiny 1.0-litre turbo — on par with much bigger 1.3-litre hot hatches of the era — and Daihatsu only ever sold it as a three-door.
This Charade's GT-XX punched well above its weight — in the 1993 Safari Rally it finished 5th, 6th and 7th overall against far bigger cars.
To prove its new diesel wouldn't quit, Daihatsu sent a Charade on 10 non-stop laps of the entire Japanese archipelago — a run that took 117 days.
Industry watchers thought the one-liter car was finished in Japan's tightening emissions era — then the Charade launched, became an overnight best-seller, and won Japan's Car of the Year for 1979.
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