A wheelchair-accessible Mira, driven straight out of a self-powered wheelchair through an automated door, stayed on sale until 2009.
Median 74 hp across 199 similar cars
Lead trim: Mira / Charade / Cuore 989 cc EJ (L251 export) · up to 63 hp
Daihatsu Mira L250 / L260L250/L260 · 2002–2006
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FactA wheelchair-accessible Mira, driven straight out of a self-powered wheelchair through an automated door, stayed on sale until 2009.
The L250/L260 Mira, unrelated to the earlier 200-series, is the sixth generation of the car, built at Ikeda, Osaka from December 2002 to December 2006 and sold in Japan as the Mira. It was labelled the Daihatsu Charade in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and the Gulf States and the Cuore elsewhere; export versions with the 1.0-litre EJ engine are L251, while L260 is the four-wheel-drive version for the Japanese market only. Engines are the 659 cc EF and 989 cc EJ three-cylinders with a 5-speed manual or 3/4-speed automatic or CVT. A sportier Mira Avy was also sold in Japan, the range had a very minor facelift in August 2005, and a special-needs Mira Friend-Matic (with a driver's door opening 90° and a fully automated entry system, driven directly from the self-powered Mira Self-Matic wheelchair) appeared in November 2005 and stayed available until August 2009. After the L250 was replaced in late 2006 its production line moved to Malaysia, where it was built as the Perodua Viva from May 2007 to September 2014.
Collectors Spotted in the Daihatsu Mira Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Daihatsu Mira yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mira / Charade / Cuore 989 cc EJ (L251 export) | 2002–2006 | 1.0 L Inline-3 | 57 hp | 67 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Mira 659 cc EF | 2002–2006 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 63 hp | 41 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Daihatsu killed the Mira in 2018 not for slow sales but because it could no longer meet Japan's incoming crash standards.
A wheelchair-accessible Mira, driven straight out of a self-powered wheelchair through an automated door, stayed on sale until 2009.
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