Daihatsu is a public company, 51.2 % of whose share is owned by Toyota. On March 1 in 1907 this automobile company was founded. Headquarters of Daihatsu: 1-1, Daihatsu-cho Ikeda, Osaka 563-8651, Japan Kousuke Shiramizu is the chair person of the company and Teruyuki Minoura is the president. This automobile manufacturing company earned revenue of Ґ1,348 billion in the year 2006 and the net income of the company was also Ґ33.5 billion in the year 2006. The total number of employees at this company is 11,873. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese car manufacturing company popular for its small car models. Many of the models of Daihatsu are called the kei jidosha or the kei cars in Japan. The noteworthy incidents happened in the Company during its long history has been listed over here. 1907 – The foundation of Hatsudoki Seizo Co. Ltd. 1951 – Renaming of the company Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. 1967 – Cooperation with another company Toyota Motor Corporation 1988 – Charade and Rocky was launched by Daihatsu USA 1992 – In the month of February Daihatsu USA was shuts down and Toyota started being known as the Daihatsu models to the US 1999 – This year Toyota gains an interest of 51% market share at Daihatsu Motor Ltd. On 31 March 2005, it was reported that Toyota was planning to leave Daihatsu at least at the Australian market as the sales of the company dropped down heavily in the year 2005. By March 2006 Daihatsu wrapped up its business in the Australian market. After remaining in the Australian market for around 40 years they left the market. In Chile Daihatsu is a renowned brand mainly for the models they brought to the market in the 1970s, such as Charade or Cuore. After the sale of this company dropped down in 2004 and 2005 it was on the verge of being closed down. As of now Daihatsu has an interest in remaining in the Chile market. Daihatsu has the reputation of supplying cars under different brand names to different automobile companies. Daihatsu also supplied transmissions and engines to Perodua, one of the biggest car manufacturing companies in Malaysia that even sells cars in the countries like, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Here is a list of the passenger car models manufactured by Daihatsu: Applause Daihatsu Midget MP4 Ceria Atrai Bee Charade Charmant / Toyota Corolla Toyota Camry / Toy model of the Daihatsu Midget (Bajaj)Altis Copen Compagno Consorte Cuore Domino Fourtrak / Toyota Blizzard Hijet Esse Fellow Max Materia/Coo / Toyota bB Max Grand Move Midget Mira Rocky Move Naked Sirion/Storia / Toyota Duet Sportrak Tanto Sirion/Boon / Toyota Passo Sonica Terios/Be-Go / Toyota Rush Valera Taruna Terios / Toyota Cami YRV Xenia / Toyota Avanza Have detailed information regarding Daihatsu and Famous Brands Of Car, on car-maintenance.ucoz.com.