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It is the second passenger mini-vehicle that the company has released on its home turf – and now Toyota is hoping the new Pixis Epoch (pictured) can gain a lion’s share of the Japanese mini-car market. The petrol powered vehicle boasts fuel economy of 70.6mpg and CO2 emissions at a meagre 77g/km an[...]

Toyota’s mini-vehicle specialist, Daihatsu, is expected to apply the fuel conserving technology that was first used in the Mira e:S vehicle to other models in its line-up. Both the Daihatsu Move and Daihatsu Tanto are expected to benefit from the technology, according to reports in The Nikkei. [...]

Toyota’s mini vehicle specialist, Daihatsu, has developed e:S (energy saving) technology that is set to be at the heart of the production of future motor vehicles. As part of the process of development, it overhauled all aspects of the engine, transmission and body structure in an effort to maxim[...]

What Frankfurt was to European car makers, Tokyo promises to be for Japanese manufacturers as Daihatsu Motor, Toyota’s mini-car specialist, lines up six concept cars for the event. The concepts cars will be of four different vehicle series and they will stand alongside nine production vehicles at[...]

Another leading name in the automotive industry is considering making the switch to electric vehicles as Daihatsu admitted it was interested in the concept. However, Toyota's mini-car specialist admits there is a stumbling block to any progression in this area - namely that it would need to obtai[...]