"BrownMiataDieselWagon" (opporamblings)
07/27/2014 at 20:31 • Filed to: Daihatsu | 3 | 10 |
While browsing ebay, I stumbled upon !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! It's called a Daihatsu Rocky. I did some google research but there's really not that much info. Did they ever sell these mass market in the US? If so, how many were sold? Because I really want one now.
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All Motor Is Best Motor
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 20:32 | 2 |
Has any Daihatsu ever made it to the U.S.?
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 20:33 | 0 |
They are actually pretty common Ive seen 3 in the past year
carcrasher88
> All Motor Is Best Motor
07/27/2014 at 20:36 | 1 |
1987 thru 1992, if I recall properly.
They only sold two models, the Rocky and the Charade.
They were found to be quite durable, but still sold poorly.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> carcrasher88
07/27/2014 at 20:39 | 0 |
If I remember correctly it was because the suzuki samurai ate up all of the rocky's business
Mosqvich
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 20:54 | 0 |
They sold it here along with the Charade (small econobox). I'm not sure how great they were. My first wife had a Charade, but we unloaded once we had a child on the way.
All Motor Is Best Motor
> carcrasher88
07/27/2014 at 20:56 | 0 |
Well, I had no idea. Pretty cool.
BrownMiataDieselWagon
> Mosqvich
07/27/2014 at 21:21 | 0 |
Thank you. How was the Charade by the way?
Mosqvich
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 21:31 | 0 |
Very tinny. It felt very flimsy. I didn't feel like it was all that safe to be honest. I didn't hate it completely though. My other car at the time was a brand new 1991 Ford Escort GT, which was a fun car to own and drive.
fhrblig
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 21:43 | 1 |
They were fairly common here in Colorado, and a few are still around. It's nice to live in a place where rust is not common. I see the Rocky more often than the Charade, though. Daihatsu stopped selling cars here in '91 or '92.
nchockey
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
07/27/2014 at 22:42 | 0 |
I remember watching the daytime game show 'Classic Concentration' when I was growing up, and they always had a Daihatsu as one of the prizes.