Has anyone seen a Daihatsu Charade on the street in the United States at any time during the current century? Strangely, I’ve now seen two of them in Denver junkyards this year. First there was this ’90 Charade SE, and now we have this ’89 Charade CLS. (Read More…)
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arun - Darnit! Beat me to it!
Summicron - Exactly…. some French word that means bloody, slow and fly-infested but good enough for infantry.
niky - Ford uses PSA units in their European cars, and they have a nifty new inline-five diesel (3.2, just under 200 hp, but waffleloads of torque) in the Ranger...
redav - “The only disdain of diesel here in the US is the LACK of diesels available in the US” I disagree. The US has a lot more people than those who post...
Doug DeMuro - “except for Doug who’s used to driving rolling monstrosities like the Panamera.” Literally laughed out loud. So true.
jmo - “248 lb-ft @ 4700 rpm is 222 hp. 269 lb-ft @ 1750 rpm is 90 hp.” You’re using the wrong metric – compare both engines at 1750 rpm and...
mulled whine - In keeping with the named of other Mitsubishi products on these shores, it should therefore be named the ‘Outrage’.
niky - I like the name. Sounds like a particularly painful medical procedure from the 19th Century. I hope to hell they fix the suspension for the sedan variant.
sunridge place - Exactly…just like VW is doing right now in Tennessee (not that it got any coverage on TTAC) http://www.timesfreepress.c...
kosmo - I’m still dreaming of a 128 5-door hatchback with a NA 6 and stick. But I’ve sought counseling, and moved on (I think).