Daihatsu · 1977–2012
Daihatsu Charade
The Daihatsu Charade is a supermini car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu from 1977 to 2000. It is considered by Daihatsu as a "large compact" or "supermini" car, to differentiate it from the smaller, urban-oriented kei cars in its line-up, such as the Daihatsu Mira. It replaced the Daihatsu Consorte, although the Charmant took over from the bigger-engined Consortes, and did not share a platform with a Toyota product. In China, the Daihatsu Charade was called Xiali and was produced by Tianjin FAW, under the registered mark of "China FAW". From September 1986 to 2009, it sold over 1.5 million units in that country. The second and third generation Charades also provided the basis for countless unlicensed Chinese copies, often depending on fibreglass moldings. Production ended in 2012.
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UK vehicles on the road
875 licensed and 728 SORN (1,603 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 5,509 |
| 2015 | 5,048 |
| 2016 | 4,646 |
| 2017 | 4,099 |
| 2018 | 3,652 |
| 2019 | 3,196 |
| 2020 | 2,837 |
| 2021 | 2,481 |
| 2022 | 2,235 |
| 2023 | 2,002 |
| 2024 | 1,801 |
| 2025 | 1,603 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1157553CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_CharadeCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1375301007 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.