Never knew about this before you mentioned it a few days ago. Now its at the top of my list for interesting first cars. Definitely gonna keep my eye out for them.
I drive a Daihatsu Copen with the "Big-block" 1300cc, basically the regular, lower compression version of your Sirion's engine. I can tell you that the 1300cc out of the Rallye2/ Sirion Sport is an engine I'm planning to swap in my little car. I love my little roadster, but for track driving it lacks some power. I would eventually like to tune it to 120-130hp, a solid power but still gives me the "Drive a slow car fast" vibe. As for fuel economy, my Copen does at its worst 27 mpg, that is literally track driving + commuting from the petrol station to the track. It will do over 50 on the highway.
Hi Mike! Spacious interiors in little Kei cars like your Daihatsu aren't that rare as you might think. One of my cousins had a 2000s Renault Twingo and despite being such a small car, its interior was quite big, enough for five people to fit inside without having to worry about being cramped at all. Merry Christmas!
My mum bought one new here in belgium. The chassis rusted away within 7 years and wasn't economical to repair. The airbag popped 2 times as we drove thru a pothole but i think that was just our car 😅
I have a Rally 2 almost identical to this, 130k on the clock and going strong! Fantastic little car, have spent the past year doing autotest events with it. Great to see such an in depth review of a car this uncommon!
2019+21: German wins COTY 2020: British COTY 2022: American COTY 2023: Japanese COTY Slowly ranking up country diversity for winners. France, Italy, Sweden and South Korea remain (I'd be shocked if a Ferrari FF manages to make the shortlist and not get COTY)
In Australia they're called a Sirion GTvi. I have the auto version, they have shift buttons on the steering wheel with a gear indicator in the centre of the dash. The auto must rev lower as it's great on the highway. I put larger stiffer 185 tyres on mine, it handles like a go-kart now.
Yep I have a manual gtvi in Western Australia. Have 15s on it now witb coil overs and exhaust and I love it.great underestimated car. Love mine. Good to see these are appreciated. Great little car
Most of these don't have a k.n air filter or the lowering springs or the uprated brakes they come with . I bought one and had to buy new lowering springs £99 / k&n air filter £50/ EBC brake discs and upgrade pads £115 . If you rev them out in second gear it will see 70mph at 7900rpm just as the rev limiter kicks in .. first second and third, it's fast but as sooner as u change in to fourth the power dies .. ps they don't like big hills.. but you do feels that Kent cam that's fitted to the exhaust valves and vvti push u like a turbo kicked in at 4000 rpm in second... It does give u a kick in the back especially for a 1300cc motor but the car feels tin like .
Whoa.. you've been gushing about the Storia for a long time that it makes me really happy that you finally got one! Have you actually tried a gen 1 Yaris T Sport released around the same year? Not as fast, unless you imported the turbo version, but I'm guessing the interior and overall riding comfort is much better?
i had an older version of this car namely the daihatsu mira L502s my version was 850cc paired with a 5 speed top speed was 130 km/h byt it felt fast for a first car handled good too
Good cars but the ignis sport is a far better car, and paper stats are way out. Majority of ignis are actually 115-120bhp and 0-60 in about 7-8 seconds.
