![]() ![]() The Charade turbo weighed jut 720 kg giving it a very competitive power-to-weight ratio. In the standard Charade models, the basic three-cylinder engine produced modest power outputs of 48 hp and 71 Nm torque but the turbo upped the wick to 91 hp and 105 Nm. ![]() ![]() However the Charade Turbo started to appear from G11 series in 1983/84, the second generation model to be exact. The first generation G10 model which debuted in late 70s was touted as “The Car Created By Computer” since it was among the very first cars to be developed using CAD (Computer Aided Design) & was front-wheel driven, in an era when established names were still developing rear-wheel drive cars using clay modeling techniques. Related: Daihatsu Charade- The Most Successful Hatchback Of Its EraĬharade was well ahead of times for a number of reasons, despite the fact that Daihatsu was a relatively smaller & not-so-old automaker at that time. However way back in the 1980s, the Daihatsu Charade was one of the first cars to offer a 3-cylinder turbo package in our market and considering that era, it was indeed well ahead of its times and was known as a pocket-rocket due to its surprisingly superior performance which could even put bigger names to shame.
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