Daihatsu HVS Concept
The Daihatsu Hybrid Vehicle Sports Concept is a lightweight sports car that puts emphasis on the joy of driving together with ‘environmental compatibility’. I like the term they use – environmental compatibility!
Daihatsu says the HVS Concept gives you the performance of a 2.0 liter car with better fuel economy than a 1.0 liter car. How does this hybrid system work?
The HVS Concept is powered by a 1.5 liter DVVT DOHC engine and three motors. A combination of these are used in an advanced 4WD system optimised for sporty driving.
Two of the electric motors power the front wheels while one electric motor powers the rear. The torque control mechanism in the 4WD system controls power given to the rear left and right wheels separately and independantly.
The result is a combined fuel consumption of 4.1 liters per 100km.
The Daihatsu HVS Concept is a 2-seater. Dimensions are 3715×1695x1235 (l x w x h). The front motors are rated at 36kW and the rear is a left-right controllable 20kW motor. These electric motors draw power from a Nickle Hydride battery system. The petrol engine is a 1.5 DOHC with DVVT rated at 77kW at 6000rpm with 140Nm of torque at 4400rpm. The car also comes with a CVT transmission.
September 20, 2005 @ 2:47 pm
I wonder how long Nickle Hydrite battery will last in our tropical country
September 20, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
darn… i would sooo buy this car (if i had the cash)… it looks great!
September 20, 2005 @ 3:47 pm
Now this one looks more like the Cuppucino..
September 20, 2005 @ 3:50 pm
oih.. 4.1l of fuel per 100km? damn.. i would so like to own this car.. hope p2 will make this kind of car in the future.. put a 60k price tag, and it would be selling like fried bananas.. hehe..
September 20, 2005 @ 3:57 pm
mine daihatsu is agressive with these models and they really want to make an impact in the automobile market under the flag of toyota…hope it wont going ‘die-hard-soon’
2 cent 2 cent…juz joking
September 20, 2005 @ 4:31 pm
Car looks funny. Front and rear look like faces.
Actually, looks a bit like BMW Z3…
September 20, 2005 @ 4:37 pm
I do agreed the technologies, but this car looks F***K ugly and SUCK!!
Front like an Idoits and the back like a Stupid FISH! Just HATE IT!!
September 20, 2005 @ 6:16 pm
WTF!!!…
interior scheme copycat from Gen2…??!!!..center pillar console..bra look like meter panel..???..3 spoke steering…???
the japanese copycat the gen2…??muahahahah
September 20, 2005 @ 7:15 pm
duh, looks more like z4, ugly, ugly
September 20, 2005 @ 9:01 pm
it looks very close to an audi TT
September 20, 2005 @ 9:45 pm
Hopefully someday… our proton can have such quality design car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been it callled copy cat. but…. the quality is A1 commpared to Gen2…… wake up proton
September 20, 2005 @ 11:13 pm
How fast can it go?
September 21, 2005 @ 12:25 am
September 21, 2005 @ 8:18 am
Perodua xnak tiru ke?
September 21, 2005 @ 4:59 pm
hhm.. canot la.. i try to accept it but then some how still look like a rat a$$.
September 21, 2005 @ 6:34 pm
Some of you are actually quite mindless. If u think properly, “three spoke steering wheels” are everywhere. The color scheme and air conditioning vents are of the Pagani Zonda and Enzo.
U think that Gen2 came with an original design??? Hahaha don’t make me laugh. At least it saves more petrol than most cars on the market and I like it for that fact. Sporty design but only beef is the front and rear lights
September 22, 2005 @ 9:22 am
Isn’t this the Copen? with front n rear changed?
September 22, 2005 @ 9:32 am
Lapan Lima lima…lima (8555) AR!! I guess your eyes got some sand or something hidden inside lei!!….Any problems??….I see it from HORIZOTAL til VERTICAL and then from the TOP from the BOTTOM….Almost every angles….NONE of it LOOKS like TT!!…..Can you explain to me Which angle you see….looks like TT lei?? ………………YAU MO KAO….CHOU!!
September 22, 2005 @ 1:50 pm
haha audi TT,
funny lah doesn’t a bit look alike at all,reminds me of the miata
those samller car segment cars,this car looks freat on the inside but the outside looks mid 90’s,but still its a convertible yay!or is it an open top
ah nvm at least dun have top look like sport car
tell me do u think proton will make a convertible haha,think again
nice interior
its got a 3 motor system like the new lancer paul blogged about earlier
nice can make it 4 wheel or front wheel or rear
thats the uniquesness of this car 3motorpowered hybrid
u think this coming to malaysia,haha think again
government not so good one,maybe in 25 year time kua wakkakkakakkaka
i think i heard news now that they wanna let 1.6cc and above to be imported only ,sad ,sigh
October 18, 2005 @ 7:41 pm
quite nice looking maybe need some lips or bodykit than it’ll look perfect!
But how sure can the FC be”? 2.0cc car with 4.1 liters per 100km? very nice figure