It’s Daihatsu’s tradition to have JDM special exhibits at Indonesia’s motor shows. They are not previews or possibilities, just pure showcars to add variety to the floor. The cute and/or quirky Japanese specials, usually kei-cars, are popular curios – for GIIAS 2017, Daihatsu brought in modified versions of the Canbus and Thor models.
Launched last year in Japan, the Daihatsu Canbus is a van-style kei-car targeted at women. The standard car is cute like a soft toy and comes in pastel colours, but this red showcar has been modded with bits that all guys would approve of. It’s still cute, but the 658cc box appears a lot more sporty with D-Sport’s catalogue of parts.
A new bumper with mesh inserts, black headlamp housings and a black grille are the changes up front. The lowered car rides on gold 16-inch D-Sport wheels, wrapped with Bridgestone UHP rubber. There are “gills” on the front wings and the lower car has been painted black for a two-tone look. Triple pipes, a square cut bumper and a roof spoiler wrap up the extreme exterior makeover.
The interior follows the red-black theme of the exterior – the seats, door trim, dashboard trim and steering wheel (a Momo unit) all feature the racy hue.
The modded Canbus is mild compared to the Thor, which looks like a mini Vellfire and more. No surprise then that the Thor’s design concept is “Little Giant”.
This showcar is based on the Thor Custom G turbo (1.0 litre turbo, this isn’t a kei-car), which has the huge multi-plated grille and aggressive bumper you see here as standard. To that, D-Sport added mirror chrome finish to the front and back, and LED light bars on the front side intakes. Like the Canbus, it’s significantly lowered and rides on big 17-inch wheels. Blue contrast is used on the roof and rims.
The VIP-style Daihatsu was trying to achieve is garnished by the snake-skin leather on the seats.
GALLERY: Daihatsu Canbus
GALLERY: Daihatsu Thor
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Little giant rice
Wow..both are better looking than brv…thats pretty obvious..those driving brv will surely feel embarrased that they dont want to come out from the house…let alone be seen driving brv on the roads…pity these honda fanboys…
Sounds like a butthurt avanza owner that paid more than a BRV for a junk. wakakakaka
Well I dont think those Daihatsu have good safety & handling.
RIP aerodynamic, Hi crosswind ;D
Honda fc type rr badge with js racing air wing spoiler cf sticker hood and lanjozuku mask at the back of the seat with speedhunter sticker
JDM? Harajuku stylo ke?
The Thor looks like a “mini” Alphard. A small car like this with 17 inch rims with UHP rubber means this is clearly for JDM & not for export to Malaysia.
It will be costly to replace/repair those expensive 17-inch Special Ultra High Performance tires/rims in our many pot holes roads.
Even JDM, its targeted at very niche customer market, not the general population looking to buy a mico pipu mover.
CaniBus would be a cooler name and green ganja should be the only color
Ka-wa-i…cute and sexy…
D become ah beng company?? :o
I will stick a hammer on top of Thor and drive around town.