Daihatsu has filed patent images of an unnamed sedan with Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP), which is under the purview of the country’s ministry of law and human rights. According to DGIP’s database, the filing was made by Osaka-based Daihatsu Motor Co. (DMC) and carries the application number A00202204663 as well as an announcement date of December 28, 2022.
Two people – Eishi Araki and Shun Ohoka – are named as the designers of the Daihatsu sedan, which bears a striking resemblance to the fourth-generation Toyota Vios that made its debut in Thailand last August. Now built on the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform, the latest Vios has since made its way to Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and Brunei.
Depending on the market it is sold in, the sedan is available with engines from the NR family that have capacities ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 litres, paired with either a five-speed manual or CVT. It is also larger than its XP150 predecessor and can be pretty well equipped on higher-end variants.
The discovery of the patent images does suggest that Daihatsu may offer a more affordable take on the Vios, although the carmaker is not confirming anything of the sort just yet, at least according to CNN Indonesia.
In a report, Sri Agung Handayani, director of marketing and director of corporate planning and communications of Astra Daihatsu Motor, said “this is a routine registration conducted by the DMC for the copyright of the vehicle” and “for now, we do not have a plan for this.”
Toyota is the parent company of Daihatsu, and the latter was responsible for the DN F-Sedan Concept that previewed the AC100 Vios. As such, it’s not a surprise if Daihatsu follows through and introduces its own sedan in the future. In fact, there are currently several Toyota and Daihatsu models that share ties in Indonesia, including the Rocky–Raize, Ayla–Agya, Sigra-Calya, Xenia–Avanza as well as the Terios–Rush.
Perodua is another carmaker that works closely with Daihatsu, and the Malaysian carmaker has been widely rumoured to introduce a B-segment sedan at some point. The Myvi we know here is sold as the Sirion in Indonesia, and if you look at the AC100 Vios closely, you’ll notice a few familiar components as we’ve reported on before.
This adds to the speculation that a Perodua B-segment sedan is on the cards, but we’ll have to be patient and wait for further developments, if any. Perodua has declared in the past of its ambition to be an ASEAN R&D hub for Daihatsu and hinted at four future unidentified DNGA-based models after the Ativa during a presentation two years ago. Would you welcome a more affordable Vios?
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myvi sedan…?
Yup the New Perodua Bezza is kambing soon!
Bye bye sayonara Proton Pesona Lipas…tsk tsk tsk:::
The round c class looks like Persona.
The Jazz looks like lipas
But this confirmed not gonna be Bezza too.
Wil be another failure just like biza
Bezza is a success. Even in Singapore, there are a few Singapore plate Bezza running around. Meanwhile, PRoton cant even sell cars from 2016 onwards there
I think this patent is for formality reasons, as Daihatsu were the ones who developed the Toyota Vios. And unlike previous Daihatsu patents (usually there’s 2 model designs with the same body, or in the case of the Xenia-Avanza-Veloz triplets, 3 model designs), there isn’t another form of this car with different bumpers and/or rim designs.
Pls bring in at lease 1.5L sedan for perodua. Proton still worry about cutting a share of proton? No competition = no improvement
Should be “Perodua has declared in the past of its ambition to be Malaysia only R&D hub for Daihatsu.
Mungkin tak jauh beza design dengan vios terbaru 2023…
Daihatsu filed these patents because they’re the ones who developed it for Toyota, doesn’t mean there will be a Daihatsu-badge version though, if there really is a Daihatsu version it would have debut alongside with the Toyota version but that nothing like that has happened. There are previous interviews with Toyota and Daihatsu from Indonesia saying the new Vios will still be a Toyota only model.
Maybe that Perodua Beeza next generation
If perodua sedan version of new alza price rm55~65k. Tapau the whole malaysia market.
If happened, hopefully got a without pdas option and no eco idle variant like bezza premium x.
perodua vios, toyota vios veloz
Produa memang meniru kereta dr Toyota Dan Daihatsu… Malaysia mana ada cipta kereta dr idea sendiri… Kereta produa ni hanya tukar logo. Dr logo Toyota Dan Daihatsu mereka tukar ke logo produa…
Proton memang meniru kereta dr Geely, Mitsubishi, Suzuki Dan Honda… Malaysia mana ada cipta kereta dr idea sendiri… Kereta proton ni hanya tukar logo. Dr logo Geely, Mitsubishi, Suzuki Dan Honda mereka tukar ke logo proton…