The utterly bonkers Daihatsu Mira TR-XX Avanzato Turbo (with engine swap)
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2020
- Here's a tiny Daihatsu kei-car with an engine upgrade. It has gone from a three-cylinder 659cc turbo producing 63bhp to a four-cylinder 659cc turbo producing just over 70bhp (probably). It revs to an INSANE degree, and I absolutely loved it. Truly, the Mira is Mighty.
Tested in Tasmania, February 2020 before lockdown requirements became a thing. Life seemed so simple back then...
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Fun fact. In Malaysia, people that uses the Perodua Kancil/Nippa didn't just swap to 660cc turbo 3 or 4 cylinder engines. They also ridiculously fitted a 4 cylinder 1.3 liter K3 engines either NA or Turbo versions. Some also converted to 4WD/AWD system like Marty's little Daihatsu Mira from Mighty Car Mods.
If I'm not mistaken...somebody managed to fit a 1.5L from a Terios into a Kancil/Nippa/Mira...
@@sequentialtt0415 Yes mate. That's true.
Yeahhh..its true..malaysia boleh maa..
@@ejam865 anything is possible.
We had a three-door Mira with no rear seat back in the 90s. Featured an 847cc three-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed gearbox. Before us, it had served as a pizza delivery van and then a florist’s delivery van, Had 65,00km on it when we bought it, and 160,000km when we sold it to an elderly former mechanic who drove it around Australia. Had 390,000km on its original engine the last time I saw it about 10 years ago.
Pretty disappointed MCM couldn't squeeze you in. I sincerely hope they're here in spirit.
They're busy guys, and a vast amount larger than I am. I have no quibbles.
Sometimes I'd like a Suzuki Wagon-R with a turbo. Obviously I can't telly my friends this, which is why I'm writing it here.
🤣🤣😏 You can put a washing machine in there standin without a problem. If you put a 1300 GTI motor in from a Suzuki swift you can have all your friends cry .
I can sell you a WagonR camper. Really.
@nh73 The 1st generation had those shopping basket fronseats/ Later versions didn't have them.In the Netherlands these cars are called jokingly popemobile or cellphone booth
I've got a Mk2 Wagon R in the family fleet, got it for my daughter but I love it. Superb little car!
As someone who's owned one, absolutely 100% buy one they are incredibly fun and reliable. Your friends will make fun until you let them drive it, then they will understand why you've got it lol
I love small cars that punch above their weight!
Once more, driving a slow car fast is way more fun than driving a fast car slow.
I love these runts.
As a RHD Kei Copen owner (in LHD Austria that is) all the wicked sounds are immediately familiar. And the laugh is still there everytime I get in that little crazy Daihatsu. And yes, that all while barely keeping u with traffic. Brilliant
One of my favourite reviews , what a fun car! Sounds like you’re doing 120mph at 60
No rear seats and a spacious load area. So technically it’s a van. I approve.
These are fun cars! I was 51 yesterday and I'm imagining this car with a roll cage and Battle of the Planets graphics 😁
I don't think so - vans don't have side windows.
Fortunately for me, when the police stopped me in my 'van' for speeding, the cop noticed it had an extra side window and he said - "so it's not a van" - and therefore I wasn't speeding !
@@millomweb Heaps of vans in New Zealand have side windows. Mostly Japanese
@@craigk1328 Yes, same here in Blighty mate.
@@craigk1328 Vans in uk don't have side windows.
My first car was classed as a minibus ! 13 seats - not often I had them all in.
I see a boom in 90s J-Kei Cars coming up. Tribes of 660cc warriors.
It’s no wonder you were exhausted the reviews must have come thick and fast plus all the editing. Thank you Ian absolutely loved the diversity of the vehicles you’ve served up.
You are such a great bloke HubNut and I could listen to you forever reviewing cars. Thank you. Pete. UK
Everyone who drives those things has the same delighted / maniacal cackle when they hit the gas.
Marty loves this..
So does Rake
Think how much fun you’d have with that on the Welsh country roads
Exactly this sprang into my mind!
Fabulous - made my day. The smaller the car, often the greater the fun! Thanks Ian.
Amazing mini road racer
The "performance radiator cap" added at least 5 bhp
A winning combination. All of the rorty at under forty, what's not to like?
Top work mr hubnut!
Nearly spat my cuppa out when you said ‘ reckon we can av him’! Quality. 😂😂😂👍🤜
What a treat to see you driving in my home town! I drive these roads everyday.
Like always, nice and informative video. It remembers me my grandfather’s Daihatsu Cuore (in the Netherlands) 18years ago, when I first had my driver license. Keep going 👍🏻💪🏻
Watching you enjoy yourself is a tonic to today. Go Hubnut the mad bus-man
Best intro ever. Gran Turismo rally stage replay scene. Sounds lovely too.
I would quite like to thrash a little Kei car around the local back roads here in Scotland. The MCM guys would approve.
Canny do it
Where abouts in Scotland?
In the UK it was called the Daihatsu Cuore (not Mira) Avanzato TR-XX R4. The UK ones had un-restricted engines.
Looks great fun Ian great review
What a smashing video Mr Seabrook, you really put across your excitement. We forget how much fun low powered small cars are. The fact you can drive at 100% whilst fighting understeer but sticking to speed limits and not really get in trouble. Stay safe fella
Absolutely loved this video! I don't think you could've described the sound better than a 'demented bee', what a great car...
Very surprising choice. Thank you Ian
So sad Daihatsu withdrew from the UK market.....they make cracking cars!
Withdrew from Australia too. My mum's last car before she moved back to the UK was a 3-door charade 1.3. Easy to boost the power on, though not as durable in the long term as the 1.0 3-cyl. Got 94kw at the wheels from my mum's, up from the usual 63 at the flywheel. Went like the clappers, though the torque steer was nasty and the standard brakes were drums all around, total rubbish. Daihatsu left Australia around 15 years ago, so very few of their cars are left.
@@shebbs1 Mate, that sounds like fun. 30 years ago I worked on a farm and we had a Daihatsu 4x4 pick-up that the owner had imported from Africa...no refinement, you had to get out and lock the diffs by a big nut on each hub, once pulled a Massey Ferguson out of mud with one. Happy days !
Bought my daughter a '99 charade, 5 speed 1600cc 250k on the clock, great fun to drive and has been utterly reliable.
It's getting tired and needs some dollars spent on it, which probably won't happen, parts are harder to get and there is no market value for the car.
If they still came to Oz I'd get another, lovely little cars and they could teach pretty much any other brand about build quality.
So good to hear you giggling like that! Brilliant! I totally agree about 3 cylinders!
What a beautiful little car. Makes all the right noise too.
What an amazing little Kei Car! Lots of giggling going on there and understandably why! I’d be the same - such character and endless fun! Do miss the 3 cylinder thrum. Absolutely love it. Love the wheels!
What a neat little car. Loved this video.
Still only starting off my channel. But hubnut is my motivation. Ian and his channel are first class 👍
That is what little cars should drive like brilliant video ian
Love the rims! Not something I usually say but those look amazing.
5:46 That's shirt material there, Ian.
Loving the little car, not sure if I'd like it more or less with a 3 cylinder, I probably wouldn't care for the difference, but the white/red colour scheme is epic.
This looks like so much fun!
Looks fun! Love Kei cars!
wow you really went to aus/nz at the right time......and came back just in time! Every other youtuber/'s (some million plus subs) are a bit dry on content at the moment (through no fault of their own), keep em coming seabrook!! (nice crisps btw)!
Love love love this lil runner.
Love the hilarity - reminds me of fun times in the Honda Beat, which has a very different (yet still amusing) soundtrack & not what you'd call a wealth of torque, especially with less than a squillion revs on the clock.
I've got a 1993 Daihatsu Mira TR XX Avanzato and love it‼️🇺🇲
You obviously found that hilarious in more ways than one. What a fun car to drive, no wonder you wanted to keep it.
I've never seen you giggle so much, what a fantastic little car
K car bring back alot memories. Good video.
That looks fun, feisty engine in a little car, I approve :D
This was very amusing! Really good, you need to do more K cars.
Absolutely love it ! This was one of my favourite cars on GT3 the PS2 game ! At the time I also happened to own a JDM Charade CS ,which I used to call "The buzz box" ! I really like Daihatsu vehicles 👍
Enjoyed that, happy motoring 😊
Superb. You and the car.
In Malaysian they all swaping they own Kancil engine with this model because it's the same platform with Perodua Nippa/ Kancil because Perodua Kancil in Malaysian only using carb engine not injection like in the UK and other country. I'm also planning the same way to swaping my engine with l600 Mira 😊
The Triangle Of Doom is literally HubNut's trademark i love seeing them tests front & rear even headlights if possible! I loved this video iv not seen you this excited in a while hehe, so much fun definitely looked as if it'd cure depression i was smiling and laughing as i watched your reactions great video as always! maybe a hint of a triangle of doom t-shirt/sticker someday? wink wink
Yeah, I also *love* the front/rear indicator & headlights shots HubNut takes almost everytime at the end of the video. Sometimes I spot a front position lamp / city light on some of the cars he reviews. I just *love* them since I were a very small child, because they are so unusual :)
Brilliant. Spider in the intro!
You can't avoid that here in summer :/
"Ooo I reckon we could have him" 🤣🤣
I had the UK market Daihatsu Cuore, basically the same thing but mine was the 3 pot, 850 cc version. Always loved the look of the TR-xx Avangarto version.
Being a youth at the time, minr featured cone filter and 5" bore exhaust...so much noise and yet so much fun at 100mph 🤣
I "owned" and tuned one of these little beauties when I was a kid playing Gran Turismo ❤️
I think it safe to say you liked that one :)
Your so right, cars should be fun.
"Oh yeah, that's some nice action, baby' on the rear wiper. I was still reeling from the GSA spedometer Blue Movie soundtrack...
A hub nut special from Japan must on the cards
I adore the scaled down jdm vibe the body kitted turbo kei's have from this era, the seats are very tasty, even though it's not a triple, that copen 4 banger with fluttering is beautifully silly, I'd laugh every time I drove it, looks huge fun, fantastic test!!
Bonkers and great fun !
Demented bee and a copen that looks like a shoe! Brilliant! Looks like you had a riot!! I'd love a go in one of those, it looks alot of fun
Lovely reflection, or was it the animal itself that passed by and came to say hallo at 3:49. Funny car! Great sound! The “Run JDM” sticker is very funny! I also prefer a three cylinder over a four cylinder. Especially for the sound alone.
Very nice! Daihatsu day indeed :)
you need 1 in your fleet for sure :)
Info info info then 'ooh a lovely old Austin A30 over there" love it!
Omg every journey would be riotous fun in that car, never get bored of the sound. I do like cars that you can still thrash and not get little black marks on your licence from doing so.
Cracking video
Little Tassie holds many secrets. So many parallels with Wales. Apart from the sky that is :) Take care. I hope I can get back to Wales, and you can get back to Tassie before too long.
It's like a little sneeze! 💜
What a cracking little jalopy! Thanks for a great review. Might there be some HubNut merchandise with the little Hyundai featured?
Takes me right back to the Charade gtti. Bonkers little motors.
I think Kei cars are fabulous! Especially the sporty buzzy ones like this; you don’t need anything more!
Great video! Just wish I'd kept my 4WD Mira classic turbo I bought new in 1997 (one of only 50 imported to the UK). Truly bonkers cars!!
Always loved these - remember seeing one at the UK motor show when they were new. (I think they did a limited run turbo 1 litre 4 wheel drive version for the UK...) Much more fun to have a car that you can thrash without breaking the speed limits - most modern cars are just too fast to enjoy their ability legally. A bit like a Mini Copper that you can actually fit in........ I ran a Cappuccino as my everyday car for a few years - swapped to it from a Jaguar XJ! :-)
We had a Cappo as a second car for 5 years until a change of job meant my wife needed a slightly more sensible car for commuting. Bog standard except for a Larini exhaust, it was an absolute scream (literally). That was 15 years ago and it's still the only car I have ever regretted selling.
@@markguppy2715 yep me too
Looks like you had a good hoon in the Mira, think I would be giggling too with every gear change!
"...better check the rear...oh yeah...that's some nice action, baby..." :D :D
I was very disappointed when you revealed it had 4 cylinders, and nearly didn't watch, but I am glad I did. I can see you hooning around the hills of Wales in it. It's all about same fun at lower speeds. Cheers
The noble art of gear-skipping :-)!
Always wanted one of these!
"Reckon we could 'ave 'im"
Not with those knees, mate.
It's like driving a Jack Russel.
I've travelled hundreds of miles in a Kei car, and they're genuinely fun to be in. And I'm not a petrol head. Thanks Ian.
It has the same gearbox whine as the old A-Series Austin Metros....a sound I enjoy
Reminds me of my Cinquecento Sporting I sold last year. Such fun. I miss Beppo.
A fun little car that is.
Brings the kid out of you.
The Mighty Car Mods and HubNut meet up needs to happen, make is so! :)
Sadly we're now about 11,000 miles apart...
I always fancied a Toyota Starlet Sportif Turbo which you could only get as a special import.
The 1300 CC version I had was a 5 speed box and air conditioning that worked well. Better than modern units.
I had the starlet CD 1.3 . 5 speed , injection and quite quick . Always fancied putting a turbo on it.
My favourite car of all time 😁
Great little car would buy one for myself 👍
Bonkers little car ,😁👍
"Hilariously frenetic" makes for a fun car and a valid license at the same time!
I remember a Mini I had as a kid...big cam, fancy carbs, and 4100 rpm at 60 mph in top gear. Not a relaxing thing to drive, but a huge giggle to play with. :-)
Very impressed with the rear wiper action. I don't have to ask whether you liked it! 👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿
I remember seeing a Nippa/Kancil with a K3VET 1.3 engine in it...pretty crazy
Great little car.
Yes, small cars are fun, I've had quite a few in my car life. FIAT Panda, Uno, 126, 127, 600 and now a FORD Fiesta MK2. Great the MCM Mira build.
660cc's is a great size. I had an MZ motorcycle fitted with the Yamaha XTZ 660cc, five valve, twin carb single cylinder engine and that was an absolute hoot as well.
Very cool. The unmodified versions were sold for a brief time in the UK alongside the 850cc Cuore iirc in the late 1990s.
Oh someone's having toooo much fun
Just about any kei car with added turbo is huge fun. More often that not it's nothing, then nothing again, still nothing, then EVRYTHING!!!! Brilliant.
Used to have a domino years ago. Loved it
I always liked these especially when top gear of yesteryear reviewed one..
It I prefer the 3 pot warble and the monster stereo as original (and awd if I recall)
Most kei cars were bonkers and all the better for that... We need more!
Jezza drove one In a supermarket early 90s I remember watching it as a kid and being amazed. It's on CZcams 😊