Japan · Third-generation G100; European GTti offered from 1987

Daihatsu Charade GTti

A one-litre three-cylinder hatchback that used a turbo and intercooler to make sports-car power for its size.

Hot hatchbacks

Exterior · Photo shows Exact G100 Charade GTti variant, photographed as a 1989 car; representative one-model-year difference from the 1988 profile.. Exact G100 Charade GTti variant, photographed as a 1989 car; representative one-model-year difference from the 1988 profile.
1989 Daihatsu Charade 1.0 GTti · Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0

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A place in vehicle history

More than a set of wheels.

Daihatsu completely redesigned the Charade in January 1987. The European GTti was the tiny performance version: a three-door G100 hatch with fuel injection, twin overhead camshafts, twelve valves, a turbocharger and an intercooler. Its 993 cc engine made 101 PS DIN, an extraordinary figure for a one-litre road car in 1988. The light body and five-speed manual turned that engineering into a properly quick hot hatch.

Look a little closer.

The FIA listed the 993 cc three-door G100S from January 1988, giving the little Charade an official doorway into international rally categories.

Photos show an example of the model or generation. The pictured vehicle’s year, equipment, or modifications can differ from the specification described here.

European and Japanese numbers are not interchangeable

The European-export GTti is catalogued at 74 kW/101 PS DIN. The Japanese-market car is commonly listed at 77 kW/105 PS JIS net. Joyride keeps the European 101 PS figure because this profile names the European variant rather than picking the larger number.

Source: Automobile-Catalog · 1988 European-export Charade GTti ↗

A road car with a verified competition identity

The FIA historic database records the Charade three-door G100S and its January 1988 homologation. Homologation does not mean every road GTti was a rally car, but it confirms the body family and engine-capacity class from an independent governing archive.

Source: FIA Historic Database · Daihatsu Charade 3 Door G100S ↗

A turbo lamp, not a boost-pressure dial

Daihatsu Holland's archived equipment table lists a rev counter, trip counter, digital clock, coolant-temperature and fuel gauges for the GTti, plus a turbo indicator lamp and an engine-control warning lamp. The turbo lamp is not evidence of a graduated boost-pressure gauge. Sports seats and a sports steering wheel distinguish the GTti column, but the brochure's cabin photograph is explicitly labelled TX. This undated Dutch-market brochure supports a regional equipment comparison, not proof that every 1988 European GTti or the car in a representative photograph has identical instruments.

Source: Daihatsu Holland Charade brochure · equipment table, page 4; TX interior label, page 3 ↗

Where these facts come from

Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed September 30, 2026.

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