Daihatsu Move
Registered from 1997 to 1998.
About this model
The Daihatsu Move is a kei car/city car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Daihatsu between 1995 and 2023, and was reintroduced in 2025. The Move is Daihatsu's response to the similarly designed Suzuki Wagon R that was introduced two years earlier in 1993. The first Move was designed by Italian design house I.DE.A Institute and succeeding generations continued to build upon the original design. The Move is built upon the chassis of the Mira but with a taller body.
From the Wikipedia article Daihatsu Move, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1998 0.8 petrol. 13 of 40 tests failed.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Body and structure | 38% | 5 |
| Brakes | 31% | 4 |
| Suspension | 31% | 4 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 23% | 3 |
| Tyres and wheels | 23% | 3 |
| Lights and electrics | 15% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 31% of its failures
- Suspension — 31% of its failures
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Exhaust and emissions — 23% of its failures
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Tyres and wheels — 23% of its failures
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Lights and electrics — 15% of its failures
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 38% of its failures
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired