Daihatsu Partially Upgrades Tanto Mini Passenger Vehicles for Improved Safety and Usability - Adopting the newly-developed Smart Assist Ⅲ for the first time -

Nov. 30, 2016
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

Tanto X “SA Ⅲ”

Tanto Custom RS “Top Edition SA Ⅲ”

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (hereafter “Daihatsu”) has partially upgraded Tanto mini vehicle, Tanto Sloper, and Tanto Welcome Seat in its Friendship series of mini welfare vehicles and will release them nationwide on Wednesday, November 30.

Since its release in 2003, Tanto is one of Daihatsu’s core models that has been highly acclaimed by a wide range of customers, mainly by families with children, as spacious mini vehicles. In this partial upgrade, Smart Assist Ⅱ, Daihatsu’s proprietary crash avoidance system, has been enhanced and adopted as Smart Assist Ⅲ for the first time. This and other improvements have resulted in enhanced safety performance and improved usability.
(For details of Smart Assist Ⅲ, see the separate press release issued on the same day.)

For increased safety performance, the mini vehicles come with corner sensors in addition to Smart Assist Ⅲ. The corner sensors feature sonar sensors mounted at two points on the rear, which detect obstacles in the rear left and right blind spots and alert the driver with a buzzer. For improving the usability, all vehicles come standard with powered sliding doors with a new reservation lock function and the D assist power mode steering switch, which have already been adopted for other models, including Move and Cast. Safety performance and usability of the welfare vehicles have also been improved in the same way as Tanto, such as through the adoption of Smart Assist Ⅲ.

In addition, despite the enhanced safety and security functions and equipment and improved usability, these upgraded vehicles are offered at the same prices*1 as before the partial upgrade.

Daihatsu will continue to upgrade its products reflecting customer needs to promptly respond to customer requests.

*1. Excluding 4WD and some grades of Tanto Sloper

Manufacturer’s Recommended Retail Prices

Tanto (including consumption tax)

Grade Engine Transmission Drive Price (Yen)
L NA*2 CVT 2WD 1,220,400
4WD 1,350,000
L “SA III” 2WD 1,285,200
4WD 1,414,800
X 2WD 1,355,400
4WD 1,479,600
☆ X “SA III” 2WD 1,420,200
4WD 1,544,400
X “White Accent SA III” 2WD 1,485,000
4WD 1,609,200
X Turbo “SA III” TC*3 2WD 1,501,200
4WD 1,625,400
G “SA III” NA 2WD 1,533,600
4WD 1,657,800
Custom X 2WD 1,528,200
4WD 1,652,400
Custom X “SA III” 2WD 1,593,000
4WD 1,717,200
Custom X “Top Edition SA III” 2WD 1,652,400
4WD 1,776,600
Custom RS“SA III” TC 2WD 1,706,400
4WD 1,830,600
☆ Custom RS “Top Edition SA III” 2WD 1,749,600
4WD 1,873,800

☆: Pictured Vehicle

Tanto Sloper (exempt from consumption tax)

Grade Engine Transmission Drive Price (Yen)
L NA CVT 2WD 1,430,000
L“SA III” 2WD 1,490,000
X“SA III” 2WD 1,600,000
Custom X “SA III” 2WD 1,810,000

Tanto Welcome Seat (exempt from consumption tax)

Grade Engine Transmission Drive Price (Yen)
L“SA III” NA CVT 2WD 1,525,000
X“SA III” 2WD 1,650,000
4WD 1,765,000
Custom X“SA III” 2WD 1,860,000

*2: naturally aspirated engine

*3: turbo charger engine

Contents of the partial upgrade

1. Enhanced safety performance

◇ Smart Assist Ⅲ adopted for the first time (For details of its functions, see the separate press release issued on the same day.)

*4: ☆ = New function for Smart Assist Ⅲ, ○ = Enhanced performance (Smart Assist Ⅱ → Smart Assist Ⅲ), No mark = Same as conventional

◇ Adoption of corner sensors (two rear sensors)*5

  • The corner sensors, which used to be a dealer option, are included in the standard grade equipment for grades of vehicles equipped with Smart Assist Ⅲ. These sensors detect obstacles in the rear left and right blind spots and alert the driver with a buzzer.
  • The buzzer sound changes according to the distance from the obstacle to alert the driver. This has resulted in the improved safety of the vehicle, including parking safety.

*5: Standard equipment for grades of vehicles equipped with Smart Assist Ⅲ.

◆ Other major functional upgrades and enhancement of equipment

  • Vehicles equipped with powered sliding doors come with a new reservation lock function
  • All vehicles come standard with the D assist power mode steering switch, which is highly acclaimed as a function on other models, including Move and Cast.
  • Driver’s seat heater and rear heater ducts, which are convenient in winter in cold areas, etc., are installed as standard equipment*6.
  • Tilt steering and driver’s seat lifter come as standard equipment*7.
  • Partial changes to the color variation of Tanto and Tanto Custom
  • 14-inch aluminum wheels*8 in a new design
  • The Easily Detachable & Washable Seat Cloth, which is highly acclaimed as equipment of Move Canbus, is available as a dealer option. The seat is easily detachable and hand washable and comes in two different patterns of Gray Argyle and Black Argyle.

*6: Standard equipment of all grades, excluding L “SAⅢ” (2WD) and L (2WD) of Tanto, Tanto Sloper, and Tanto Welcome Seat (All vehicles of Tanto Welcome Seat come standard with a driver’s seat heater).

*7: Standard equipment of all grades excluding L “SAⅢ” and L of Tanto, Tanto Sloper, and Tanto Welcome Seat (All vehicles of Tanto Welcome Seat come standard with these pieces of equipment).

*8: Standard equipment of Tanto G”SAⅢ”, Tanto Custom X “SAⅢ”, Tanto Custom X, and Custom X “SAⅢ” of Tanto Sloper and Tanto Welcome Seat

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