The Daihatsu Materia (Daihatsu Coo in Japan) replaced the Daihatsu YRV and is largely identical to the second generation of the Toyota bB. The Materia comes in 1.3L and 1.5L varieties with a 4WD version in the pipeline, manual and Auto versions. In UK they only ever had the 1.5L front-wheel-drive version. 0-60 mph times 10.8 seconds for manual, and 13.7 seconds for auto UK versions. Maximum speed of 106 mph (171 km/h) and for automatic 102 mph (164 km/h).
In the tenth series of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson jokingly compared the Materia to the Ascari A10, saying, "Sure the Daihatsu Materia is a good car... but on balance... I'd choose the big, yellow, shouty car instead."
The Daihatsu Materia was only ever available with a 1.5 litre, 16 valve, fuel injected, petrol engine in the UK market.
The vehicles were built in Head (Ikeda) Plant, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.