For your garage space convenience, DAMD will make you a miniature Land Rover Defender look alike based off of the Daihatsu Taft which it calls the Little D.
The Taft is a Japanese-only four-door kei car, weighing just over 800 kg, with a 658 cc three-cylinder engine that is mated to a CVT transmission. Designed as a city run-around it isn’t exactly rugged in any department, but the aftermarket company, DAMD will help fix that.
Showcased in Forest Khaki Metallic, DAMD claims that the Little D has “just the right balance of compactness and toughness”. Separating it from a standard Taft is mostly visual upgrades, with the only performance enhancement upgrade being a new set of all-terrain tyres.
A new grille, front bumper, and bonnet help beef up the little Daihatsu’s appearance, making it look like the new Land Rover Defender, with a slight hint of Jimny in there too, but that may just be due to how small it is.
Along with the black Little D badging on the front, DAMD describes an “Impressive side decal that symbolises little D and an easy fashion item with a Union Jack and a cute dog” (the cute dog being the inspiration for the Little D moniker).
Below the cute dog decal is a set of Dean Cross Country 15-inch steel wheels, shod in those all-terrain Mudstar Radial tyres. Higher up is a full roof rack made of steel with real wood inlays that have been treated with technology “that was born in Nordic Finland”.
In the interior, the seats get a re-trimming to match the outdoors aesthetic. A light green leather-like PVC with black and yellow accents and a houndstooth pattern replace the standard material.
DAMD does not do the installation of parts itself like other modification firms. Instead, they simply sell the parts for customers to either assemble themselves, or take to a specialist in in their area.
The new interior will set customers back ¥30 800 (approximately R4 000), and the body kit another ¥173 800 (approximately R22 700). All parts are delivered unpainted.