The small Daihatsu of the 1990s: the F300 Rocky of 1989 (Feroza in Europe and Australia, Sportrak in Britain), a three-door ladder-frame 4x4 on a 2,175 mm wheelbase with the 1.6-litre HD-C/HD-E sixteen-valve four (74–103 hp), selectable 2WD/4WD high/4WD low, and resin-top and hard-top bodies; Bertone built the Freeclimber II with BMW’s 1.6 M40 for France and Italy.
MODEL LINERocky, Feroza and Sportrak F300BUILT BYDaihatsu, Ikeda, OsakaPRODUCED1989–2002PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 85.6″
The record
The F300 competed with the Suzuki Vitara and Jimny and sold well in Europe, Australia and Indonesia (the Feroza to 1999); the Terios of 1997 replaced it in spirit with a monocoque and no low range, and the Rocky name returned in 2019 on a crossover outside the registry.
ENGINE1.6-litre HD-C / HD-E petrol four, 74–103 hp
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSreplaced in effect by the Terios (1997)
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINERocky, Feroza and Sportrak F300
FAMILYRocky, Feroza and Sportrak F300
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE85.6″
BODY STYLEResin top
VARIANTS2
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Body styles & colours
Body style
Factory colours
Red (Rocky F300)
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