4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1976–84
NAMED MODELJapan

Taft Wildcat (Australia)

The Australian Taft: sold as the Daihatsu Wildcat (F20 petrol and F50/F60 diesel) for farms and the bush, the name Australia used before the Rocky.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLETaft F10–F60 (1974–84)BUILT BYDaihatsu, Ikeda, OsakaIN SERVICE1976–84OPERATED INAustraliaPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 79.7″

The record

Daihatsu Australia sold the Taft as the Wildcat and the Rugger as the Rocky.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1976–84
ENGINE1.6 petrol; 2.5 and 2.8 diesels
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
OPERATED INAustralia
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINETaft
FAMILYTaft
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE79.7″
BODY STYLEsoft

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Daihatsu Taft (F10) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft