The Huali Happy Messenger is a

city car The A-segment is the first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission. It is used for city cars, the smallest category of passenger cars defined. A-segment sales represented approximately 4.2% of the ...

manufactured by the Chinese automaker

Huali Huali was a car brand of FAW Tianjin, a member of First Automotive Works Group, which specialised in compact vehicles. Huali's first vehicle was a minibus named Dafa (see under products). Huali licensed Daihatsu models from 2003 onwards includin ...

from 2003 to 2008 and from 2006 to 2013 for American market electric vehicles startup Miles Electric Vehicle.

Overview

The Huali Happy Messenger was manufactured by the Huali brand which was later renamed as FAW-Jiaxing. The Huali Happy Messenger was introduced in 2003 and shares the same platform as the second generation

Daihatsu Move The is a kei car/city car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Daihatsu between 1995 and 2023, and was reintroduced in 2025. The Move is Daihatsu's response to the similarly designed Suzuki Wagon R that was introduced two years earlier in 19 ...

which is built upon the chassis of the

Mira Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a vari ...

but with a taller body. The Happy Messenger by Huali was powered by a 1.0 4-cylinder engine producing 55 hp and mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox. The Happy Messenger was exported to many foreign countries including Egypt and several Eastern European countries, and was marketed mostly under the name FAW Angel. An electric variant was also offered in the US as the Miles ZX40.

References

{{clear Happy Messenger 2000s cars City cars Hatchbacks Front-wheel-drive vehicles Cars of China