The Perodua Kelisa was a city car

City car

A city car is a small car intended for use primarily in an urban area.City cars are sold worldwide and most automotive industry manufacturers have one or two in their line-up. In North-America city cars are often referred to simply as "subcompacts" alongside the superminis. These kind of cars...

 manufactured by Malaysian automaker Perodua

Perodua

The ' , usually abbreviated to Perodua , is Malaysia's second largest automobile manufacturer after Proton. It was established in 1992 and launched their first car, the Perodua Kancil in August 1994. 'M2’ was refers to the codename which was used when the project to establish Perodua was still Top...

 from 2001 to 2007. The car was an unofficial successor to the Perodua Kancil

Perodua Kancil

The Perodua Kancil was a city car manufactured by Malaysian automobile manufacturer Perodua from August 1994 to 2009. The car is essentially a badge-engineered 3rd generation Daihatsu Mira.- Overview :The Kancil was Perodua's first car after its founding in 1992...

, but was offered by Perodua alongside the Kancil until both models were replaced by the Perodua Viva

Perodua Viva

The Perodua Viva is a city car manufactured by Malaysian automaker Perodua since May 10, 2007. It was originally planned to be the replacement of Perodua's current city cars - the Perodua Kancil and the Perodua Kelisa. Once launched, Perodua decided to market it as a Kelisa replacement only, and...

 in 2007.
The Kelisa was, in all its releases, based on a fifth generation Daihatsu Mira

Daihatsu Mira

The Daihatsu Mira , is a kei car-type vehicle built by the Japanese car maker Daihatsu. It comes with a variety of options and chassis variations, with the latest variant having four models: "Mira", "Mira AVY", "Mira Gino" and "Mira VAN"...

 (L500), and is named after the Arowana

Arowana

Arowanas are freshwater bony fish of the family Osteoglossidae, also known as bonytongues. In this family of fishes, the head is bony and the elongate body is covered by large, heavy scales, with a mosaic pattern of canals. The dorsal and the anal fins have soft rays and are long based, while the...

 fish native to Malaysia (ikan kelisa).