The limited-edition Copen Coupe may be Daihatsu’s headline act at the Tokyo Auto Salon, but it’s not the only Copen version on display at the event. The carmaker has also brought two Copen-based ...

There’s nothing like a kei car out there, and further still, a sports kei car amounts to a unicorn of the automotive world. The Daihatsu Copen is one of few such models, and for the 2020 model year, ...

Here’s a riddle for you: what’s tiny yet mighty, comes in at under 660cc, and stands just about four feet high? You’ve got it, that’s the Daihatsu Copen kei car. First launched in 2002, the Copen has ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...

Production of the Daihatsu Copen will officially end in August 2026, bringing to a close one of Japan’s most distinctive kei roadsters. Yet this isn’t the final word, as Daihatsu has already hinted ...

Toyota's performance division has tweaked the chassis of Daihatsu's 63hp three-pot Copen to create the kei car we all want Every now and then we’re left full of jealousy at the quirkiness of Japan’s ...

Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as "kelsonik" on social media, thinks that now is the right CGI time to work ...

It isn't only aftermarket companies and automotive schools losing out in the cancellation of this year's Tokyo Auto Salon due to the pandemic. Like the annual SEMA extravaganza in the states, ...

Toyota's performance division has tweaked the chassis of Daihatsu's 63hp three-pot Copen to create the kei car we all want Every now and then we’re left full of jealousy at the quirkiness of Japan’s ...