Thought Japanese kei cars are some rubbish toasters on small wheels? Well, Daihatsu just revealed its new Copen convertible and it’s absolutely irresistible. Following the concept’s lines, the ...

Story goes like this: if you live in Japan and don’t like drifting, stanced rides or time attack track monsters, you’ll probably be driving a kei car, or the Toyota Aqua. And that’s because you really ...

Japan's strict kei car regulations, designed to get around some of the country's inherent automotive issues--lack of space, lack of parking, expensive gas--typically breed small, upright boxes where ...

If you've heard of the Daihatsu Copen, you've either got an impressively geeky level of car knowledge, or you're a regular on the PlayStation--where Daihatsu's kei-class sports car has been a regular ...

A little over a year after it went on sale in Japan, Daihatsu’s reborn Copen roadster returns to the Tokyo Auto Salon with a trio of conceptual costumes. The second generation of Daihatsu’s small ...

The Japanese domestic market is like an alternate universe for us outsiders and its quirkiness doesn’t cease to amaze us. As the 2019 Tokyo Auto Salon (January 11-14) is drawing nearer, new JDM ...

Daihatsus have a good reputation for mechanical toughness and we know nothing about the Copen to challenge this. We can say, however, that we'd expect the engine to suffer more than most if servicing ...

You are so gorgeous, little Copen, it's making me mad. It's difficult for me to accept that this global pandemic is keeping us apart. We were meant to meet face to face during the 2021 Tokyo Auto ...

Who knew green kei cars were like buses? You wait ages for one and then there are two in as many days. Following on from yesterday's announcement of the Honda S660 Trad Leather Edition there's this: ...

Text: Summer is the time for shedding a few layers, but Daihatsu has gone crazy and cast off £2,000 from the price of its Copen convertible. The pint pot coupe-cabriolet now costs from £11,495, with ...

It has an engine capacity equal to four cups of tea and, on paper at least, about the same amount of kick. But the motorcycle-sized heart of the Daihatsu Copen can get the small, quirky, Noddy-esque ...