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 ...

Presented last year at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Daihatsu Copen concept was promising to be one of the funkiest kei cars around in 2015 when the production model was expected to arrive on the market.

This kei car is going away this summer, as Daihatsu will pull the plug on it. But the Copen might return with a third ...

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 ...

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 ...

Justin Pritchard is a seasoned Sudbury, Ontario-based automotive journalist, producer, and technical writer. With a passion for cars and a talent for storytelling, he's established himself as a ...

The Daihatsu Copen is one of my favorite cars that has yet to reach American shores. It’s a tiny, two-seater convertible that’s been on sale since 2002 in places like Japan and Europe, with two ...

The Daihatsu Vision Copen was one of the many highlights of the Japan Mobility Show, as a sporty ICE-powered concept that could preview a future Mazda MX-5 rival. Independent digital artist Theottle ...

Daihatsu left the U.S. market way back in 1992, but the brand is still going strong in Japan. The company is wholly owned by Toyota now and specializes in building kei cars and trucks, a special class ...

Daihatsu's Copen, no bigger than a Frogeye Sprite and with aluminium body panels and composite plastic bits keeping its weight down to 850kg, most definitely has a presence of its own - all 3.4m of it ...

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 ...

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 ...