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Written by Stephen Dobie
We rather like kei cars here at TG, and the Daihatsu Copen is one of our favourites.Sadly it"s no longer sold on these shores, and our anguish is only set to intensify now that Daihatsu has crafted some wonderful new variants for next week"s Tokyo Auto Salon.For 14 years the Copen has been sold as a wee convertible, but these concepts diversify the badge beyond its roots.Our attention is most grabbed by the weeny shooting brake concept (in blue), which looks like the Micro Machines BMW M Coupe we"ve all been dreaming of.Okay, so its top-heavy proportions are far from beautiful. But neither were the M Coupe"s. Kei cars have always traded off less than conventional styling, the result of their very strict regulations. And the Copen estate-coupe thingy (there"s no official name for it) may be our favourite example yet.
Date: 4 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1542
We rather like kei cars here at TG, and the Daihatsu Copen is one of our favourites.Sadly it"s no longer sold on these shores, and our anguish is only set to intensify now that Daihatsu has crafted some wonderful new variants for next week"s Tokyo Auto Salon.For 14 years the Copen has been sold as a wee convertible, but these concepts diversify the badge beyond its roots.Our attention is most grabbed by the weeny shooting brake concept (in blue), which looks like the Micro Machines BMW M Coupe we"ve all been dreaming of.Okay, so its top-heavy proportions are far from beautiful. But neither were the M Coupe"s. Kei cars have always traded off less than conventional styling, the result of their very strict regulations. And the Copen estate-coupe thingy (there"s no official name for it) may be our favourite example yet.
Date: 4 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1542
