Daihatsu may not be a major name brand among American enthusiasts, but the Toyota offshoot has been producing an affordable, manual sports car since 2002. That model, the Copen, has traditionally been ...

The rear-wheel drive K-Open roadster and the tiny Midget X may have grabbed most of the attention at Daihatsu’s booth during the Japan Mobility Show, but they weren’t the only attractions. The company ...

Daihatsu revealed the K-Open concept at the Tokyo auto show, previewing a third generation of its tiny Copen roadster. The K-Open still packs a gas engine and a manual transmission but ditches the FWD ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

Good news for fans of small, lightweight, affordable sports cars: Daihatsu has previewed the next generation of its cutesy Copen roadster. Bad news if you live anywhere other than Japan: you likely ...

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 ...

Note: The dimensions shown above are for the Daihatsu (4X4), 2.8L, Diesel, 5 SPEED MANUAL 4X4. To display dimensions about another variant, click on one of the rows in the table below. (4X4) Specs: ...

Even though there are only four manufacturers of new kei vans in Japan right now (if you count a Mitsubishi-Nissan partnership as a single manufacturer), vehicle shoppers over there still have an ...

Daihatsu President Masahiro Inoue said he sees South America and Africa as growth markets for compact cars made by the Toyota subsidiary. Inoue, who took over in March after leading Toyota’s ...

Toyota Pixis made by Daihatsu. Although it continued to devlop minicars and small cars, many made for others on an OEM basis, Daihatsu has withdrawn from many western markets including Europe and ...