driveblog.co.uk featured a review of the Copen in September: "If British Leyland executives in the 1970s hadn't forgotten the importance of playing to our strengths, then something like the Daihatsu Copen might have been wearing an Austin Healey Sprite badge today." "I also found that it comes with a free smile, which was fixed to my face all the time I drove the Copen". This review is also listed on the features page alongside a number of other Copen reviews.