The Sporty Kei car - The history of the Daihastu Copen

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by AFR0N1, Jun 14, 2018.

Which is your favourite Copen?

  1. L880K

    18 vote(s)
    75.0%
  2. L881K

    4 vote(s)
    16.7%
  3. LA400K

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  4. OFC-1

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. D-X

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. D-R

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Cero Coupe

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  8. Robe Shooting brake

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. X-021

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Personal Coupe

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2018
    Location:
    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
  2. Barry Copen

    Barry Copen Copenworld Regular

    Joined:
    Sep 2, 2016
    Location:
    Beckenham
    Car(s):
    58 reg. R40 red 1.3 Copen; now gone, I'm afraid.
    11 reg. MX5 2.0 Kendo
    68 reg. BMW 1 Series
    I most certainly do! And all before you took the plunge and bought your first Copen? What an amazing level of research.
     
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  3. DavidMatthewson

    DavidMatthewson Copenworld Newbie

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    Jun 18, 2013
    Car(s):
    A 1300 Copen in red of course!! That was the first - the second is blue/grey..

    Based in Sussex in the UK
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  4. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2018
    Location:
    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    I just made a small update to it.
    I added the Daihatsu Personal Coupe Concept and the Daihatsu Copen ZZ Concept to it.

    Also I'm glad you guys liked it :D
     
  5. Shane Quigley

    Shane Quigley Copenworld Member

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2017
    Location:
    Nottinhamshire
    Car(s):
    2008 Copen
     
  6. Shane Quigley

    Shane Quigley Copenworld Member

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    Location:
    Nottinhamshire
    Car(s):
    2008 Copen
    A very well put together write up . Have you ever thought of writing for a magazine .well done indeed
     
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  7. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

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    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    I updated it again. I added the Copen Coupe and other 2019 concepts and some more 1990s Copen concept pictures as well as a minor facelift for the Japanese copens in 2008.
     
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  8. Trowelone

    Trowelone Copenworld Newbie

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    Feb 18, 2018
    Location:
    Colchester
    Car(s):
    Copen 1.3
    Thanks for that Afron 1.Very interesting.
    Regards Clayton
     
  9. Trowelone

    Trowelone Copenworld Newbie

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2018
    Location:
    Colchester
    Car(s):
    Copen 1.3
    Thanks for that Afron 1. Very interesting.
    Regards Clayton
     
  10. Attack chihuahua

    Attack chihuahua Copenworld Newbie

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Location:
    Newquay
    Car(s):
    One off daihatsu copen
    2013 Vw beetle
    Good job AFRON, really good article. :clap:
     
  11. David 48

    David 48 Copenworld Newbie

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    Location:
    lincolnshire
    Car(s):
    copen
    Thanks for the really interesting history.
    David - Also in Lincolnshire.
     
  12. William Bird

    William Bird Copenworld Member

    Joined:
    Jul 25, 2018
    Location:
    Galsgow
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen
    Very informative. Thanks !!
     
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  13. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

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    Location:
    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    I'm glad you all enjoyed it!
    If anyone has more info on the Copen history, please tell me so I can add it.
     
  14. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

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    Location:
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    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    I have updated it again. I have added the CCP concepts. CCP stood for Copen Challenge Project. 3 concepts were made in 2011 and they gradually became the Robe and X-Play
     
  15. Toucan

    Toucan Copenworld Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2019
    Location:
    Warwickshire, England
    Car(s):
    2009 Daihatsu Copen 1.3 petrol
    This is a really interesting article. I bet it took you a very long time to gather all the information together. My Copen is 2009 but is 'pre-facelift'. I liked the cars before the facelift. As Shane Quigley said, you should DEFINITELY write an article. It's so detailed...
     
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  16. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

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    Location:
    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    Glad you liked it, and only the JDM Copen's got the face-lift
    Edit: I just remembered that I need to update it because the new GR Copen is on sale now
     
  17. Toucan

    Toucan Copenworld Member

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    Location:
    Warwickshire, England
    Car(s):
    2009 Daihatsu Copen 1.3 petrol
    OK. Sounds great!
    :)
     
  18. Toucan

    Toucan Copenworld Member

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    Location:
    Warwickshire, England
    Car(s):
    2009 Daihatsu Copen 1.3 petrol
    AFRON1, I think you should do a Youtube channel with information about Daihatsu Copens in general and updates about your own Copen. It would be really cool! I would definitely subscribe!
    ;)
     
  19. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

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    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    I have a YouTube channel called AFR0N1 (the 0 is a zero) and it is slowly becoming a copen channel...
     
  20. AFR0N1

    AFR0N1 Copenworld Regular

    Joined:
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    Location:
    East Midlands
    Car(s):
    Daihatsu Copen L880K (KMVZW)
    Just finished updating it
    And as a bonus, here's a really old version of Daihatsu's UK website
    Daihatsu ยท Copen
     
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