Welcome to the unofficial Copen UK Owners Club website. This is a free club site and given time, this site will become the number one online resource for UK Copen owners, but we need you to help it grow to its full potential, it's your site, so please use it.

Site features... Reviews, online community forum, accessories, dealerships, tutorials, tips, news/rumours, statistics, wallpapers, merchandise, gallery.

Site news, Copen rumours...
View the Copen Microsite.

Click here to load the Copen Microsite, full of useful information on the Copen in an interactive style.

Series 2 Copen S.

Soon to be released in Japan. The series 2 Copen S will have a Recaro interior and projector head lights.

News from Daihatsu.

Buy a Copen between July 1st and September 30th 2004 from a participating dealer and receive a free leather pack, comprising heated leather seats, leather door trim and a leather "Momo" steering wheel.

New special edition Copen released - The Copen Vivid.

Available now, the Special Edition Copen Vivid comes with the following extras :

• Heated cloth seats
• Rear tonneau cover
• Leather "Momo" steering wheel
• Vivid red paint

All for just £12995 from participating Dealers.
More info can be found at NewCarNet and Daihatsu.

Competition.

The Times Online are giving away a Copen Vivid.
Only 200 of these limited-edition Daihatsu Copen Vivid cars are being made, and you can have one if you win this exclusive Driving competition.
Please see their website for more info.
Please use the online Forum.

This website is for you and it will only be as good as the people that use it, so please use our online forum. International members are welcome, but please bare in mind this is a predominantly UK based website for UK Copen owners.

Download a Copen Owners Club.Org.UK wallpaper.

          

It's free. Click here to download.

Our merchandise shop is now open.

Become a Copen Owners Club.Org.UK member and support this site by purchasing an item of merchandise. This service is currently hosted in the US, but you can still purchase items if you are in the UK. More items will be added soon.
View and buy some merchandise here.
The gallery.

We are currently in the process of building a Copen Owners Club.Org.UK gallery for all you UK owners to show off your beloved Copen. Please feel free to send us any photos for display along with any descriptive text you would like to accompany your photo to admin@copenownersclub.org.uk.

Tutorials...

Tutorial - Debadging your Copen.

You'll get more interest in your Copen if people can't tell what it is by looking at it. Find out how to debadge your Copen here.

Tutorial - Fitting a CD auto-changer in your Copen.

A tutorial kindly supplied by Mark, a forum member. He's found the best route to your boot! Find out how to fit a CD auto-changer here.

Tutorial - Removing your factory fit speakers and installing a component set.

Find out how to upgrade your speakers here.

Do you have a tutorial that you would like to share with other Copen owners?

Drop us a mail to admin@copenownersclub.org.uk and we'll put it online.

Reviews...
Auto Express have the Copen on long term test.

Everywhere you go people stop and stare - especially when you lower the superb Mercedes SLK-style hard-top at traffic lights. Children smile, women point and men double-take. I'm sure that if onlookers had Daihatsu flags, they'd wave them. More.
Mirror cars review of the Copen.

It may look like a toy, but the Copen is actually great fun to drive and capable of keeping pace with much more powerful and expensive machinery.
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Motoring Telegraph's review of the Copen.

One still hears people saying all modern cars look the same. In 2003, the very idea is patently absurd but, should you meet anybody who thinks that way, show them the Daihatsu Copen. This really is something different in looks, character and, well, just about everything.
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BBC's Top Gear programme reviews the Copen, but I think they're used to driving Ferraris!

Based on a shortened Cuore chassis, the Copen proved such a motorshow crowd pleaser that Daihatsu promptly changed their minds about selling it outside Japan.
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Autozine's Kei Car reviews page including a Copen review.

Daihatsu Copen was first appeared as a concept car (in 1999 Tokyo motor show). After receiving good reception it got green light and spent 3 years for development.
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The Guardian reviews the Copen.

Beneath its naive appearance, however, the Copen does harbour one highly sophisticated, technical trick involving no giant keys and, indeed, no clockwork at all, enabling you to convert the car from hard-top to open-top in a single push of a button.
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NewCarNet's first impressions.

The Copen was first displayed as a concept at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show. It appeared again in 2001 and finally went on sale in Japan in spring 2002 virtually unchanged in appearance from the original car. Since then, the Copen has developed an enthusiastic cult following with long waiting lists.
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NewCarNet's Copen roadtest.

Although the Copen is not overly fast, it is exceedingly quick, and a few miles through the twists and turns of average country lanes will, er…drive home this fact to anyone willing to put faith in the agile chassis.
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What Car Magazines roadtest.

In a car this light, it ensures a spirited performance. The engine is happy to rev to a dizzy 8500rpm and its rasping exhaust note is pleasing.
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