Revised Daihatsu Copen Roadster Adds New Ultimate S Variant

Daihatsu has launched the 2011 model year version of its tiny Copen roadster in Japan. In order to keep buyers interested, Toyota's subsidiary enhanced the base trim level with additional standard features and introduced a new Ultimate S Edition that gains a restyled grille, dark colored 15-inch BBS alloys, a Momo steering wheel and gear lever, plus the option of full leather sport seats or a set of Recaro buckets draped in Alcantara.

All version of the 3.4-meter long Copen come with a power hardtop and a 660cc turbocharged engine producing 64HP at 6,000 rpm and 110Nm of peak torque at 3,200rpm, matched to either a four-speed automatic transmission or a five-speed manual gearbox.

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2010 Daihatsu Copen Roadster Renderings

Available in Europe and Japan, the Daihatsu Copen is a FWD 2door roadster with an aluminum folding top that looks a bit like an Audi TT Roadster that fell into the hands of Professor Wayne Szalinski (Honey I shrunk the kids). The miniature roadster (133 in. length) has been in the market since 2001 so it’s logical that the Japanese car mags are attempting to predict the appearance of the next generation model that’s expected to be introduced by 2010. –More pics after the jump

Thanks for the scans TiM!

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