2003 Daihatsu Copen from UK and Ireland - Comments

Absolutely nothing!

Comfortable, great handling, lovely to drive.

Reliable, and stands up to a good thrashing every time I drive it.

It's convertible for those days in the summer that are just too damn hot. An electrically operated roof turns it into a coupe when it rains. The seats are heated, nice Mercedes style trick.

Bit of a girly car, but then the turbo kicks in, this makes a difference. Without it, it's pitifully slow, but when it comes on boost, it'll keep up with a Saxo easily. Saying that, mines been modified with adjustable boost, so I can turn that up when I feel like having some fun. I've also had it lowered with a new exhaust too. Now it sound and looks the part. Many have said it looks like a mini TT.

It's a fairly oddball choice, but I just can't stand having the same car as everyone else. As I say though, it handles great, I can take islands at full pelt in it, it's just got the right amount of power for the chassis to handle, it'd be a new drivers dream. Makes you feel like you can do anything.

Buy one now. The prices have dropped significantly since I bought mine, around 3 years ago. You can pick one up now for about 6K, so do it!

I've just bought one, and I'm highly impressed.

I have rediscovered the joy of driving a car!

A full report will follow soon...

Geoff.