GT7 Transcripts/Daihatsu Copen Active Top '02

A Kei open-top sportscar capable of circuit driving.
Daihatsu's first fully convertible 2-seater sports kei car, the 'Kopen', shown at the 1999 Tokyo Motor Show, gained a huge amount of support, and was pushed to production as the 'Copen' in June 2002.
It is a model that follows in the footsteps of cars like the Mazda AZ-1, Honda Beat, and Suzuki Cappuccino of the 1990s, but while these cars were created in the days of the economic bubble in Japan, the era and background in which the Copen was developed differs greatly. Because of this, it is notable that they have performed very thorough marketing, and made significant efforts that exceed the boundaries of kei cars in various details for this car.
The Copen is built at a dedicated line within the 'Expert Centre' in the Daihatsu headquarters plant, where highly skilled technicians at Daihatsu are gathered. Given a high-strength, lightweight body, specially tuned suspension, luxurious features like the MOMO steering wheel and a 5 layer coat of paint, it is produced at an extremely high quality that makes the car suitable to be called a 'premium' car.'
In addition, the Copen is equipped as standard with the 'Active Top' electric roof, the first ever for a commercial kei car. The system developed by OASys, a company co-founded by Webasto of Germany and Pininfarina of Italy, opens or closes the top in just 20 seconds.
Offering the car in AT as well opened the range of possible users, selling many more cars than first anticipated, exceeding 40,000 cars sold in 2007.
In 2003, export was started to the UK and Australia, and though initially it was almost identical to the domestic model, from 2005 a 1300 cc model was produced, mainly for the European market.
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