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Daihatsu Copen

July 25th, 2006 by gary

The Daihatsu copen is a 2 door 2 seat convertible roadster that was first shown at the 2001 Tokyo motorshow. Measuring only 3.4 metres in length and just 1.47 metres in width it is one of the smallest convertibles on the market to feature a full electronically operated metal roof.
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Microcar MC1 & MC2

July 22nd, 2006 by gary

The Microcar MC1 and MC2 are small cars manufactured near Nantes in Western France. The Company behind the Microcar also builds boats and started building small cars when France introduced a law that states you don’t need a license to drive certain small cars, the UK has a similar situation where you only need a motorbike licence to drive cirtain small cars.
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Subaru R1 / R2

March 21st, 2006 by gary

The Subaru R2 was first released in 2003 as a 5 door hatch with a 4 cyl 658cc engine, the shorter wheelbase R1 was released in 2005.
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Nissan Moco / Suzuki MR Wagon

December 1st, 2005 by gary

First released in 2001 the Nissan Moco is one of Nissan’s first entrants into Japan’s Kei class market where 660cc city cars get good tax breaks making them ideal for Tokyo’s packed streets.
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Daihatsu Mira Gino

November 12th, 2005 by gary

Daihatsu have released an all new Mira Gino in Japan recently that Daihatsu hopes will give them a 30 percent market share of Japan’s minicar market.
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Audi A2

November 12th, 2005 by gary

The Audi A2 was first a concept car that was unveiled at the 1997 Frankfurt Motor Show. intended to be a design study of an aluminium-bodied car under the name of Al2 it was giving the automotive world a glimpse of the shape of things to come with both the A2 and the new A8 sporting an all aluminum body.
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