| “ | Akira: I will show you what a adult can do with my car. Tankuro: It is clearly that we don't need your finance and we're not using money to win. Akira: What!? Punkuro: Besides, Shinkuro is even richer than you that even you had broke the ATM, you can't win. |
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— Akira's attempt to challenge Shinkuro, but only to be shoot down by Tankuro and Punkuro in Chapter 1 of Hyper Dash! Yonkuro.
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Daihatsu Kopen (Future Included) XMZ (ダイハツ コペン XMZ), also known as Daihatsu Copen XMZ, is a Racing Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya on March 1, 2014. It was the standalone, regular version of the Tokyo Motorshow-exclusive Daihatsu Kopen RMZ and XMZ set and was released alongside the standalone Daihatsu Kopen RMZ.
It was based on the Concept K car of the same name by Daihatsu.
It was featured in the manga Hyper Dash! Yonkuro as Akira Omaezaki's machine.
General info
The Daihatsu Kopen XMZ shares a similar headlight and overall convertible body design with the RMZ, with the difference being the additional dark gray body parts that are not present with the RMZ and coming packaged with the Super-II Chassis instead of VS Chassis.
Unlike the limited set, the standalone XMZ has the red bodyshell.
The XMZ also comes equipped with the metalic gray small-diameter 5-spoke Saber-type low-profile wheels, paired with low-profile slick tires.
About the real-life car the Mini 4WD is based on
Akira Omaezaki's Kopen XMZ, as seen in Hyper Dash! Yonkuro.
The Daihatsu Kopen XMZ concept car, alongside with its sister-car RMZ, were unveiled during the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.
Its mass-production model, the Daihatsu Copen XPlay, went into production on November 2014.
In the manga
In Hyper Dash! Yonkuro, Akira Omaezaki brought the minicar during his visit to Sumeragi's model shop.
He later assembled it and wanted to challenge Shinkuro with it, but was quickly shot down by both Tankuro and Punkuro.[1]
Technical info
Length: 150 mm
Width: 97 mm
Height: 49 mm
Chassis: Super-II Chassis
Gear Set(s): 4:1
Gallery
Boxart
Trivia
- In the beginning of the chapter 1 of Hyper Dash! Yonkuro, Akira Omaezaki was first seen driving the second-hand 2002 Daihatsu Copen convertible until it was crashed into the electric cable pole while trying to avoid a cat on the road. (The cat was jump onto his face while avoiding Yonkuro's Emperor)
See also
References
- ↑ Chapter 1 of Hyper Dash! Yonkuro.