Daihatsu Kopen (Future Included) XMZ (ダイハツ コペン XMZ), also known as Daihatsu Copen XMZ, is a Racer Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in 2014. It was released alongside Daihatsu Kopen RMZ and is based on the concept K-cars by Daihatsu.
It is also featured in the on-going manga Hyper Dash! Yonkuro as Akira Omaezaki's machine.
General info
The Daihatsu Kopen XMZ shares the similar headlight and overall convertible body design with the RMZ, with the difference being having the additional gray body parts that are not presented with the RMZ and using the Super-II Chassis instead of VS Chassis.
The XMZ was equipped with the metalic gray 5-spokes low-profile small-diameter wheels, paired with flat tires.
About the real-life car the Mini 4WD is based on
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 as of 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 Dankuro 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
References
- ↑ Chapter 1 of Hyper Dash! Yonkuro.