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Safest small cars you can buy for less than $20K

Rocky — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:14:37 +0000

While record low fatality rates indicate that today’s cars are safer than ever, the latest crash test results confirm that some models still do a better job than others at protecting their occupants.

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Daihatsu D-X portends a less endearing Copen successor

Rocky — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:19:27 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Tokyo Motor Show, Daihatsu

We’ve always had a soft spot for the Daihatsu Copen. Granted, it always struck us as an overly effeminate Audi TT, but that’s not a particularly bad thing. But after nearly a decade of production, Daihatsu has to move on, so across the way from the “Ultimate Edition” Copen at the Tokyo Motor Show is this, the Daihatsu DX concept.

An odd amalgamation of Kei car size and SUV styling, the D-X features a retractable hard top and composite body panels that Daihatsu claims can be swapped out at will. Keeping within the Kei car limits in Japan, the D-X is powered by a turbocharged two-cylinder engine outputting around 60 horsepower and spinning the front wheels. We couldn’t get a straight answer from the Daihatsu reps on the floor, but based on the model years we through out in broken Japanese, we should be seeing the D-X in production form late next year.

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