Daihatsu Copen gets a GR Supra makeover by NATS for Tokyo Auto Salon 2026
NATS students reimagine the Daihatsu Copen as a mini Toyota GR Supra for Tokyo Auto Salon 2026, with Supra-style headlights, wider track and new bodywork.
Students at Japan’s Nihon Automobile College (NATS) are putting together one of the most intriguing builds headed to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2026: the petite Daihatsu Copen is trying on a Toyota GR Supra look. It sounds like a prank on paper, yet photos and renders point to a cohesive, video game–like show car—as if someone compressed a Supra to kei-car size without sanding off its attitude.
Up front, the standouts are the headlights, essentially lifted from Toyota’s sports car, complete with wide LED accents perched on a pronounced nose. The Copen also wears reworked versions of the bumper and a clamshell-style hood in Supra fashion, while the area behind the front wheels carries those familiar vent-like flourishes. Additional cutouts on the hood appear largely stylistic, though a small cooling benefit wouldn’t be surprising.
The rear is a tougher brief. The short-roadster proportions and folding hardtop don’t perfectly align with the Supra’s fastback ethos, so at certain angles the shape reads more like an ’80s callback than a direct echo of the A80/A90 lineage. It gives the car a quirky charm that feels deliberate rather than accidental.
NATS hasn’t shared technical details yet. In stock form, the Copen uses a 0.7-liter turbocharged three-cylinder (63 hp), and the widened body kit has brought a broader track, new wheels and, in all likelihood, revised suspension tuning.