Nissan IMk Concept EV Looks Like An Oddball Kei Car, Rides On All-New Platform
1 Oct 2019, 11:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A zero-emission urban commuter painted like an iPhone, the IMk Concept promises to introduce an all-new platform for Nissan's future kei cars
Nissan and Mitsubishi Begin Production of Jointly Developed Kei Cars
14 Mar 2019, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Japanese kei cars are the smallest highway-legal passenger cars in production and have been around ever since the end of the 1940s
2020 Nissan Dayz Kei Car Spied Testing in Spain
23 Dec 2018, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For some reason or another, Nissan decided to test the 2020 Dayz in Europe instead of Japan, the market where it will be go on sale in late 2019
2019 Daihatsu Copen Coupe Looks Like a Budget Alfa 4C or Alpine A110
20 Dec 2018, 16:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's not that the Alfa 4C is particularly large or powerful, but the Copen Coupe measures only 3.4 meters and is powered by a 660cc engine
Daihatsu Kei Car With GT-R Body Kit Meets Real Widebody GT-R
18 Aug 2018, 13:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This is what happens when you make a 64 HP kei car look like a 570 HP Japanese supercar. Only Liberty Walk can pull this off
Tiny Japanese Truck Thinks It Needs Eight Exhausts
12 Aug 2018, 12:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This is the Daihatsu Hijet, which has been around since 1960, making it one of the oldest "truck" nameplates in the world
Mazda Autozam AZ-1 Stops By Jay Leno’s Garage
6 Aug 2018, 19:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you like weird Japanese kei cars from decades past, the Mazda Autozam AZ-1 from the early 1990s fits the mould like a hand in glove
PVC Drifting: Japan's New Way of Enjoying $300 Kei Cars
30 Jan 2018, 17:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Who says you need money to make a drift car? PVC pipe sections wrapped around the rear tires of tiny cars have turned into a new motorsport in Japan
Five All-New Mitsubishi Vehicles To Be Launched In The Next Three Years
19 Oct 2017, 17:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / An electric kei car, a focus on utility vehicles and hybridization, 11 new or refreshed vehicles, and a better operating profit margin. That's Mitsubishi's plan
Small Suzukis Get "Smile Bumper" With Lightning McQueen's Face
17 Oct 2017, 18:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Frankly, waking up in the morning to smiling car is the stuff of nightmares, but people in Japan have a higher tolerance to weirdness
2018 Honda N-Box Is An Unapologetically Boxy Kei Car
1 Sep 2017, 12:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's small, spacious, funky, well equipped, but most importantly, it's all-new. This, ladies and gentleman, is the newest iteration of the best-selling kei car
Honda S660 With Liberty Walk Body Kit Is a Toy Supercar from Japan
15 May 2017, 18:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ever wanted a tiny sportscar with a 0.66-liter engine? Well, you might be able to import the S660 and fit the badass Liberty Walk kit
Daihatsu Redesigns The Mira e:S From The Ground Up
9 May 2017, 13:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For 2017, the best-selling Daihatsu Mira gains an all-new platform, a more lovable front fascia, and additional safety features
2017 Suzuki Spacia Custom Z Is Japan’s Idea Of a Stylish People Carrier
27 Dec 2016, 12:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The wonderful world of kei cars has grown larger with the advent of the Spacia Custom Z, a people carrier unlike any other you've ever seen
Daihatsu Exhibits 11 Concept Cars at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2017
22 Dec 2016, 16:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In January 2017, the Tokyo Auto Salon will include a Daihatsu stand where the Japanese brand will display not one, not two, but 11 concepts based on kei cars
Japanese Schoolgirl Takes Honda Dealer for a Wild Ride in S660
29 Jun 2016, 01:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / She's the real deal, an 18-year-old Formula racer who started driving at the age of 6, encouraged by her farther. She's a keeper
Mitsubishi Falsified Fuel Economy Data Since 1991
26 Apr 2016, 12:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A Mitsubishi Motors Corporation official told the Japanese media that the automaker had been using non-compliant fuel economy testing methods since 1991
Suzuki Mighty Deck Concept Looks too Much Like a Mighty Duck for Its Own Sake
30 Sep 2015, 14:22 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Calling your concept "Mighty Deck" and painting it yellow is basically asking for it, but apart from the unfortunate name, this is actually quite interesting
Daihatsu New Cast Style G "SAII" Is a Shrunken MINI Cooper from Japan
24 Sep 2015, 15:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From the front, the Daihatsu Cast looks a lot like MINI, especially the headlights and the grille shape. However, the 0.66 engine only has 64 hp
2015 Daihatsu Cast Kei Car Leaked Ahead of Official Debut – Video, Photo Gallery
8 Sep 2015, 19:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you're a Japaneze citizen looking to buy a lifestyle-oriented kei car, look no further than the yet-to-officially-debut 2015 Daihatsu Cast family of models