K ei trucks are found all over Japan but these mini trucks are harder to come across overseas. First appearing in 1949, a ...

Before we get into the Subaru BRAT, let's discuss the phenomenon known as the mini truck. These compact, fuel-efficient trucks had been in the American market since the 1960s — Datsun's LG-220 ...

But those rules also allow Americans to import cute kei cars and trucks like the 1994 Subaru Sambar, the 1997 Honda Acty, and a favorite of this reporter, the Suzuki Mighty Boy.

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Ryan Albarelli's two small Japanese trucks, a Honda (left) and a Toyota, are parked in front of his Broomfield home. Jan. 29, 2025.. Parked next to Albarelli’s Honda was ...

It’s no secret that Subaru and Toyota have been twinning! They have been helping each other build electric SUVs but they know drivers want a compact truck. Toyota and Subaru could be developing ...

1978 Subaru BRAT. Japanese mini-pickups were all the rage among newly-muscle-car-deprived Americans in the 1970s. Subaru’s American division was eager to get in on that game, but the only ...

Subaru is putting its future on the Forester to navigate new Trump tariffs. Learn how shifting production to its U.S. plant ...

I turned a $3,000 Japanese mini truck into world's smallest RV. YouTube star Ryan Twomey went about purchasing a 1997 Daihatsu Hijet truck; On the website carfromjapan.com, similar pickups start ...

According to Andrew O’Bright, managing member of Japanese auto import company JDM Imports CT, most mini trucks have the same roughly 6-foot bed size as the F-150, Ford’s full-size pickup truck ...

Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive ...