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Kei cars are Japan's brilliant micro-machines—tiny, efficient, and endlessly adaptable. So why does America, land of the ...
Imported Japanese mini trucks, known as kei trucks, are becoming an increasingly common sight on Melbourne’s streets as alternatives for carrying tools or delivering a load, without the extra bulk.
As I found out, at Subaru, appearances can be deceiving. You didn't have to be Charlie Chan to notice the Subaru people twitching when­ever anyone referred to the BRAT as a truck.
On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1816, which finally allows 25-year-old and older imported Japanese mini trucks, also known as "kei trucks," to be registered by ...
Slate Auto, a Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup that wants to launch a sub-$30,000 mini-truck, is absolutely rolling in money and reservations right now. Around 100,000 customers have already laid down ...
Forester production will continue in Japan as well as in the U.S., and Subaru Canada plans to import cars from both plants, though it will have to rely heavily on Japanese Foresters to reduce its ...
Subaru’s best-selling vehicle in Canada is the Crosstrek; and of the 28,303 it sold in 2024, only 3,719 came from a plant in Indiana, with the remainder imported from Japan.
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 trucklets Subaru had ...
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 ...
Revealing the color choice of the Japanese Mini Kei Truck we have been building! Trump Says He’s ‘Pissed Off’ At Putin, Threatens To Bomb Iran And Impose More Tariffs Jason Statham's ‘A ...
The ‘kei’ cars and trucks are growing in popularity in the U.S. But many states have explicitly banned them in recent years. A bill at the statehouse would allow them on Colorado roads.