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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Texas just became the latest state to legalize cute, Japanese mini trucks ... popular trucks such as the bestselling Ford F-Series have roughly the same bed space as a 1994 Subaru Sambar.

Retired mechanic Arty Chados was one of those kei truck fans who testified at last month’s MassDOT board meeting. Chados wore a T-shirt printed with “life is too short to drive boring cars” as he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stan Nelson (right), who co-owns Granite State Imports, checks the air filter in the engine compartment up of Subaru mini dump truck at their location on Sugar Hill Road on Friday, January 31, 2025.

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 ...