Kei car is the smallest category of Japanese expressway -legal motor vehicles. The term kei is a shortening of kei-jidōsha, (kanji: 軽自動車), which translates to English as “light vehicle” (pronounced [keːdʑidoːɕa]).

Kei cars are small, fuel-efficient vehicles, hugely popular in Japan for their practicality and affordability. Their compact size makes them ideal for navigating crowded city streets and tight parking spaces, while their efficient engines keep running costs low.

2023年10月7日 · Using cross-referenced vehicle specifications, owner reviews, and pricing information from manufacturer websites, online JDM groups, Hagerty, Classic.com, and ZeroTo60times, we've updated this article to list down 12 Japanese Kei cars that you can own in …

2021年9月3日 · Let's look back at some iconic JDM kei cars of the past—the ones that truly stand out to enthusiasts and admirers the world over.

2020年3月16日 · Kei cars (pronounced “kay”), short for keijudosha or “light automobile,” are tiny passenger cars and work trucks that meet stringent government regulations limiting their size (both in footprint and engine capacity).

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2024年2月17日 · Some of the cheapest cars you can buy in Japan are Kei cars. This is because they are small and well-built overall. A little more than a million yen is how much most Kei cars cost.

2023年8月27日 · Not to be confused with the K-car platform that Chrysler used in the 1980s for transverse front-wheel-drive automobiles, the kei car is the smallest class of highway-legal passenger and...

2025年1月17日 · In Japan, people call Kei cars Keijidosha or “cars that are light”. These cars are built for a niche market that, as you might have guessed, is based in Japan. It’s pretty hard to find foreigners outside of Japan that know what Kei cars look …

2023年5月1日 · Conceptualized by the Japanese government in 1949 as an ideal vehicle for densely populated cities, Kei cars have strict limits on external dimensions and engine size. The benefits of owning...