The US has the pickup and Europe the five-door hatchback; but in Japan, the kei car reigns supreme. These tiny cars are limited to just 660cc of displacement but they've also come with lower taxes ...

The latest is Honda’s N-Van e: (yes that’s really the name), an electric commercial van with a range of 152 miles and a price tag starting at the equivalent of around $15,000 in Japan.

as it's isolated and has developed very differently from other markets. Japanese buyers want their kei cars, but not just for emotional reasons.

Because my 1996 Subaru Sambar Dias II Maleza Super Charger kei van is registered legally in Denver County (rather than using ...

In a country where everything seems supersized, Japanese mini trucks have gained a following that continues to grow. Kei trucks may look like toys compared with standard pickup trucks in the U.S ...

The AZ-1 is a kei car from the Japanese domestic market. Kei car, or kei jidōsha, is a regulated category of vehicles defined by their small characteristics. And this thing… is small.

We'll start off with a street-parked example of one of the many types of police vehicles that patrol the mean streets of ...

Burton also notes that kei trucks and vans are not "off-road" vehicles. "Obviously, they were manufactured for road use in Japan," he says of these low-power vehicles, which can largely reach ...