Sentences with phrase «kei car»

It is not compliant with Japanese Government regulations concerning displacement of kei cars with a current maximum limit of 660 cc.
While we continue to envy the Japanese, let's have a look at Honda's answer to Daihatsu's fleet of kei car concepts at the Tokyo Auto Show.
Displacement can also be very small, as found in kei cars sold in Japan, such as the Subaru EN series; engines that started out at 550 cc and are currently at 660 cc, with variable valve timing, DOHC and superchargers resulting in engines that often claim the legal maximum of 64 PS (47 kW; 63 bhp).
Our attention is usually focused on cars like the wonderful 1939 Ford Deluxe Woodie Station Wagon from earlier this week, or a fabulously quirky Honda kei car.
A joint venture to produce gasoline kei cars made sense for the two makers, and now an electric adaptation of that car — just as the i - MiEV was adapted from the gasoline «i» — seems to be the likely outcome of this announcement.
It's a mid-engine kei car with a turbocharged three - cylinder engine and gullwing doors, built by the same man behind the Miata.
In Japan, as cars under 3,400 mm (133.9 in) in length are classified as kei cars and attract lower taxes; some manufacturers build these cars with off - road looks (such as the Mitsubishi Pajero Mini).
A decade later, Mitsubishi was looking like it had found its feet again, but in early 2016 it was revealed that the automaker had been fudging fuel - economy numbers on its Japanese - market kei cars for decades, including vehicles sold under its own brand as well as those built for Nissan.
That said, there's a lot for sports car fans to lust over at this year's event, above and beyond the quirky home - market kei cars and crazy concepts whose ideas may never see the light of day.
All three models are equipped with an autonomous city braking system, a touchscreen infotainment system, and a 658 cc engine (kei car regulations) which produces 64 hp and 52 Nm.
Honda Sensing is standard in even the Honda N - Box kei car now.
The new S660 kei car is slated to hit Japanese dealerships early this April, and to commemorate the occasion, Honda is launching the limited - run Concept Edition, which brings with it enhanced exterior styling and upgraded cabin equipment.
The North American i is a larger (more than four inches wider and nearly eight inches longer) and more powerful version of Mitsubishi's popular kei car sold in Japan.
The Egg and i Ultracompact family sedans make perfect sense in highly congested environments, such as downtown Tokyo, and there's a class of them called kei cars (short for keijidosha, which means «light automobile» in Japanese.)
For now, he rides a Honda motorcycle and his wife reportedly drives a Honda N - One kei car hatchback.
On the other end of the enthusiast spectrum, we were delighted by the presence of a 1991 Nissan Figaro kei car imported under the 25 year exemption rule.
Of course, the R32 Nissan GT - Rs and assorted Skylines are great, but our heart has been stolen by this adorable 1991 Honda Beat kei car offered for sale on Bring a Trailer.
These Pininfarina - designed, mid-engined kei cars feature a high - revving 660cc engine, 5 - speed manual transmission, and rear wheel drive.
The Honda S660 can now be had with a range of Modulo X parts in Japan, making the sporty kei car even more attractive than it already is.
Japanese kei car manufacturers generally introduce a «Custom» variant of the car which gets sportier looks, as a way of targeting the younger audience in Japan.
The smallest automobile production inline - four engine powered the 1962 - 1970 Mazda P360 Carol kei car.
Honda N - One is a small kei car made specifically for the Japanese market where it was launched in 2012.
The Honda S660 has to be the most desirable kei car right now, and this new Modulo X special edition makes us even more jealous at Japanese buyers as they're the only ones that can enjoy it.
[citation needed] It was an all - new model, and positioned above the Leone, XT, Justy, and kei cars Rex and Sambar in Subaru's model range at the time.
The Honda NeuV looks like a boxy kei car with an outlandish
This video is a great example of that, demonstrating what you get when you take the two - seat kei car and add a little off - roader personality.
It was available in both hybrid and non-hybrid versions, making it the first hybrid kei car available in Japan.
If, and that is a big if, the S660 comes here, it will be most probably CBU from Japan (the land of kei cars after all).
This 1960s kei car was small and bubbly, having a rather tall roof compared to the length and stance of the body.
Because the tiny kei cars are so specialized, meeting a strict set of Japanese regulations limiting their length, width, height, and power output, they're largely confined to that market — and volumes are limited.
The engine remains unchanged as per Japan's kei car regulations, and continues to be a 660 cc, turbocharged DOHC three - cylinder engine with 64 hp and 104 Nm of torque.
Liberty Walk has a unique style which it tries to apply to all models it offers kits for, and their signature style has now been applied to the pint - sized Honda S660 mid-engined kei car.
The quirky two - door was designed and built by Suzuki but was sold under Mazda's Autozam brand, which primarily sold compact and kei cars for the Japanese market.
Mazda's first four - wheeled vehicle was a kei car, and it has remained in that market ever since, though modern day keis are rebadged Suzukis.
If you have never seen a kei car in person, the size of this Beat might be hard to wrap your head around.
Snag this 1992 Autozam AZ - 1 on Bring a Trailer before another kei car enthusiast makes off with the rare oddball.
The AZ - 1 is a kei car, a tiny sub-segment of Japanese cars that exists well below the subcompact level.
The Honda N Box is Japan's best - selling kei car, and is underpinning the firm's current upturn in financial fortunes
The Japanese market may also get a 0.66 - liter turbocharged unit to allow the Jimny to be classified as a kei car.
The Mitsubishi 3B2 engine is a family of all - alloy three cylinder engines developed by Mitsubishi Motors, first produced in December 2005 at the company's Mizushima powertrain facility in Kurashiki, Okayama, [1] for introduction in their 2006 Mitsubishi i kei car.
We know you're waiting for the performance bits, and the S660 won't disappoint as it features a specially tuned suspension with five stages of damping adjustment — quite a sophisticated thing to have in a kei car, don't you think?
The sporting version of the kei car will offer better performance than the regular version, doing justice to the name.
The EN is used in all kei cars and kei trucks currently in production by Subaru.
The PHEV's origins can instead be traced to the iMiEV, the five - door electric hatchback based on Mitsubishi's «i» kei car.
The Suzuki Twin was a kei car built by Suzuki and sold in Japan from January 22, 2003, until October 2005.
The Wagon R started life in 1993 as a kei car in Japan and was in fact, one of the first cars to carry the «tall boy» design.
The first MIEV prototype based on the platform and «rear midship» layout of the Mitsubishi i kei car, the Concept - CT is a sport compact prototype, and was first exhibited at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.
[4] Subsequent electrically powered vehicles have included a 200 kW Lancer Evolution, [5] and a battery - equipped Mitsubishi i kei car (i - MIEV).
In the other hand, Kia will be also to make debut on November her first «kei car», the TAM.
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