Sentences with phrase «market kei cars»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

Daihatsu has long produced efficient microcars for the Japanese K - car (kei jidosha) market, and on Asian soil, the marque has a surprisingly large cult following.

In Japan, the so - called kei - car market is a hot one — subcompact cars that often have interesting styling and personalities to match.

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.

Honda N - One is a small kei car made specifically for the Japanese market where it was launched in 2012.

Suzuki launched the eighth generation of its popular «kei - car», the Alto, in the Japanese market in December 2014.

Tiny cars called «kei» vehicles sold briskly in Japan market, while strong demand for sport utility vehicles such as the Nissan Rogue helped perk up sales in the U.S.. Although Nissan's sales in China in the latest quarter exceeded those in the previous year, the momentum of growth was tapering off, the company said.

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.