Sentences with phrase «of kei car»

It is not compliant with Japanese Government regulations concerning displacement of kei cars with a current maximum limit of 660 cc.

Not exact matches

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.

Like many of its contemporaries, the R360 Coupe was sized to meet Japan's kei - car regulations, which dictated a maximum engine size of 360 cubic centimeters.

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.

It's being promoted with the tagline «mobility can change the world», and there'll be the usual plethora of titchy kei - cars and odd scooter - like concepts to echo this.

A range of wonderfully daft kei - car concepts are on show in Tokyo, too, most of which are rather less sleek than the Compagno.

The AZ - 1 is a kei car, a tiny sub-segment of Japanese cars that exists well below the subcompact level.

The bodystyle of a flat roof hatchback was also used on the third generation Honda Civic (third generation) subcompact, the second generation Honda City supermini and the first generation Honda Today kei car.

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).

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?

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.

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.

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.

In the spring of 2012, Honda in Japan introduced Honda Cars Small Store (Japanese) which is devoted to compact cars like the Honda Fit, and kei vehicles like the Honda N - One and Honda S660 roadsCars Small Store (Japanese) which is devoted to compact cars like the Honda Fit, and kei vehicles like the Honda N - One and Honda S660 roadscars like the Honda Fit, and kei vehicles like the Honda N - One and Honda S660 roadster.

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.

This 1960s kei car was small and bubbly, having a rather tall roof compared to the length and stance of the body.

The 2 - seater «kei - car» is either powered by a 660 cc gasoline engine capable of 32 kW (44 bhp) @ 5500 rpm and a maximum torque of 57 Nm @ 3500 rpm or a 192V electric powertrain with a power of 5 kW between 1500 - 4500 pm and 32 Nm of torque.

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.

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.

Mitsubishi already sells the MiEV, an electric variant of their popular «i» kei - car, in Japan as well as Hong Kong and the UK, and plans to roll out MiEV sales to nineteen European countries starting this year.