Hundreds of Japanese kei cars get noticed every day just because their tiny dimensions are out of place on contemporary roads. But it is for entirely different reasons that the 1999 Honda Z remains in memory: the drivetrain pack of this tiny city runabout is more befitting of a sports car than a city runabout. […]
It’s one of the most bizarre sectors in the automotive industry. Originally devised to squeeze as much driving fun as possible out of the newly busy Japanese cities using a set of rigidly specified size and power restrictions, these little Japanese microcars have an engine capacity capped at 660cc and a maximum body size. High […]
Years passed where Kei car owners in Colorado never knew if they’d wake up to new problems. Confusing rules popped up without warning, making each trip to the DMV a gamble. One day everything seemed fine, the next someone might say your car didn’t belong on roads anymore. The stress piled up slowly, quietly draining […]
