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How did I not know about this variant? I want one immediately!

 

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COPERCHE at Tokyo Auto Salon

 

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Built by college students at NATS, the "Hino Mini Ranger" is a kei-based Dakar-style truck

 

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Another NATS project: The "Black Opal", based on the Daihatsu Copen

 

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Look like a pedal car.

 

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1962 Honda S360 Prototypes

 

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I know this is stretching it (haha), but I decided a 6-wheeled Jimny is wirth sharing anyway:

It's for sale, too:

2025 Suzuki Jimny 6x4 Pick Up PETROL Automatic | eBay

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www.ebay.co.uk

 

[05XR8]

Yeah, saw that one. Shame about the auto, but I guess it’ll be in traffic more than off-road.

 

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Daihatsu Copen with Alfa Romeo Mito bumper, headlights(?) and custom 3-piece Ronal Teddy wheels

 

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Good article about the Kei truck experience in the US from an an author who ditched his F-150 for a Honda Acty:

https://archive.ph/aCXTh

I especially loved this bumper sticker:

 

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Good article about the Kei truck experience in the US from an an author who ditched his F-150 for a Honda Acty:

https://archive.ph/aCXTh

I especially loved this bumper sticker:

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I'm part of the facebook group behind that sticker!

 

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I was browsing the sadly now closing Speedhunters site and found this awesome article:

Kei & Mighty: Exploring Japan’s WAZUKA Microcar Museum - Speedhunters

That might sound like a lot, but it manages some 82 million vehicles in some of the world’s most densely populated cities daily. As a country, it should be at a perpetual standstill. Yet, ever since the 1950s, the Japanese have held a tiny little ace up their sleeves… Kei-jidõsha, or ‘kei car’...

www.speedhunters.com