• @grue
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      127 months ago

      You say that as if Americans don’t want kei cars, but we do. Even rural off-roading Youtubers (who would probably be revealed to be ultraconservative if they didn’t keep their politics out of their videos) love things like Suzuki Samurais and Subaru Sambars.

        • @grue
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          27 months ago

          but kei cars aren’t street legal for most consumer purposes in the US

          Speak for your own state.

          • @caffinatedone
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            17 months ago

            They aren’t anywhere unless they’re 20+ years old. For those, it depends on the state as to whether you can register them for road use, and on which roads (some forbid highway use) .

            • @grue
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              27 months ago

              25+ years old (just like importing any other foreign-market car, tiny or not).

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          Maybe in the US, but in Asia, a huge portion of sales for Honda, Toyota and Suzuki are for their modified kei cars. Even so, they still don’t seem interested in releasing their electric models there. This gap is currently filled by Chinese EV manufacturers.