• grue
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    2 years 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.

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        2 years ago

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

        Speak for your own state.

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          2 years 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) .

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            2 years ago

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