A kei car in a modern American automotive setting is almost damn-near like owning a four-wheel motorcycle, and when you drive one it feels like it. Many automakers like to describe their sports ...

Kei car, or kei jidōsha, is a regulated category of vehicles defined by their small characteristics. And this thing… is small. The AZ-1 came out in 1992 and is filled with features enthusiasts ...

Kei cars are a class of small cars in Japan which have a length limit of 3.4 meters, a width limit of 1.48 meters and height limit of 2 meters. The Kei car class was created (and given tax breaks ...

So, Honda's future sports cars might look very different to ... unsuitable for sales outside of its home territory — as a kei car, it was limited to just 63 horsepower and a 660cc engine.

W ere you looking for the place the Autozam AZ-1 – a kei car that would only ever be sold in Japan - was born, Basildon in Essex probably wouldn’t be the first place you’d hit upon. Yet tucked away in ...

So, imagine this: a new kei-style framework for truly small and lightweight sports cars, agreed and supported by a group of car and motorcycle makers who can work together without egos getting in ...

Hard truths are rare in the automotive world, but there's one that's unassailable: Kei cars are perfect in every way, and there simply are not better cars out there. We should all be driving kei ...

The Speciality Equipment Market Association, better known as SEMA, has thrown its support behind a bill in Texas to protect the importation and registration of Japanese Kei cars into the state.