The Best Kei Cars: Past and Present (1949-2023)

Not to be confused with the K-car platform that Chrysler used in the 1980s for transverse front-wheel-drive automobiles, the kei car is the smallest class of highway-legal passenger and commercial vehicles in the Land of the Rising Sun. These dinky things are specific to Japan, where they're also called keijidosha (light automobile). This category of vehicles can trace its roots back to the immediate aftermath of the deadliest confli... (continue reading...)