Sambar's here? Just found out about them. They are pretty cool...
i'm confused.. sorryI have only one thing to say, and I'm sure you all know exactly what it is.
SUBARU FORESTER LOW RANGE!!
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Have you ever seen a kei car in person? They are very, very small. Like, smaller than an A segment vehicle like the smart ForTwo or Ford Ka.Sambar's here? Just found out about them. They are pretty cool...
Makes sensie...Have you ever seen a kei car in person? They are very, very small. Like, smaller than an A segment vehicle like the smart ForTwo or Ford Ka.
I've noticed it seems to be the trend for colleges and large industrial parks and even farms to use vehicles like Daihatsu Hijets for general grounds maintenance or light farm work, but they of course can't be driven on public roads.
To answer your question, they really don't have a place in the U.S... they are very cool though. But our road networks don't even lend well to A segment cars.
Take the smart ForTwo as an example, as it's the only A segment car currently on sale in the US. If used in very dense urban areas, like NYC, it makes for a good vehicle because it is easy to maneuver and park. But an easy 90% of it's U.S. owners probably don't even live in congested areas, they seem to be older people who buy it as a toy. Because for everywhere else in the U.S., when you factor in that the smart's U.S. model is saddled with like the worst engine and transmission choices possible out of all the choices offered overseas, you end up with a tiny donkey car that can only hold two people minimal cargo, and for similar price, you can buy a Honda Fit, or soon to be Ford Fiesta (yay!) or Mazda2 (yay again!) or even Chevy Aveo, and get probably similar or better gas mileage, with the ability to haul 5 people.
But yes, I wish we somehow could have kei cars here. I would totally rock a Suzuki Alto Works RS-X![]()
Have you ever seen a kei car in person? They are very, very small. Like, smaller than an A segment vehicle like the smart ForTwo or Ford Ka.
I've noticed it seems to be the trend for colleges and large industrial parks and even farms to use vehicles like Daihatsu Hijets for general grounds maintenance or light farm work, but they of course can't be driven on public roads.
To answer your question, they really don't have a place in the U.S... they are very cool though. But our road networks don't even lend well to A segment cars.