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Last year, the domestic market Kei-class small Japanese transportation equipment increased 40 percent of all new vehicles sold in this country sales of micro cars in 2014 were the best ever, up eight percent compared to the previous year to 2 7 million copies sold and although they were created there over 60 years, Kei micro-cars of today are probably to the forefront of Japanese car design and technical innovation, despite their small size.
A Japanese single proposal, the Kei cars are born of necessity.
In the process of rebuilding their country torn apart by war after World War II, most Japanese could barely afford a motorcycle, let alone a car with the ambition to boost its manufacturing industry while giving farmers and small business owners access to transportation with four wheels, the Japanese government established the Kei car class for light vehicles in 1949.
Based on their size original Lilliputian and limits powertrain, the original Kei cars were more like motorcycles with four wheels motor displacement may not exceed 100 cubic centimeters if two time 150cc and if the car body kei four time could be more than 2 8 meters no larger than 1 0 meters, carry up to four passengers and a load of no more than 350 kilograms.
Besides being inexpensive to purchase and operate, the original Kei cars were made even more attractive by being taxed and insured at a lower rate and unlike larger vehicle owners in Japan, Kei car buyers has not have to prove that they had a parking spot.
Although these specifications has allowed the reconstruction of Japan's manufacturing industries to get a Kei car range in the hands of as many buyers after the war as quickly and cheaply as possible, over time, the Japanese government has gradually increased the size Kei class and engine limits to the call for even more customers and encourage additional automakers to board.
In 1955, the maximum displacement of the engine jumped to 360 cubic centimeters, which saw Kei cars like the front wheel drive Suzuki SF Suzuki four-wheeler and rear-wheel drive Subaru 360 first car of the Japanese automaker becomes more practical than transport -With day-day.
At a time when growth in 1990 the Japanese car industry was becoming a dominant force in the world, another big change in car regulations Kei came.
The limit on the engine capacity has reached 660 today cubic centimeters and 63 horses, and body size were allowed to grow 100 millimeters in length, these changes led to the majority of Japanese automakers jump on the bandwagon Kei car, which in the 1990s Kei classic sports car like beat Honda, Mazda Autozam AZ-1 and Suzuki Cappuccino, which fans of the Gran Turismo video game franchise will recognize without any doubt.
More than ever, even today's cars Kei their maximum 3 4 meters long and 1 meter wide 48 form a modern subcompact as a Honda Fit or Nissan Micra appear as a Cadillac Escalade in comparison.
Today, only four Japanese manufacturers are SHELTER Kei cars Daihatsu, Honda, Mitsubishi and Suzuki with the other manufacturers Toyota rivals Nissan and Subaru badge-engineering their Kei models of the four manufacturers listed above.
These cute micro Kei cars are all the rage in Japan conduct, these cute microphone cars.
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