Kei car, the Glossary
Kei car is the smallest category of Japanese, expressway-legal motor vehicles.[1]
Table of Contents
85 relations: A-segment, All-wheel drive, Automatic transmission, Autozam AZ-1, Battery electric vehicle, Car and Driver, Caterham 7, Chile, Citroën, Continuously variable transmission, Controlled-access highway, Daihatsu Cast, Daihatsu Copen, Daihatsu Fellow Max, Daihatsu Mira, Daihatsu Tanto, Disc brake, Engine displacement, European Union, Excise, Fiat 126, Fiscal year, Four-stroke engine, Four-wheel drive, Front-wheel drive, Gentlemen's agreement, Homologation, Honda Beat, Honda N-Box, Honda N-One, Honda N-WGN, Honda N360, Honda S660, Honda Z, Horsepower, Internal combustion engine, Internet Archive, Japan, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Japanese asset price bubble, Japanese domestic market, Kanji, Kei truck, Lithium-ion battery, Mazda Carol, Mazda R360, Microcar, Microvan, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Minivan, ... Expand index (35 more) »
- 1949 introductions
- Road transport in Japan
A-segment
The A-segment is the first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission.
All-wheel drive
An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand.
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Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.
See Kei car and Automatic transmission
Autozam AZ-1
The Autozam AZ-1, known by the framecode PG6SA, is a mid-engined kei-class sports car, designed and manufactured by Mazda under its Autozam brand. Kei car and Autozam AZ-1 are kei cars.
Battery electric vehicle
A battery electric vehicle (BEV), pure electric vehicle, only-electric vehicle, fully electric vehicle or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that exclusively uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (a hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.).
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Car and Driver
Car and Driver (CD or C/D) is an American automotive enthusiast magazine first published in 1955.
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Caterham 7
The Caterham 7 (or Caterham Seven) is a super-lightweight sports car produced by Caterham Cars in the United Kingdom.
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
Citroën
CitroënThe double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis (tréma) indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong.
Continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an automated transmission that can change through a continuous range of gear ratios.
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Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated.
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Daihatsu Cast
The is a kei car built by the Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu since 2015. Kei car and Daihatsu Cast are kei cars.
Daihatsu Copen
The is a 2-door convertible kei car built by the Japanese car company Daihatsu. Kei car and Daihatsu Copen are kei cars.
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Daihatsu Fellow Max
The Daihatsu Fellow Max is a small Japanese automobile in the Kei car class. Kei car and Daihatsu Fellow Max are kei cars.
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Daihatsu Mira
The Daihatsu Mira (also known as the Cuore, Domino, and more recently Charade) is a kei car and city car built by Japanese car maker Daihatsu. Kei car and Daihatsu Mira are kei cars.
Daihatsu Tanto
The is a kei car manufactured by the Japanese carmaker Daihatsu.
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Disc brake
A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction.
Engine displacement
Engine displacement is the measure of the cylinder volume swept by all of the pistons of a piston engine, excluding the combustion chambers.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Excise
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Fiat 126
The Fiat 126 (Type 126) is a four-passenger, rear-engine, city car manufactured and marketed by Fiat over a twenty-eight year production run from 1972 until 2000, over a single generation.
Fiscal year
A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes.
Four-stroke engine
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.
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Four-wheel drive
A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.
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Front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only.
See Kei car and Front-wheel drive
Gentlemen's agreement
A gentlemen's agreement, or gentleman's agreement, is an informal and legally non-binding agreement between two or more parties.
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Homologation
Homologation (Greek homologeo, ὁμολογέω, "to agree") is the granting of approval by an official authority.
Honda Beat
The Honda Beat is a kei car produced by the Japanese company Honda from May 1991 until February 1996. Kei car and Honda Beat are kei cars.
Honda N-Box
The (corporately styled as N-BOX) is a kei car produced by Honda for the Japanese market.
Honda N-One
The (corporately styled as N-ONE) is a retro styled kei car produced by Honda for the Japanese market. Kei car and Honda N-One are kei cars.
Honda N-WGN
The is a kei car produced by Honda for the Japanese market. Kei car and Honda N-WGN are kei cars.
Honda N360
The Honda N360 is a small front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door, four-passenger car manufactured and marketed by Honda from March 1967 through 1970 in Japan's highly regulated kei class — as both a two-door sedan and three-door wagon. Kei car and Honda N360 are kei cars.
Honda S660
The Honda S660 is a sports car in the ''kei'' class manufactured by the Japanese company Honda from 2015 until 2022. Kei car and Honda S660 are kei cars.
Honda Z
The Honda Z (marketed also as the Z600) is a two-door hatchback kei car/city car manufactured and marketed by the Honda Motor Company, from 1970 until 1974. Kei car and Honda Z are kei cars.
Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors.
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
, or JAMA, is a trade association with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
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Japanese asset price bubble
The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated.
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Japanese domestic market
The term "Japanese domestic market" ("JDM") refers to Japan's home market for vehicles and vehicle parts.
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Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.
Kei truck
A kei truck, kei-class truck, or Japanese mini truck, known in Japan as a keitora ("light truck"), is a mini pickup truck built to satisfy the Japanese keijidōsha ("light vehicle") statutory class of light vehicles. Kei car and kei truck are road transport in Japan.
Lithium-ion battery
A lithium-ion or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery that uses the reversible intercalation of Li+ ions into electronically conducting solids to store energy.
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Mazda Carol
The Mazda Carol is a kei car manufactured by Mazda from 1962 until 1970. Kei car and Mazda Carol are kei cars.
Mazda R360
The Mazda R360 is a kei car manufactured and marketed by Mazda as the company's first passenger car — a two-door, four-seat coupé. Kei car and Mazda R360 are kei cars.
Microcar
Microcar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and often an engine smaller than. Kei car and Microcar are car classifications.
Microvan
A microvan is a van or minivan which is within the Japanese kei car classification or similar, and is smaller than a mini MPV.
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
The was a ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001.
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Minivan
Minivan (sometimes called simply a van) is a car classification for vehicles designed to transport passengers in the rear seating row(s), with reconfigurable seats in two or three rows.
Mitsubishi eK
The is a kei car series from Mitsubishi Motors, based on the long-running Minica, and first introduced on October 11, 2001. Kei car and Mitsubishi eK are kei cars.
Mitsubishi i
The is a kei car from automaker Mitsubishi Motors, first released in January 2006, twenty eight months after its debut at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show. Kei car and Mitsubishi i are kei cars.
Mitsubishi i-MiEV
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV (MiEV is an acronym for Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) is a five-door electric city car produced in the 2010s by Mitsubishi Motors, and is the electric version of the Mitsubishi i. Rebadged variants of the i-MiEV are also sold by PSA as the Peugeot iOn and Citroën C-Zero, mainly in Europe.
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Mitsubishi Minica
The is a model series of kei cars, produced by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Kei car and Mitsubishi Minica are kei cars.
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Mitsubishi Minicab
The is a kei truck and microvan, built and sold in Japan by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors since 1966.
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Motor-vehicle inspection (Japan)
, a contraction of, is the name of the vehicle inspection program in Japan for motor vehicles over 250 cc in engine displacement. Kei car and motor-vehicle inspection (Japan) are road transport in Japan.
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Motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or, if three-wheeled, a trike) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar from a saddle-style seat.
Nissan Sakura
The is a battery electric kei car marketed by Nissan and produced by NMKV. Kei car and Nissan Sakura are kei cars.
NMKV
NMKV Co., Ltd. is a joint venture company between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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Parking
Parking is the act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and usually leaving it unoccupied.
Peugeot
Peugeot is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.
Rebadging
In the automotive industry, rebadging is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world.
Smart Fortwo
The Smart Fortwo (stylized as "smart fortwo") is a two-seater city car built by the Smart division of the Mercedes-Benz Group from 1998 to 2024. Kei car and Smart Fortwo are kei cars.
Speed limits in Japan
Statutory speed limit in Japan defaults to for divided national expressways and for any other roads, unless otherwise posted. Kei car and speed limits in Japan are road transport in Japan.
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Sport bike
A sport bike, sports motorcycle, or sports bike is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads.
Subaru 360
The Subaru 360 is a rear-engined, two-door city car manufactured and marketed by Subaru from 1958 to 1971. Kei car and Subaru 360 are kei cars.
Subaru Sambar
The Subaru Sambar is a cabover truck and microvan manufactured and marketed by Subaru as Japan's second truck compliant with the country's strict Keitora (軽トラ) or Kei vehicle tax class, after the Kurogane Baby.
Suzuki Alto
The is a kei car produced by Suzuki since 1979. Kei car and Suzuki Alto are kei cars.
Suzuki Cappuccino
The is a sports car produced by the Japanese company Suzuki from 1991 to 1998. Kei car and Suzuki Cappuccino are kei cars.
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Suzuki Cervo
The Suzuki Cervo is a kei car manufactured by Suzuki Motor Corporation. Kei car and Suzuki Cervo are kei cars.
Suzuki Jimny
The is a series of four-wheel drive off-road mini SUVs, manufactured and marketed by Japanese automaker Suzuki since 1970. Kei car and Suzuki Jimny are kei cars.
Suzuki Spacia
The Suzuki Spacia is a kei car produced by Suzuki. Kei car and Suzuki Spacia are kei cars.
Suzuki Suzulight
Suzulight was the brand used for kei cars built by the Suzuki Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1969. Kei car and Suzuki Suzulight are kei cars.
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Suzuki Wagon R
The is a kei car manufactured and marketed by Suzuki since 1993. Kei car and Suzuki Wagon R are kei cars.
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Synchronous motor
A synchronous electric motor is an AC electric motor in which, at steady state, the rotation of the shaft is synchronized with the frequency of the supply current; the rotation period is exactly equal to an integer number of AC cycles.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Nikkei
The Nikkei, also known as, is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies.
Turbocharger
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.
Two-stroke engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
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Vehicle emissions control
Vehicle emissions control is the study of reducing the emissions produced by motor vehicles, especially internal combustion engines.
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Vehicle registration plates of Japan
In Japan, the national government issues vehicle registration plates for motor vehicles through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Land Transportation Offices nationwide.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure
The Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) is a global driving cycle standard for determining the levels of pollutants, CO2 emission standards and fuel consumption of conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) and hybrid automobiles, as well as the all-electric range of plug-in electric vehicles.
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Yanase (car dealership)
is a Japanese automotive dealership.
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See also
1949 introductions
- 16PF Questionnaire
- Adams clasp
- Docking theory of olfaction
- Fourth Way enneagram
- Jurimetrics
- Kei car
- Lanczos tensor
- Land ethic
- Maalox
- Miroglyph
- Nasal cannula
- Nata de coco
- Obliteration by incorporation
- Skydrol
- Welsh Harlequin
- Zipf's law
Road transport in Japan
- Ai no shuku
- Aizu Nishi Kaidō
- Bungo Kaidō
- CarWings
- Chōsenjin Kaidō
- Cycling in Japan
- Driving license in Japan
- Electric vehicles in Japan
- G-Book
- Gokishichidō
- Hatago
- Honjin
- Ichirizuka
- Internavi
- Kaidō
- Kamakura Kaidō
- Kanmon Bridge
- Kei car
- Kei truck
- Kisoji
- Kōreisha mark
- Large two-wheel motor vehicle (Japan)
- Matsumaedō
- Matsumoto Kaidō
- Motor-vehicle inspection (Japan)
- Mutsu Kami Kaidō
- Nagasaki Kaidō
- Nankaidō
- Nikkō Kaidō
- Plug-in electric vehicles in Japan
- Road signs in Japan
- Roadside station
- Saikaidō
- San'indō
- San'yōdō
- Satsuma Kaidō
- Sendaidō
- Shoshinsha mark
- Shukuba
- Small two-wheel motor vehicle (Japan)
- Speed limits in Japan
- Standard two-wheel motor vehicle (Japan)
- Ton'ya
- Toyota Ha:mo
- Vehicle Information and Communication System
- Ōshū Kaidō
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car
Also known as Kei cars, Kei class, Kei jidosha, Kei jidousha, Keicar, Keicars, Keijidosha, Keijidousha, Keijidōsha.
, Mitsubishi eK, Mitsubishi i, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Mitsubishi Minica, Mitsubishi Minicab, Motor-vehicle inspection (Japan), Motorcycle, Nissan Sakura, NMKV, Parking, Peugeot, Rebadging, Smart Fortwo, Speed limits in Japan, Sport bike, Subaru 360, Subaru Sambar, Suzuki Alto, Suzuki Cappuccino, Suzuki Cervo, Suzuki Jimny, Suzuki Spacia, Suzuki Suzulight, Suzuki Wagon R, Synchronous motor, The New York Times, The Nikkei, Turbocharger, Two-stroke engine, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Vehicle emissions control, Vehicle registration plates of Japan, World War II, Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure, Yanase (car dealership).