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[1] even though in Japan such cars are known as kei cars. Microcars have also been defined as being a "small car, popular in the 1950s, that featured a body offering full weather protection and mechanics often derived from motorcycle technology", [2] though in the 1950s, a trend towards egg-shaped cars with a relatively large ratio of windows ...
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the Japanese market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have continuous production, it is listed again on the model year production resumed. Concept cars and submodels are not listed unless they are themselves notable.
The kei category was created by the Japanese government in 1949, to stimulate both car ownership and growth of Japan's car industry. The regulations were revised multiple times until 1998, but since October 1998, the law consistently specifies a maximum vehicle length of 3.4 m (11.2 ft), width of 1.48 m (4.9 ft), height under 2.0 m (6.6 ft ...
Country Automobile Name Manufacturer Engine Make/Capacity Seats Year Other information Japan: Auto Sandal: Japan Auto Sandal Motors, Tokyo, Mitsubishi 349 cc: 2: 1954
The first Japanese car to be sold in the United States was the 1958 Toyopet Crown, a Toyota model that was popular in its home country but not well received in America. As Toyota magazine reported,...
The Japanese market Z-car (sold as the Fairlady Z) also had Nissan badging. In the United States, the Nissan branch was named "Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A.", and chartered on September 28, 1960, in California, but the small cars the firm exported to America were still named Datsun.
"The old white guys of my generation who were my friends were getting to be bitter old men," he told Car and Driver. "All they kept talking about was how young people didn't care about cars anymore.
The Allion is a reused nameplate from the Japanese-market compact sedan. Levin GT; Crown: 1955 S230/232 (sedan) 2023 Japan, China Rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan available in hybrid and fuel cell hydrogen powertrains. S235 (crossover) 2022 Japan, North America and others All-wheel-drive luxury crossover sedan marketed in Japan and North America.