Kei car, K-car, or keijidōsha (軽自動車, lit. "light automobile") (pronounced [keːdʑidoːɕa]), is a Japanese category of small vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, and pickup trucks.
They are designed to comply with Japanese government tax and insurance regulations, and in most rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is available for the vehicle.[1][2][3]
This especially advantaged class of cars was developed to promote
popular motorization in the post-war era. While successful in Japan, the
genre is generally too specialized and too small to be profitable in
export markets.[4]
A Kei truck, or Kei class truck, or Japanese mini truck is a tiny but practical pickup truck available in RWD or 4WD version, built to satisfy the Japanese keijidōsha (軽自動車) statutory class of light vehicles. They are known as Keitora (軽トラ) in Japan alongside their van version twin, the microvan.
A microvan is a van that fits into Japanese kei car classification or similar.
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