Kei cars - why not?

[irocfan]

given the (near) demise of the Jimney and the potential issues for larger 'interesting' cars in the next few years (ie the immediate future) is there any reason why we don't either import (or even start making) kei cars over here?

Strikes me that it'd certainly help London and other large cities not to mention add a splash of interest to the roads....

[irocfan]

ajprice said:

Olas said:

CanAm said:

The (now defunct?) Caterham 160 qualified as a kei car.

No - Kei cars are 660cc maximum.

Edited by Olas on Saturday 14th March 11:39

The 160 was a 660cc car, it had a Suzuki 3 cylinder turbo in it along with narrower bodywork. 80bhp here but I think the Japan model was to 64bhp kei regulations.

https://www.evo.co.uk/caterham/7/7297/caterham-sev...

I think the other requirement for a Kei car was (massively) restricted dimensions - I suspect that a Caterham would just be too long?