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Kei cars are often considered the Japanese equivalent of the European Union's [citation needed] A-segment "city cars". However, contrary to Japan's special Kei cars' legal status and limitations, there are no EU- or pan-European legal restrictions, exceptions or benefits for what European auto journalism or market analysts call the 'A' market-segment of motor vehicles.
As they are street-legal in their home market and most of the world, kei trucks do generally have the standard equipment required for US roadways such as seat belts, approved lighting (headlamps, taillights, reverse and brake lights, turn signals), horn and US-standard "AS1/AS2" safety glass; they must pass state safety inspections where required.
Despite being street legal in just 19 states, Kei trucks, Japanese-made trucks small enough to belong to the keijidōsha class of light vehicles, have developed a cultlike following in recent ...
These are usually imported from Japan and called kei (short for keijidōsha — Japanese for light vehicle) trucks. Rules of the Road: Law still requires license and registration for those tiny trucks
People with kei cars and mini-trucks wouldn't be allowed to drive them on highways or roads with a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. They also wouldn't be able to sell or transfer them.
Kei cars built 2006 and older are allowed white or yellow headlights, while kei cars built 2007 and newer are only allowed to have white headlights. Incorrect headlight colour, depending on the person's knowledge during the inspection, will result in a fail.
As of Wednesday, however, that policy has been reversed: Kei cars and trucks are once again legal in Massachusetts. The change was announced by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles on ...
This is compulsory for all street-legal vehicles in Russia. Although a prohibitively high import tariff is levied on cars more than seven years old, to protect local industry, the oldest Japanese vehicles usually pass the inspection, if they were well maintained. Vehicles imported to Russia are sometimes exported to North Korea and Central Asia.