10 best Kei cars ever

10 best Kei cars ever

Goodwood Road & Racing

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The Kei car is one of the real hallmarks of Japanese car culture. These teeny little cars are designed to allow cheap, small motoring for the masses in Japan. They’ve now been around for several decades, with the formula changing only slightly. Originally only a 150cc engine was allowed, then the class really took off with 360cc motors.

Now Kei cars can have practically massive 660cc engines, and have been made for sale in Japan in factories as far flung as the UK. The sheer variety of these tiny little heroes is staggering, so we’ve picked our favourite ones from the last 72 years.

But let us know below what your favourite is?

#gwoverdrive #Kei #cars

Timestamps
00:00 What is a Kei car
01:06 Subaru 360
01:58 Mazda R360
02:38 Suzuki Jimny LJ10
03:28 Suzuki Fronte Coupe
04:17 Honda Beat
05:26 Suzuki Cappuccino
06:09 Autozam AZ-1
07:13 Daihatsu Copen
07:52 Honda S660
08:43 Caterham Seven 160


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Goodwood Road & Racing
Goodwood Road & Racing - 15.05.2021 11:21

Teeny legends, who doesn't love a Kei car?

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Grimreaper
Grimreaper - 06.08.2023 09:45

I really love kei cars they are easy to drive in small roads

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Rod Anderson
Rod Anderson - 22.07.2023 14:50

I am lucky enough to own a Suzuki " Kei Car" an SC100 coupe which in the U'K is known as the ( Sorry, cant remember, although it's mentioned in the vido, but here in New Zealand, where 40 in total were imported, was known as the CX-G.

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Gábor Berecz
Gábor Berecz - 10.04.2023 09:45

szépek

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Allen Plant
Allen Plant - 24.12.2022 16:58

I'm so blessed to be driving my new to me 1997 Suzuki Alto Works Turbo. Backseat came out IMMEDIATELY because four riders are a horrible idea in a Kei😂 subwoofers installed instead 🤙

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sheppardpat47
sheppardpat47 - 30.11.2022 11:16

Yeahhhh my car is in this video! You can’t imagine how much I love the Daihatsu Copen
The 1.3 that is in this car is the same as in the Sirion, Terios, Materia… from Daihatsu ;)
And I have a Sirion Sport, amazing car

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T8PolestarCyan
T8PolestarCyan - 24.11.2022 06:15

There's only one kei car that convince me to buy. Basically I'm going for the one that have instant torque!

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Cosita Linda
Cosita Linda - 18.10.2022 04:23

Suzuki Forsa SA 310

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dresdenk
dresdenk - 15.10.2022 04:39

Alto Works!

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MrMariovfr
MrMariovfr - 14.10.2022 00:32

why western states do not follow the example by Japan? we cannot keep on polluting with huge cars.
I WANT LEFT HAND DRIVE KEI CARS IN EUROPE!
PLEASE.....

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Tony H
Tony H - 15.09.2022 11:53

You missed the original Honda s360 & S600 sport cars

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Nero Nine
Nero Nine - 28.08.2022 12:20

... Nissan Figaro missing..

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Nero Nine
Nero Nine - 28.08.2022 12:16

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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George C
George C - 26.08.2022 22:22

64 bhp? Wow! I had a Citroën 2CV from 1960, with just 12 bhp from 425cc!

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SH4D0W
SH4D0W - 24.07.2022 00:21

AZ-1 not the no 1

Just wrong.

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Travis Henrickson
Travis Henrickson - 22.07.2022 12:34

All these autozam fanboys. You all need to see the majesty that is the Subaru Vivio Rxr

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David Dunmore
David Dunmore - 21.07.2022 13:45

Back in the '70s I had a Honda Z600, lovely little thing (Any colour you wanted as long as it was bright orange) - well, it was the 1970s.

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dauny08
dauny08 - 18.07.2022 05:03

Why is Subaru VIVIO not listed?

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Eric Kieckebusch
Eric Kieckebusch - 13.07.2022 01:21

Subaru Libero is missing!

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kmancrx
kmancrx - 12.03.2022 08:38

These seem like a James May dream.

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Jacob Baird
Jacob Baird - 27.02.2022 20:06

So frustrating to see American automakers push electric cars while also selling totally impractical 5000-pound SUVs and trucks to suburbanites. An electric SUV is like a extra-large diet pop. If we really care about the environment, we'd buy into kei cars, but instead we want electric Ford Escapes and "Cyber Trucks."

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Christian Romeo Graham
Christian Romeo Graham - 08.02.2022 09:41

How about the 4-door Honda Life Turbo? Gem of a car, dude!!!

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Shazbotacus
Shazbotacus - 14.01.2022 21:39

I want a tiny, cheap car 🥺

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Rick Bishop
Rick Bishop - 07.01.2022 14:00

I want one does anybody know how much it would cost to import to USA

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Nathan Long
Nathan Long - 25.11.2021 00:31

I love the Subaru 360. Greatest little thing that almost look like a beetle. A momma beetle.

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Be n
Be n - 23.11.2021 08:14

no.. japan is known for tuner cars. Kei cars are way less known

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ΠΝΞ
ΠΝΞ - 18.10.2021 02:49

U forgot about the TOYOTA SERA !!

similar to the AZ1 & Beat but with awesome butterfly doors like and before McLaren or Enzo !

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Yaroslav Bozhdynsky
Yaroslav Bozhdynsky - 04.10.2021 22:26

Honda Beat was designed by Pietro Camardella at Pininfarina, the designer of F40 and F50.

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stephane farnes
stephane farnes - 28.09.2021 00:28

I would have never thought that.....in a hundred years would have thought the humble lotus 7 would have been one Japan's number one's k cars . WOW! WHAT A CAR AND WHAT A COUNTRY!!! I hope to visit some day.

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phantom STI
phantom STI - 18.09.2021 17:55

Suzuki Alto Works

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CB Cycles
CB Cycles - 17.09.2021 02:05

I owned several kei cars while living in Japan in the early 80’s - a Suzuki Fronte with 440cc 2 stroke, a Daihatsu coupe with 360cc 2 stroke, and my favorite a Daihatsu HiJet pickup truck with 360cc 2 stroke. I would have LOVED to have owed a Suzuki Jimny!

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Lakshan Gunawardena
Lakshan Gunawardena - 11.09.2021 11:46

My fav Mazda Az-1 , Copen.jdm kei cars are japanese pride and treasure.

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Charsept
Charsept - 01.09.2021 11:29

Clicked to see if the Alto Works made the list

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canadiancatgreen
canadiancatgreen - 29.07.2021 12:35

hmm anyone notice how muche the new Beetle looked like the Daihatsu

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greggy weggy
greggy weggy - 22.07.2021 11:26

Microcars were smaller, my Haflinger 4wd was far smaller, and haven't you heard of the Honda S 360/ S 500/ S 600? I won't be subscribing, I'll be hitting the do not recommend button.

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SQ Motorsports
SQ Motorsports - 10.07.2021 23:09

I just sold a Suzuki Carry and I'm waiting for my "new" 1996 Subaru Sambar Dias Classic to arrive from Nagoya. :)

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Richard Bullock
Richard Bullock - 06.07.2021 17:51

Daihatsu Cuore Avanzato TR-XX R4.

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Sammael F. Hell
Sammael F. Hell - 04.07.2021 00:42

The Honda S660, along with the inheritance from the Beat, gets inheritance of the whole S series (500, 600, 800 and the most known and comtemporary 2000) in a package more akin to it's more older ancestors, despite not being any of them a kei car before this one.

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Jorge Becerra
Jorge Becerra - 03.07.2021 06:10

Subaru 360 and Suzuki Fronte 😍😍👌

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amonrei
amonrei - 02.07.2021 23:22

You missed Daihatsu Mira!

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DUcE Dev!lsTear
DUcE Dev!lsTear - 30.06.2021 12:48

Ok, next year make a Kei Car shootout up the Hill !

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Tanana M
Tanana M - 24.06.2021 12:27

Yes, you have forgotten probably the weirdest, and next to the AZ-1, probably the coolest Kei car: The Daihatsu Midget II D-Type! 
They're just now getting old enough to import into the US as "antique" cars. I'd love to have one to trailer my little Honda Pioneer 500 SxS to the trail head. They're about the same size.

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SvenQ45
SvenQ45 - 22.06.2021 17:22

The Caterham was a new one to me.

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Mark A.
Mark A. - 20.06.2021 18:44

I bought myself a Suzuki Cappuccino last year and what a great, fun car. I believe it is also the quickest of all mentioned Kei-cars, am I wrong?

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Bob McL
Bob McL - 14.06.2021 14:03

Japan: "Only we can produce practical light cars, under 660cc"

Citroën 2CV: "Hold my beer...."

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Rick Ricky
Rick Ricky - 11.06.2021 11:51

Cool cars

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Alec Brown
Alec Brown - 09.06.2021 21:52

More time should have been given to the modern on the road now descendants to these, which have huge bonus factors for european cities, like the Axiams, or MGc's, snidely classed in the uk as quadricicles, and drivable on uk provisional licences. One of them actually comes with a lamborgini engine, but all have modern safety, trims and spec's, seat 4, have fantastic economy and are shorter than the original mini.

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Deli Smith
Deli Smith - 06.06.2021 17:02

Every\Scrum\NV100 - лучшие бусики ))

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pumpkin91ful
pumpkin91ful - 06.06.2021 11:55

Probably what?

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