A bill that will soon be introduced at the Colorado legislature would allow Japanese mini vehicles on most of the state’s roads. Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles also tried to explicitly ban them ...

Q: Are Japanese mini trucks still being deemed too unsafe for road travel, even though this state allows for motorcycles to be ridden without helmets? They should just be hit with a flat tax and not ...

Do you ever feel like trucks sold in America are too big? Does buying a new car feel like choosing between the 6000 SUX from Robocop and this year's model of Canyonero? Do you ever yearn for a simpler ...

A state lawmaker wants to free the mini trucks. The undersized pickups imported from Japan have an extremely limited use under current law. “I believe that mini trucks are safe to operate on ...

One of JDM Hawaii’s 15 employees completes a 48−point inspection of an imported kei truck, or Japanese mini truck. JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Market and refers to the older, used vehicles the ...

Amrit has been in love with trucks ever since the first time he rode in his dad's work truck when he was 5 years old. Over the years, he has fallen in love with classic cars and spends all his spare ...

Kei trucks are found all over Japan but these mini trucks are harder to come across overseas. First appearing in 1949, a compact truck is considered a kei truck if it's up to 11.2 feet long, 6.6 feet ...

As a brand, Mazda has gone to great lengths to cultivate its image as a purveyor of sporty, fun-to-drive vehicles. Case in point is its Miata roadster, the iconic rotary-engine RX-7 hatchback, and a ...

Measuring about half the length of a Ford F-150, Kei trucks look almost like toys in comparison to your standard pickup truck. But for a car so tiny, you might be surprised at the massive following ...

On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1816, which finally allows 25-year-old and older imported Japanese mini trucks, also known as "kei trucks," to be registered by the ...