QOTD: Which Kei Car Would You Want?

by Tim Healey

Published: December 5th, 2025

President Donald Trump seems enthusiastic about Kei cars, though they aren't likely to come to our shores any time soon.

Today's QOTD is simple -- if Kei cars did suddenly go on sale in the States, which one or ones would you want?

There's really not much more to it than that. It's a Friday so we'll keep it nice and easy.

You know what to do. Go ahead and sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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EngineeringNovice 6 days ago

So a traditional kei will not do in the United States. However, a Kei with a 100bhp engine would be fine. 150bhp, more than enough. Many Kei cars can fit a 1.5 liter motor, so a hotrod Kei would be absolutely acceptable.

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- Jeff 6 days ago
  
  Instead of the hot rod Lincoln its the hot rod Kei.
  
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- 1995 SC 6 days ago
  
  Nonsense. I spent my youth driving cars with double digit HP that were heavier than a Kei car. So long as they are geared correctly they'd be fine.
  
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- EngineeringNovice 5 days ago
  
  I have owned two Kei, one was underpowered but fun, Then the YRV had a 1.3 liter 89bhp motor, and it could have used a bit more. The YRV was a cute little car.
  
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- Jeff 5 days ago
  
  We will see if Kei cars actually are available in the US. This is the hot topic for now from Trump next week it could be something else.
  
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FTypeR 4 days ago

Your craven god is a pedophile and you're worried about ME?
Sorry, nigerian princess, tRump is a POS and so is anyone that still supports him.

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