"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
09/30/2014 at 09:24 • Filed to: Japan, Street View, smart K, Kei
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"carcrasher88" (carcrasher88)
09/30/2014 at 09:24 • Filed to: Japan, Street View, smart K, Kei | 2
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...this would probably be the answer.
The smart K, sold from 2001 to 2004, it is likely the worst selling kei car ever, and the only gasoline powered kei class car NOT built in Japan (there is a South Korean company called CT&T United that sells Korean built electric cars in the kei class in Japan).
I came across !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! heading into Aki.
The things that give this away as a K are the narrower wheels and tires, narrower track, and the yellow license plates that are given to cars that slot into the country's dimensional and displacement regulations for kei cars.
Unlike the typical Kei car, which is domestically built, the smart K was built along side the normal ForTwo in their plant in France.
Sales never met expectations, and the model was discontinued in late 2004, though smart does continue to sell cars in Japan, just not meeting Kei regulations like the K did.
mazda616
> carcrasher88
09/30/2014 at 10:12 |
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Interesting. There are actually quite a few Smart cars in my city, considering we are fairly rural and the nearest dealer that sells or services them is two hours away.
CKeffer
> carcrasher88
09/30/2014 at 10:21 |
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The az1 is, and likely will forever be, my favorite kei car. It's not exactly common either.
