Vehicles not available here: what would you like?

[Morris Minor]

For me it would be a manual Toyota Fortuner with the 2.4 diesel 4-banger.
https://www.toyota.co.za/specs-compare/fortuner?model=A42

[Payman]

A Honda S660 and a Suzuki Jimny.

[Xer0]

A Honda S660 and a Suzuki Jimny.

Ohhh good choices.

I would add the new Fiesta/Focus ST to that list too and I think Europe actually gets the Alfa Guilia QF with a 6 spd.

[CaminoRacer]

Jimny and the new Toyota rally car thing.

[cawimmer430]

2019 Mitsubishi eK, would make a great and fun little city car for local projects. 

[shp4man]

Always like those Toyota Hilux pickups you see in movies made in the ME. No nonsense, 4x4, rubber floor mats, snorkel air intake...not California smog legal. Russian machine gun mounted in bed not necessary. 

[Laconian]

2019 Mitsubishi eK, would make a great and fun little city car for local projects. 

How is this not an EV? Where the heck does the engine go!?

[RomanChariot]

How is this not an EV? Where the heck does the engine go!?

You don't need much room for the equivalent of a mid-size motorcycle engine.

[AutobahnSHO]

Always like those Toyota Hilux pickups you see in movies made in the ME. No nonsense, 4x4, rubber floor mats, snorkel air intake...not California smog legal. Russian machine gun mounted in bed not necessary. 

YES. Those things apparently last forever, or until blown up, whichever is first.

[2o6]

How is this not an EV? Where the heck does the engine go!?

Also, if we're going for Kei Cars that I would buy in a heartbeat: The Honda N-Box / (pronounced N-Box Slash)

[Laconian]

You pronounce the punctuation? Are they targeting your former classmate La-a?

So how do they service the parts when they're stacked up high like that? Can you drop them out from below on a subassembly? Or do you have to pull all the components out and reassemble them later?

[Laconian]

I would like to drive a Kei car sometime. I wonder what the max driver height is.

[2o6]

You pronounce the punctuation? Are they targeting your former classmate La-a?

So how do they service the parts when they're stacked up high like that? Can you drop them out from below on a subassembly? Or do you have to pull all the components out and reassemble them later?

My Yaris had a similarly tiny hood opening, and it was pretty easy to service. Most Japanese engines spin clockwise, IMO the exhaust manifold and other sensors/wiring are pretty accessible. The only thing I could think of that might be a pain, would maybe doing anything intake related, but I feel like it would be annoying, rather than actually requiring dropping the subframe to service.

And yea, the N/ (N-box slash) is part of Honda's design focused kei lineup. They've got the

N-WGN



N-Van


N-One



N-Box

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N/ (N-box Slash)



From what I gather, the more van-like kei cars are super spacious, yet narrow as hell.

N-box interior

[veeman]

Although they don't make them anywhere anymore, I would have liked a VW Scirocco. Cool looking coupe. 

[Laconian]

More wagon variants of sport sedans. Our TSX was a tight-driving hauler. I think AWD and a turbo or V6 would've made it just perfect.

[CaminoRacer]

That N-box / is pretty cool. I feel like it would fit right in to a Pixar film

[Soup DeVille]

I would like to drive a Kei car sometime. I wonder what the max driver height is.

I'm going to guess, surprisingly enough, about 6 feet.

I don't fit in a Copen, but its closer than one would think, and I'm 6'3". Truth be told, width was more of an issue (not fat, but not lanky either). A thin built six footer would fit almost comfortably.

[FoMoJo]

I'm going to guess, surprisingly enough, about 6 feet.

I don't fit in a Copen, but its closer than one would think, and I'm 6'3". Truth be told, width was more of an issue (not fat, but not lanky either). A thin built six footer would fit almost comfortably.

I suspect that flexibility would be a factor as well.  I used to be able to contort myself into a Austin Healey Sprite which I drove for a year or so in the '60s.  Something would break if I tried that now.

[Morris Minor]

Always like those Toyota Hilux pickups you see in movies made in the ME. No nonsense, 4x4, rubber floor mats, snorkel air intake...not California smog legal. Russian machine gun mounted in bed not necessary. 

The Toyota Fortuner I linked in the OP is a Hilux with an SUV body. Comfortable interior with the frills one expects, but given away by the diesel, the manual shift and the agricultural ride.

[2o6]

I'm going to guess, surprisingly enough, about 6 feet.

I don't fit in a Copen, but its closer than one would think, and I'm 6'3". Truth be told, width was more of an issue (not fat, but not lanky either). A thin built six footer would fit almost comfortably.

Old Japanese JDM special cars are so *petite*. My friends R32 GT-R is so tiny inside, I honestly feel like it's smaller inside than a same year 240SX.

[Payman]

This isn't far from me...

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/kawartha-lakes/honda-acty-street-kei/1481235990

[Payman]

An hour away...

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/oshawa-durham-region/1998-subaru-sambar-classic-4wd/1476132376

[NomisR]

An hour away...

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/oshawa-durham-region/1998-subaru-sambar-classic-4wd/1476132376

I saw this on the freeway a while back here.. it's tiny compared to the American SUVs you see on the road.

[cawimmer430]

How is this not an EV? Where the heck does the engine go!?

I think Kei cars are limited to 660cc, and most of them are 3-cylinders anyway. That's a really tiny engine so it probably could fit into the glove box.

[cawimmer430]

I would like to drive a Kei car sometime. I wonder what the max driver height is.

They're so spacious and practical. See for yourself.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAwMthGuaKI

[Laconian]

LOL! Awesome story arc at the end.

[Soup DeVille]

Why can't we have good car commercials too?

[AutobahnSHO]

An hour away...

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/oshawa-durham-region/1998-subaru-sambar-classic-4wd/1476132376

HAHAHA I just got a Hot Wheels version a few weeks back.

[AutobahnSHO]

Why can't we have good car commercials too?

There was the Kia hamster and the weird VW ones awhile back.

Then of course those laid-back Lincoln ones (a year ago?...)

[cawimmer430]

Wow! I'm lusting for a Mitsubishi ekX, and without my knowledge a good friend in Japan sends me the actual brochure of it - along with a Daihatsu Copen and the new Suzuki Jimmy among others!