W ere you looking for the place the Autozam AZ-1 – a kei car that would only ever be sold in Japan - was born, Basildon in Essex probably wouldn’t be the first place you’d hit upon. Yet tucked away in ...

The car world didn't miss a trick. Cities like Tokyo were becoming densely populated metropolises where parking was next to impossible, so auto manufacturers began creating so-cal ...

Engine swaps can be a lot of fun in Gran Turismo 7 if you can afford them in the first place. But how good are the cheap ones?

Ever since it first began making passenger cars in the '60s ... In addition, the Del Sol had plenty of tough competition, with the Mazda Miata and Toyota MR2 offering superior handling and ...

That changes with the new Inster, a Korean take on the kei car formula ... Cupra, Citroen, Mazda and Vauxhall have all slashed the prices of their electric cars in recent months.

Mini’s two-door Cooper hatchback may no longer be the, well, miniature car driving down some steps in The Italian Job (1969), or even the still-small-but-bigger-than-a-Kei-car sporty hatchback ...

The Speciality Equipment Market Association, better known as SEMA, has thrown its support behind a bill in Texas to protect the importation and registration of Japanese Kei cars into the state. This ...

The nexus of the kei car was, in essence, tax subversion via legal means. Kei cars are built to specific size and engine displacement standards, which allow them to be taxed less than normal ...