Thank you to @RansomGarage for letting me rip around in this shockingly quick Kei Car Hot Hatch. And a correction...The sidewall aspect ratio is 60 not 65 (whoops). And thank you Patreon Supporters for making this content possible!

@brandononeill4070

3 жыл бұрын

If im not mistaken,this car make like 93hp when its was new

@josephflaherty1613

3 жыл бұрын

@@brandononeill4070 63hp from new, Japan rules mean they cant make more

@sang3Eta

3 жыл бұрын

They were unrestricted in the UK and sold in limited numbers for Rally Cross Homologation. I had one, the Diahatsu Core (Mira) Avanzato TR-XX R4, 660cc Twin Cam, 16v Turbo, 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel steering! It was mental.

@captainatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@sang3Eta damn I’d love to have one of those. I own the regular 1 liter n/a cuore rn

I can feel Marty's excitement even from halfway around the globe.

@saucyp123

3 жыл бұрын

MAAAAAAAAAD

@shahnoorsyed6769

Жыл бұрын

@@saucyp123huh? Mad? What does that mean? Plz explain.

What I learned about kei-car while driving daily is 1: It’s really easy to park 2: These car has impressive fuel efficiency even these cars are more than 25 year old. I’m driving cappuccino (yes the ABC-trio) in Japan and mine has like 20km/L (47mpg) if you drive around 60km/h (37mph) even though this car has 25-year-old turbo engine. Driving is fun at most speed range.This car zip through the corners and acceleration is good, and you can full throttle it while keeping speed limit.

@jmirsp4z

3 жыл бұрын

i daily a Beat and i can fully agree.

@A_Chocolate_Cookie

3 жыл бұрын

I daily a Copen and also agree

@kodystafford5605

3 жыл бұрын

I somewhat daily a pao and can agree

@james9076

3 жыл бұрын

I’m looking to import a alto works, seems like the perfect car for me

@james9076

2 жыл бұрын

Update I got a daihatsu cuore 1L, get 40mpg spirited driving, will be much more driving economically

Gotta love how this car has power windows that go up quicker than the ones on my 97 Miata

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know until 1 week after driving it...It has POWER FOLDING MIRRORS!!!

@luka_abh

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives almost all JDM cars have power folding mirrors, even old econo-boxes

@mindspinn311

3 жыл бұрын

I had a 97 Miata. I wish it had crank windows. Those power ones only got slower until they broke.

@tacnica1007

3 жыл бұрын

Those windows go up faster than the ones in my 2006 outback!

@szymon6207

Жыл бұрын

Forgot k20c1 swap !

Love seeing these little Kei cars around. *Love* the blowoff and hiss noise from the tiny turbo! More fun watching these videos than the unobtainium supercars, love seeing the weird stuff.

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I totally agree. I’m happy to drive and enjoy the supercars but the oddball cars are my favorite

That turbo sounds like it just finished a refreshing drink

"If you don't love kei cars, you don't love cars" Wise words man!

My dad had the pickup model of this when I was little, I miss that car 😔

That turbo sound so good looks fun to drive.

Man Kei cars are so fascinating. I really wanna take a FWD hot hatch to the track, not ideal, but seems hell of a lot fun.

@PSXBOX-lz1zq

3 жыл бұрын

its more fun to push those little engines to their limits.

As someone who grew up in Canada learning to drive in low powered British cars I am intrigued that you are fascinated by a car with "only" 60 horsepower. The Austin 1100 I learned to drive on was a 48 horsepower car. If that thing had 20 more horses it would have been a rocket. I am enjoying your experience with low horsepower cars. That's all we had in the early to mid sixties unless you moved up to American V8's . These small Japanese cars are real gems. They rev so easily and are lots of fun without going over 100 mph and scaring everyone around you. Keep up the good work.

YES, YES TED! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FEATURING MY FIRST RIDE!! ❤️❤️ I literally learnt how to drive on that properly when I was in high school, and it was my car from high school sophomore up until junior year of college. I love almost everything this car projects: small, welcoming car with everything as 90s as it gets! Also, not to mention, a severely underrated car that needs to be in more games with detailed interiors and all (such as Forza and Test Drive series). Also a perfect car to put on the 90s alternative music and just cruise through while shifting gears on a long road by the coast. Thank you, once again, for featuring this car! I so hope this one makes it to more games.

I love the weird, quirky, rare cars you so often have! Especially K cars!

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

I have a few odd cars coming up this week!

@xtermn8201

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives awesome! This is the type stuff you'll never see Autotop NL do 😂

@diablow1411

3 жыл бұрын

They're pretty common where I am, actually (I'm based in Pakistan) 😋 I had a 1997 model of the same car dad bought back in high school sophomore year initially as a family car, but got handed down to me once I graduated.

I just started watching your channel yesterday and I love it! You have wonderful personality man, very entertaining to see your drive these things and talk about it.

Stop exposing me to the presence of kei cars in Mass. I need one now!

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Im loving the "rawness" of these videos. Love the videos keep them coming!!!

Hi there, Ted. I stumbled on your channel and watched the videos you uploaded. I have to say, for a small but growing channel on KZread, your content is top notch quality in my book. As a car enthusiast, I love the fact that you emphasize more of the driving experience than what’s on paper when it comes to the cars you drive (not to mention POV hahaha) and I could say keep it up with the content! 👍🏽👌🏽

Keep making these videos man!

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

You got it!

WE WANT MORE OF THIS NOW! 🥺🥺 I want to see this guy driving suzuki cappuccino

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

haha I feel the exact same way. I'd love to get it on a track and find out how it behaves with a little oversteer. It's such a short wheel base that I didn't dare throw it off balance on a public road with trees everywhere

@eriio4056

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives HAHAHA yeah definitely 😂

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

@@eriio4056 Also just saw your edit. I think I have a Honda Beat lined up. Hunting for a Cappuccino

@eriio4056

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives wow... hope you luck men

Tqvm Ranson Garage for review this small kei Mira Avanzator,, apparently myself own a same engine kei Mira at my 24 year old kei car. I've swape the engine to my kei car.. Is great to have this review.. 👍

I have driven a Mira (Cuore in Europe) for 14 years and hope I will for many more years to follow. They're absolutely awesome.

So which of the Kei cars do you like the best? Also any car you can go full send and be doing 43mph is awesome!

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie...I think the Acty is my favorite. Gives me the warm and fuzzies

Fell in love and found out about this car when I played Auto Modellista on the PS2. I can't wait to import one.

I owned this k car. I’ve load it with some performance parts. Bigger turbo. And it’s making 180hp. Around 27psi boost. This thing handle well too, simply change the stock suspension to coilovers, wider rims and tyres. And that gearbox is factory lsd. Not modded

@ashraff_khan

3 жыл бұрын

Bro untuk kancil belalang mcm mana nk bagi handling sedap tuk corner? Selain pakai adjustable, tayar besar, apa lagi ya? Kancil ada pakai antirollbar ke??

@theoargyros3618

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man you still active?

I remember that car in gran turismo!

I love this car so much dude, i have 3 of them

This was awesome!

If u dont love K Cars, u dont love cars! Well said bro..yeaaahhh!

The sound is so nice

How could someone not have heared of that.....at least if they watch Mighty Car Mods :-P

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

confession?.....I don't watch them. But maybe I should. But with the number of folks that didn't know the SL65 Black Series existed, this has to be a hidden gem for most

@amircidin

3 жыл бұрын

Damn i love evry daihatsu mira. I have daihatsu mira l700(perodua kelisa). Very fun to drive

@syazwanchawan8779

3 жыл бұрын

This car is very popular in Asia mostly in Malaysia. Even they got some spare parts from here ~

@s70driver2005

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I got a Mira. I have a 94 Mira L502.

@jrpellerin

3 жыл бұрын

The one from MCM is an older version 3rd generation mira and not even an Avanzato version. This is fourth gen Avanzato which is the sport version of Mira's.

the sound was so good

I love it. Brilliant

Indeed this caris in many Gran Turismo games. It was one of the good starting car in GT2, but with luck, there was that 1991 twin turbo Supra you could buy too. Anyway, it's really fun to see video games cars in real life x)

I always love Kei Car, especially with that turbo.GBU bro 👍

Great video! You should drive the one with the 3 cylinders engine (like the one on Marty MCM’s Mira) if you can find one. While the 3cyl might not be as smooth as the 4cyl you drove, it actually even happier to rev, a totally different animal.

I owned a plus sized version of a kei car sold in the UK as a Suzuki wagon R+, but sold in Japan as the Suzuki solio. That thing was an absolute laugh to drive, but if you got it a bit wrong through a corner it would get annoyed and try and make you crash. It was funny taking it to meets and seeing people's reactions to it doing burnouts and stuff lol. I'd have another one

Love when you mention Gran Turismo... Brings back so good memories!!!! I actually loved driving them flat out, precisely to get best lap times! Issue is now I want to buy a kei car for fun in the alps... You just made JDM kei cars picking up value 😂

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

It would be so much fun on mountain roads with big elevation changes and narrow lanes!

@fabriziom

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives indeed! And some lift off oversteer in the hairpins 😉

This car is cool man I love it

Omg that spool sound when you give it light throttle at like 4k. I would be doing that all day! *spoooool* *flutter* *spooooooool* *flutututter*

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

just the best!

My brother got this car from my dad. It was originally 660cc and then my father changed the gearbox for 850cc engine. It was fun little car and practical in South East Asia region. People actually sell some food stall with these! Anyway my brother changed the engine with 1000cc i3 and it was a monster! Lastly, because something is wrong with that car(Idk what, my brother didn't tell me) he changed it back 660cc with a twist. Well actually a turbo. I never driven that but I think it will be fun little car with a boost!

Next the suzuki alto workz

The seats are gorgeous

Loveee this car!

This has been my dream car since I was 14.

Mira mantuuuulll... 😁😇👍👍👍 Amaziiing...

That was just brilliant

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!

This look so fun!

I live around the area!! Its fun to see you drive around those roads.

Unrestricted in the UK and sold in limited numbers for Rally Cross Homologation. I had one, the Diahatsu Core (Mira) Avanzato TR-XX R4, 660cc Twin Cam, 16v Turbo, 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering and compomotive rally alloys! I've always regretted selling it but after doing a 360 on ice I wanted something with ABS.

As you pan around this, all i can hear is Gran Turismo 1 music

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

haha now i regret not overlaying that audio track

@MatthewVanceMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives for future content! 😎

@MatthewVanceMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@TedwardDrives Do you remember the mint green (Nissan micra..?) Or whatever that car was, in the first license test??

HAHA i'm still riding this car(L502S) in Japan. I love it! by the way, in Japan "TR-XX" called "T R double X"

Mr. Regular and MCM both praised this car, one of my dream cars for sure. See if you can import the AWD model!

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

In the first 5 minutes my jaw was on the floor. I was not expecting it to be such a little monster

@diablow1411

3 жыл бұрын

It can be easily imported in the States (for any Model Year) by 2023.

@jrpellerin

3 жыл бұрын

The same model but not the same car, technically, this the 4th gen Mira sport version of the Avanzato. The one from MCM is the much older brother of this version which is 3rd gen and not the sport version also.

I adore kei cars and plan on buying one soon. My goal is to get one of these or a Opti Club or Dangan ZZ. I just looked up the specs to this car it actually does 0-60 in friggin 8.5 seconds with only 63hp and 74 lb/ft of torque.. that's insane! It does the 1/4 mile in a snappy 17.7 too! I'm impressed as it also has a top speed of around 105mph!! As for Gran Turismo. I'd get golds on all licenses before ever doing a race so my fist cars would be the top dogs from the start haha. Though on my fist playthroughs when I wasn't that good I'd have to buy my starter car. Though it would usually be a 86 MR-2 Supercharged, FC RX-7, MA70 Supra Turbo or Miata etc.

ありがとう！最高でした👍

The first gen mira had a turbocharged 2 cylinder option so have fun finding that for me to see you drive...

I have a non-turbo 5 door version of this as my first car. No worries about stuck in traffic, can park anywhere, very very eco fuel consumption, cheap spare parts, easy to maintain, almost no blindspot. It is truly a lot of smiles pergallon 🥰 There's also an AWD and another 1.0cc version of this ~

@muhammadhazarul

3 жыл бұрын

Is it called kancil? 😏

@syazwanchawan8779

3 жыл бұрын

@@muhammadhazarul and Kelisa ~

Could almost hear the Best Motoring hot version intro going on in my head lol with DK maxing it out at a Touge battle 😃

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss

Lol nice I love the super small intercooler piping

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

Haha when you open the hood it looks like a scale model!

Marty and Moog would be proud

Wow, with only 60ish hp that little beauty sure does scoot!

Ah man I bet that car is a hoot to drive. Reminds me of my '10 mini jcw. Just a little rocket sled. When your c pillar is a blindspot when shoulder checking you know you got a short car

This car is breathing like it has asthma.

とても懐かしい❗️ 今でも健在で 走っていることに嬉しさを覚えます 又軽カーが、がいこくにて 人気あるのが嬉しいんだけど‼️ ありがとうございます。 素晴らしい動画を。

Looks like a fun car to drive.

There is also a 4 wheel drive version of this car. That gotta be the most fun you can have with your pants on!

Love this review 😍😍😍....where can I get one?

Which place this looks amazing the view so nice

I'm in Thailand right now, I can't believe how many of these are still on the road, specially pick-up "trucks". I've only seen one or two like this one. So far I learned that thai people enjoy installing turbos everywhere, so go figure if it was the real thing or some standard with stickers.

Imagine if car manufacturers actually watch your kei car videos and realize how much market high revving turbocharged cars would have thanks to driver involvement and feel and start making some actual high revving turbocharged cars? Just imagine an 8500rpm turbo Type R

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

If I can have any part in bringing back high revs I’d make sure it was written on my tomb stone 😂

This car 502? 512? この時代のアルトワークスも4発ミラも狂ってて、面白かったね。 鉄板は薄く、完全にブレーキが負けてて、まさにかっ飛び。

@Hype060

3 жыл бұрын

i think L502

After racing my Honda Fit on track, I am a huge fan of throwing small hatches around. I would love to drive something like this.

@clarksonoceallachain8536

Жыл бұрын

Your thoughts on the honda today and honda N one rs?

Sweet. Darn but it’s a mouthful. Ha ha, used to be we called them mini coopers, fiat abarths, Renault 4 turbos

@Tedward what blow off valve is this running? I would like the same for my L200 TRXX

Tiny Cars are love, tiny cars are life. All my favorite fun-driving cars were tiny.

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

^ you sir...you're right.

I'm old enough to remember when Daihatsu sold the Charade and the Rocky here in the States.

@PSXBOX-lz1zq

3 жыл бұрын

unfortunately people in america are blinded by those gas guzzling poor handling american cars.

@6:02 LOVE that red Volvo S60.

Now you need to drive a Mitsubishi Dangan to complete the Top Gear trio!

very nice car！！！👍

In malaysia we use to put this engine in our perodua kancil car..and can go to 200hp if tune well..

@kamidtuaranno1

3 жыл бұрын

My kancil with jb-det made 120hp at the wheel

@faroukalfi3453

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamidtuaranno1 hi bro.. what have been done to it to get 120whp?

Nice beb 👌

you need to come here over the pond

You know it's a good video when 50% of it is labelled as "spirited driving"

when you got the chance, try the horsepower war era kei car back in the early 70 when they pushed tiny 360cc engine to the max

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

If i come across one you can bet I'll roll the camera

My grandad loved these things we used to work on it an i never knew what was going on i was 5 biker mice from mars never told u how to bulid a motorcycle enigma. Mite have been a skoda idk but small an light was how we learned engineering my dad had a lotus 7 he could barely run

Half tempted to buy one as my first car what are your thoughts

I wonder where i can get my hands on a kei car in wv.

This turbo sounds awesome for a factory car

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite drives yet. Absolutely did not expect this car to be such a little beast

In M'laysia, one of our national cars (Perodua Kancil) were based on the Mira. This car is solid for its size and we can still see Miras on the roads. Even my mom used to own this car, though she didnt maintain it properly. I kinda miss that car.

Is any Engine Tuning possible Up to 100 hp maybe?

request pov drive for.. Daihatsu Midget or Reliant Regal (mr.bean rival) if you have any source that owns it..

Honestly this would be fun to drive in the city. Real head turner too

@TedwardDrives

3 жыл бұрын

oof it'd be a stiff one to use on Boston roads lol

@MrCarGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Would probably be fun in Tokyo.

3:37 "shots fired shots fired" (if you know you know)

Wait where is this location

Hallo my friend..I have mira pick up.. is it possible to be the same of your mira.fast and power window.. thanks from phillipines..even not too fast

Can anyone please tell me which engine is in it ..??

KANCIL idk but i always thinks that these might be fun to drive, might have to get one for myself heh

Have you ever come in the Daihatsu Hijet Cargo? It is a KEI Van and interesting car :3

I need me one of these

I'm dying to get one of these bad bois but one from 1990

In Malaysia it is called perodua kancil.