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@AB-mn6qb

Күн бұрын

The Lapin LC, released on June 17, 2022, is even more remarkable.

いかついパパがピンクのラパンに乗ってるの、ホント好き。

@dadcars

10 күн бұрын

💪😅

@kylereese4822

5 күн бұрын

@@dadcars The UK needs to start to import cars from China other wise the car industry will fail and allow Big Oil to move in...

@user-gt2wp7ir1y

2 күн бұрын

ギャップ萌えしますね👍

@user-rb4jn7we2z

Күн бұрын

I love dad❤

I'm happy to see your family seeking the hidden rabbits. Lapin made us happier.

日本から、SUZUKIラパンはとても可愛い車で主に女性向けの車らしいけど、あなたはこの車を使いこなしていてとても嬉しい。素晴らしいです。ありがとう

子供たちがウサギ探すの可愛すぎる。

@dadcars

4 күн бұрын

🙌😅

日本では経済的なので40%の人が軽自動車に乗ってます、日本のkei carがイギリスで使って貰えて本当に嬉しです。ありがとうございます☺

ラパンは日本でも人気の軽自動車です。　イギリスが軽自動車を解禁したとの事を嬉しく思っています。　軽自動車は日本が誇る独自の自動車文化です。　きっと気に入って頂けると思います。　たぶん１０年くらいでイギリスの自家用車の半分近くは軽自動車になるのでは？　と思っています。　素晴らしい車です。　ありがとう。

Japanese kei cars are perfect for the narrow streets of England. Like the old MINI.

Beautiful family in beautiful scenery. I bet the Lapin is happy with them.

イギリスでラパンが走っている姿を見てとても面白かったです! 恐らくなのですが、このラパンにターボが装着されていないのであれば、カタログでの馬力は64horsepowerではなくて52horsepowerだと思われます

空間効率と経済性を突き詰めた日本の軽自動車は、MINIが登場した当初のコンセプトに極めて近いものがあると思います。 MINIを愛したUKの方々にはきっと気に入ってもらえるでしょう。

Great Kei car! Great review! ...and great that you pretty much drove past my house!

軽自動車は海外では珍しいですよね😅 日本では馴染みすぎてるので、外国で見ると新鮮でデザインもより可愛らしく見えるww

I love this car! What a modern Mini should be.

@dadcars

11 күн бұрын

Yeah I’ve always said they should have made a modern classic mini! As small as they possibly can 😅 but mini just keep making larger versions

@AmigaA-or2hj

3 күн бұрын

The new should be renamed as MAXI. They’re huge and overrated!

Just watched this with my wife and had us in hysterics in the first couple of minutes! The production quality and interaction with your eldest are just so wholesome!! During my “JDM” years I considered getting a Kei car as a daily runner but you mentioned it in the video, to insure one was expensive and it was similar cost between a Kei or a Nissan Stagea with the RB25DET single turbo.. you know which one I took 😅

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Thanks man! 🙏 yeah you made the right choice 👌😮‍💨 I must drive a Stagea one day

I think the closest to a kei car you can get on the European market is the Toyota Aygo, which is a fairly decent little hatchback. I would absolutely recommend that one as a secondary family car.

I didn’t realize how fancy the Lapin is as a Japanese until I found this footage😂 You know Kei-cars are everywhere here and there is so much variety like N-BOX, Hustler etc.I’m hoping many people around the world will realize how good Kei-cars are. Thank you Dadcars! You are a pioneer!

One of your best videos, your interaction with your kids is heart warming and I love the way you do your best to engage with them on their terms and include them in your passion. Future petrol heads for sure.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Ah thanks man! 🙌 I hope subscribers watch it 🙏

このクルマを見た目だけで 決め付けてはいけない。 まるで高級車のように売り方の マニュアルがあって、 無理に売り付けるのではなく ｢自分はこれが欲しい｣という人に 買ってもらっているクルマ。 だから手軽に乗れるクルマでも とても綺麗に乗る人が多い。

My therory is other than a similar car like the Up, most cars in the UK are designed to be able to do 70 MPH on motorways. The Japanese have Kei cars for city low speed driving as they have reliable bullet trains that get them to other cities and far locations. Similar to the French, with cars like MK 1 Twingo or electric Ami.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

That’s a good theory

@JaseSung

19 күн бұрын

It really is more for tax and ownership cost reasons. Sales of normal class cars are still huge and still end up being what most Japanese motorists aspire towards.

@takasrx70728

4 күн бұрын

The maximum speed of the Kei car is 87 mph. Japanese highways are 62 to 75 mph, and Kei cars can travel without problems. There are also turbo and hybrid motor-assisted kei cars, so performance is not a problem. Shinkansen trains only connect major cities, so most people take them only a few times in their lifetime. I have also ridden it only twice. There are many Kei cars on the highways in Japan. This is because Kei cars are surprisingly light and run well even with little horsepower. However, a light body means low rigidity, which can be dangerous in the event of an accident. Safe driving is necessary.

@user-rk8wz7et7u

4 күн бұрын

I have Honda N-BOX Kei w/turbo, as second car, using it for local shopping and visiting neighbors. But once has to drive in highway and tested the max. speed. It drove over 140kmh, which is close to 70mph But Key is not for long range fast driving. Because of its compact construction, it's weak against collision, and if the Big Convoy hit Key from behind, The Key can shrink into one plate. 🤕

@tamani964

23 сағат бұрын

if you drive on a Japanese highway, you will notice that there are a lot of kei cars on the road In Japan, kei cars are also used for long-distance travel

I came from Japan, so these cars are all too familiar to me. But I noticed that the beautiful scenery of England increases the cuteness of small Japanese cars! No wonder there is a large NISSAN Figaro community in the UK 🤝🏻

@dadcars

9 күн бұрын

😊

Great video, I love Kei Cars. Definitely a case for them in the UK. Great to see you driving around familiar roads in Hampshire.

It's a shopping cart that you can carry home. 自宅まで持ち運べるショッピングカートのようなものです。 Most Japanese people use it that way. 日本人の大半はそのように使用しています。

日本では軽自動車は黄色いナンバーなので後ろ姿に違和感がないですね。 In Japan, Kei Cars are given yellow license plates, so the back of your car will look natural. ダイハツは前に軽自動車に1リットルエンジンを搭載してヨーロッパで販売していましたが、今でも走っていますか？ Daihatsu used to sell keicars with 1 liter engines in Europe. Are they still on the road?

@maggiepie8810

20 сағат бұрын

@@asdfafgf The Toyota Aygo is still around, which is another 'kei car with one litre engine.'

@user-ui3kj3ph5b

48 минут бұрын

@@maggiepie8810aygo is not a kei car and a kei car has to have an Engine under 660cc

つうか、イギリスに145/80R13とか155/65R14とかのタイヤが普通に売ってるのか心配になる 前もって通販でかうのかな？

こんなにウサギがいるのは知らなかった。かわいい。

@SuperPi3.14

Күн бұрын

ラパンのレビューではうさぎ探しはお決まりですね。

中古輸出車両だと想うけど、よく走るでしょ！ 普段使いに最適です

@user-ui3kj3ph5b

46 минут бұрын

そのうち現地生産されて、ゆくゆくはminiとかLand Roverの現地メーカーにも作られるといいですね🎉 目指せ世界スタンダード🌏

日本の車を紹介してくれてありがとう。

I've had 4 Kei cars, I'm in Australia and if people are really honest with themselves I would say that a Kei car would be a good "Only" car.

You mentioned about 'lots of hills' in Japan. Well you aren't wrong, but Japan is mostly very mountaineous and many areas have heavy snowfall throughout the winter months. Therefore, 4WD/AWD is necessary, although in paticularly heavy snowfall, kei cars like the Lapin do have a tendency to bottom out. Whilst I myself do not live in a particularly snowy area, I do often go for both work and pleasure to snow country. My job also requires me to occasionally go off-road in the mountains, however, I drive a Land Rover Discovery 5 (I tow a caravan and cargo trailer for pleasure and work respectively). I understand the point and fully agree about having a 'his & hers' large SUV in the driveway. Two I feel is unnecessary for most, but I think judgement should be based not so much on where people live as to where they need to go with that vehicle. That said, the majority of people even then will never take their very capable 4WD vehicles off-road, which I find very disappointing and such a waste. However, thanks to these people buying these cars, it means that manufacturers will continue to make them and that is good for those of us who need them. Nevertheless, @Land Rover, the dimensions of the Discovery 5 doesn't need to be quite as big as they are. The braking abilities, the engine, the towing capabilities, even the storage inside is something I need, but as Dadcars points out, many car designers should take a lesson from kei car designers to achieve the same sort of storage in a smaller (especially narrower) body. Incidentally, my trailer (Imported from Hungary) is built to meet Japanese kei car dimensions and is therefore classified as a kei. That means cheaper road tax (yes, trailers have road tax too) and in my area where the population is smaller, no need to obtain a parking space certificate when registering the trailer and the MOT (shaken) is biannual instead of every year if it were an ordinary commercial car classification.

@user-ef9me4oe1k

Күн бұрын

そもそも軽で山には行かないよ、 日本の市街地は丘が多くアップダウンに対してラパンは力負けしないで 良く走りますよ。 ラパンの話しましょう！

Despite our love for the Classic Mini, Kei Cars have never done well in the UK, so I suspect it's never been sold here because Suzuki know it's not worth the effort. And with our obsession with ever bigger SUVs means Kei Cars would still not do well. The base Fiat 500 is a 69bhp mild-hybrid and so that Lapin seems like a much funkier, distinctive and unique version of that. It's definitely a cool little car.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

As our appetite for SUVs becomes more and more the norm I fear for compact hatch popularity… the SUV is a sledge hammer when many of us only need a much smaller and lighter tool for the job 🤷‍♂️

Lapin has a car top carrier made by Suzuki. It's very stylish.キッズ達の良い思い出になりますように。

Have to love it.I like the Honda N Box,and Daihatsu Tanto.Have been a UK Kei car owner,Honda Acty,and Daihatsu Copen,for forty years.

@dadcars

17 күн бұрын

Awesome! We enjoyed our first Kei experience 10X more than expected 🙌😊

It's funny - we used to get a few Kei cars and vans here - Daihatsu Cuore, Move, Suzuki Wagon-R, Old Jimny, Carry - even the Bedford Rascal. It's kind of sad we don't any more since they are clearly the perfect antidote to Europoean car bloat, and often all the car you need for 95% of situations.

@dadcars

16 күн бұрын

I agree 😊

‘His and Hers’ big and small cars are actually quite a normal arrangement in Japan! Dads will often end up in something like an SUV or (More typically) a Toyota Alphard/Vellfire, whilst mums will have a Kei to run about in. (Though plenty of dads will take the family Kei car to work, all the same…) I see it all the time there; my in-laws all have big/small car combinations, and I was no different when I lived there.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

That’s interesting thanks for sharing :) I love an Alphard 👌😎

@JaseSung

18 күн бұрын

@@dadcars It really is a de facto dad car there! I remember a Japanese work colleague claiming it was his most wanted car. Maybe we’ll see one on the channel soon?

@qers

18 күн бұрын

It makes sense, big cars for when the kid and all the stuff needs to be moved, small car for little trips that don't require bringing anything. We're looking at an NA MX-5 and Renault Grand Scenic combo. (The Renault is already overkill for one kid, but it can also move furniture, which happens more often than I'd like to)

これは、セカンドカーには最適！ ある意味old fashionでしょ、小さなクルマ、経済的、気楽で乗る人も笑顔。昔のMINIみたいに。

When I was a kid, I admired the small and cleverly designed Austin Mini, but today's BMW Mini is much bigger. I wonder if the real successor to the Mini will be Kei cars. And I would like to wish you and your family a long and happy life.😊

The first of your videos I've seen, and really enjoyed it. I loved recognising when you drove along the top of the hill, and spotting the pub and car parks, and nice to see a KZreadr that lives local to me.

@dadcars

16 күн бұрын

Awesome glad you found the channel 😊

@paulcullen814

16 күн бұрын

@@dadcars I loved the Lupin. Just imagining it with a Hayabusa 1300cc turbo engine swap. 😂 I won't mention where we live as some KZreadrs get funny about people knowing where they live, especially with other family members in the videos.

As it seems to me, this car has roughly the same measurements and dimensions as the original Mini by Alec Issigonis. What worked back then still seems to work today. Where have we gone with our huge "monster" cars of today?

英国だとラパンでもちょうど良さそうやな😂

Lovely car and heartwarming video

@dadcars

12 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I fully agree with your comments about his and her Chelsea tractors. Totally unnecessary, particularly in urban areas. I am biased towards smaller cars (although back in the day when I had kids at home, my car of choice was a Saab 9-5). Nowadays, I don't need 4 seats, so have a little Honda CR-Z hybrid which has slightly less mpg around town than the Lapin, but is easily capable of 55 mpg on the motorway. Only £25 road tax and group 17 insurance.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Nice! 👌

The Mummy Driveby shot was class!

@dadcars

15 күн бұрын

😂 so silly

Great video, I want a Honda N-Box or N-Van, the girls added their own little stardom to it 👍

Cute car, I like the diversity of cars reviewed on this channel

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

🙌😅

For a lot of people (like me) this Lapin would be a nice first car.

Great wee car, thanks for sharing.

@dadcars

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

You cannot compare the crash score with the Nissan Leaf, because they are in different classes. The Leaf is a lot safer than this tiny Kei-Car. Let's be honest: if a big SUV crashes into you, then you will have a really bad time :/. But I loved this video. I really would love that everyone is driving a Kei-Car. They make so much sense. I would choose a different colour though :).

@dadcars

Күн бұрын

Do you understand how the Japanese testing works then? Please do explain I’d love to know 🙌

@uranblut

Күн бұрын

​@@dadcarsafaik NASVA is not doing tests like I described. They test each car individually, probably because it would be very expensive to make a comparison like that :). Here on KZread you can search for SUV vs Sedan to see what I mean. My dream is that everyone drives kei-cars. That would be perfect.

ずっと前からKcarはイギリスで使われてますよね。800ccにスープアップされて販売されてました。

@user-g3sczb

Күн бұрын

スズキの正規ディーラーで買えます。 660c.c縛りがないのは逆に羨ましい。

@user-cu1ub5om3n

Сағат бұрын

アルト800がたまに見掛けますね。多分インド製だと思いますが。

A charming car, two charming children and a charming presenter. Great work.

@dadcars

15 күн бұрын

Thanks man 🙌😊

Here in NZ, ten years ago, we bought a 2005 Honda Fit import with 56K kms. We still have it and use it every single day. Coming up on 150K kms now. One seized brake caliper three years ago, tyres, regular servicing, 1.5 litre v-tec, smooth, peppy, the magic seats helped us move house three times, still looks cute, great dash with a DD, and fun to drive. Oh yeah, and runs on the smell of an oily rag. We would happily get in it and tour NZ. Our point is, is that old was better. It just needed a tweak. Not a revolution that isn't working. Small roomy reliable and safe. It's all we need.

@dadcars

18 күн бұрын

Sounds awesome 🤙

@user-rk8wz7et7u

3 күн бұрын

But Honda Fit is not a K-car. Now try Honda N-Box turbo, which is much versatile and economic.

スズキラパンが外国走ってるーw イギリスだと右ハンドルだから丁度良いのかな？ウインカーとワイパーレバーは日本の法規の関係上逆になるけどそれはウインカーとワイパーが逆な右ハンドルのMINIを日本で走らせるのと逆みたいなもんだしな

@dadcars

11 күн бұрын

All the sports cars I owned in my 20s were Japanese so I’m familiar with indicators being on the right, it makes more sense in a manual! You can change gear and indicate at the same time!

ラパンがこんなに良い車だとは知りませんでした。 楽しい動画をありがとうございます😊

Great to see you're covering kei cars too now! I am a huge proponent of downsizing cars; people need to start looking at interior room instead of wanting to show off with an oversized, yet impractical projectile of a car. Also, at 19:40 - is that a Nissan Figaro?

Love those easter eggs.

this video pop up as my family just get 2 kei car. s660 and nbox. love s660 brilliant fun miget driver car

「カワイイ」に全振りした「ラパン」に乗る家族がもはや萌えでしかない。🐰兎

@dadcars

8 күн бұрын

🙌🥰

Funny this video should come up as im in the process of importing a daihatsu kei van! 1996 vintage so much more character than the euroboxes on offer here

@dadcars

15 күн бұрын

Awesome 😅🙌

Thanks for interesting vid. Hoping you can enjoy Lapin SS as well someday.

@dadcars

Күн бұрын

If someone in the UK has one and is happy for us to film it we will :)

Many kei cars are convenient, but some, like the Honda S660 and Mazda AZ-1, are interesting and sports car-like! It's a rare type of kei car, so it can be a bit pricey and at a premium over the years, but if you like it, you'll love it!

残念ながら、この車のパワーは64PS(47Kw)ではなく52PS(38Kw)です。 Unfortunately, this car only produces 52PS (38Kw) instead of 64PS (47Kw).

What a cute little car! You should get one for your kids they loved it 😁

That car makes me grin. We can’t get one of those in America, they are too new for importing. We have a stupid 25 year old rule!!!!

We had a Suzuki Wagon R Plus and were amazed at how much you could get in it. We have a relative who used one to transport hay bales around the farm.

@dadcars

16 күн бұрын

Fantastic 😅

I LOVE the whole idea of kei cars. We need something like this in Europe, our cars are getting bigger,heavier, more expensive etc. I would totally own a kei car, too bad they only exist in RHD

@dadcars

16 күн бұрын

RHD is the correct layout 😜

Gorgeous looking car! Better than a trendy SUV!

UK/Europe needs to adopt a Kei-car-type classification and ban large SUVs from its cities. Max 3.6m long/1.6m wide, 1000kgs/ 80bhp, using clean sustainable e-fuels, or a short range battery powerpack. Unfortunately the Euro NCAP safety police would probably disagree, both from a passenger and pedestrian safety viewpoint.

@dadcars

17 күн бұрын

I’d like to see a weight factor into road tax banding.

@Turnipstalk

7 күн бұрын

But for your 1T restriction you just described the Smart Forfour EQ, which is also pretty safe. The BMW i3 is 1.25T, that seems a sensible limit.

@Turnipstalk

7 күн бұрын

@@dadcars That would get all artics off the road and bikes would be free. In the early 20th century fair taxation was worked out by a committee of industry engineering experts. I think that's what we need again; a body that works out the road damage, accident frequency and severity, and the effectiveness of driver aids, and then taxes by actual cost shared out between road maintenance, policing and the NHS. Kei cars would almost certainly be cheap - so would Smarts and Up!s and Fiat 500s.

I remembered classic mini when I watched this video! I'd like to own one of them in the future! Greeting from Japan🇯🇵(Sorry for my unnatural English)

It's more about emission regulations based on weight and exterior dimensions rendering kei cars unusual outside Japan or some other countries in Asia where the 660cc engines are replaced by some 1.0L naturally-aspirated engine.

I own SUZUKI LAPIN in japan. Thank you for making the video.

@dadcars

11 күн бұрын

Amazing!!! If only everyone in Japan who ownes one found this video 😅🙌

最近、Pewdiepieの奥さんが ラパンを買いましたよ

@dadcars

10 күн бұрын

Cool!

In the 1970s I had a Honda Z600 Kei car all of 600cc air cooled twin and an average economy of 55mpg and 75mpg on a long motorway run (not the best car for a long drive, but still....)

@user-rk8wz7et7u

3 күн бұрын

I had also., but you should not compare 50 years Kei with actual ones. I have now Honda N-Box turbo, which speed up to 140kmh, or 70mph without any vibration. But we use Kei for as second car, to commute, or for shopping. Not for highway and long driving.

Need these in a much greater number in the UK

このラパンの先先代にはＳＳと言うグレードがあり、ターボで5MTというエキサイティングなラパンがありました。

These Kei cars are more spacious than a BMW 5 series. Where I'm from they're used as Uber cars.

@dadcars

16 күн бұрын

They really are!

Didn't expect to see this on here I thought it was a Nissan cube at first glance. Clever little cars these are

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

It’s been a strange week on this channel hasn’t it! 😅

@Birmingham_racing

19 күн бұрын

@@dadcars yeah it going to take me a while to get my head together

Hi Ben & girls. Hope your doing good. I love that car, it's so cool. Has a lot of room in the back seats.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

So much leg room Frank! 🤯

@FRFRANKIE

19 күн бұрын

@@dadcars I know. I love it.

スズキは軽自動車の有名メーカーだから上手く室内空間使ってるんだよな ラパンSSとかのっもらいたいな。

@dadcars

8 күн бұрын

🙌

良い車ですよね。オイル交換さえそこそこしていれば、壊れないし燃費も良い。多くの人は日本の軽自動車で十分なはず。

The problem with these cars, is even a minor collision that requires any bodywork have a more than 50% chance of writing them off. Spare parts are difficult to find and body parts are next to impossible.

Kei cars have possibility to be world’s standard, if electric safety technology improves more and hopefully gets cheaper to equip to all grades of mobilities. Otherwise, Kei has protection issue that is really thin metal plates are used. And both issues getting better day by day.

That model doesn't have a turbo option, so it has 52 horsepower and 63 Nm

Lapin's R06A engine has only 52ps. (64ps is Turbo Kei-cars.) And not have power-assist mild-hybrid. (Lapin's "ene-charge" system is used only auxiliary battery.) Not limited to Lapin, Modern passenger Kei-cars (like Honda N-box, Daihatsu Tanto) have 4WD models because of snow. Some areas of Japan, there are heavy and wet snow in winter. That area need to 4WD because wet snow is very slippery. Please take care of Lapin!

日本車を良い車と思って乗って貰えるのが嬉しい。 しかも、軽自動車を選ぶとは思いませんでした。 日本でも、ベンツ、BMW、フォルクスワーゲンなど数えきれないほどの海外の車が使われているのと同じですね♫

@dadcars

5 күн бұрын

🤙😎

Why are cars getting so much bigger nowadays? It’s almost like people want mobile houses to commute in🤣

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

It’s not for more internal space that’s for sure!

@noseboop4354

16 күн бұрын

Gluttony. People are getting fatter, so they need bigger cars to comfortably sit them.

CVT transmisions work in an entirely different way to conventional transmissions - so the feel different, with revs remaining constant a lot of the time. Just a matter of getting used to it!

お父さん 実は自動車業界の二酸化炭素軽減対策は日本において完成してました。 電気自動車ではありません。 軽自動車です。

Oh, this is so cute!!! Cities would be much nicer places if we could have more kei cars on the streets instead of suv's. Underpowered cars with higher drag resistance usually achieve worse mpg on motorway. Guess it might be emission-related that they are not importing them to the UK, or perhaps something to do with exchange rates. Pitty, anyway. Although Europeans are not particularly fond of underpowered micro cars, so earlier on some Japanese manufacturers used to equip their kei cars with larger engines for the European market.

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Interesting! 😊

@user-rk8wz7et7u

3 күн бұрын

Well, you should test run K-car somewhere. It's not underpowered. It's acceleration and versatility are sometimes better than compact car. Because of low weight around 700kg and less friction by small tires, You should know Japanese concept for economic and environmentally friendly car is low weight and small engine. That's why Japan do not shift to the Heavy 2 tons, big tires EVs.

@user-kt3nt7ru8h

3 күн бұрын

@@user-rk8wz7et7u I own a Copen :) With the 1.3 engine. Have driven the proper kei 660 cc too: yes, it feels punchy, the teapot size turbocharger makes funny noises, and it is a fun drive. But leaving the city, you realize that you're a lot slower than you think :) And motorways are definitely a no go.

まさかイギリスでアルトラパンが走っているとは思いませんでした！ 日本も右ハンドルの左側通行なので一瞬英国か日本かわからなくなります

@dadcars

16 сағат бұрын

I owned an imported Japanese S2000 in my 20s 🙌

The novelty reminds me of when I filmed a Nissan S-Cargo

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Oh wow bet that was fun 😅

Hahahaah the driving by scene. Hahahaahahah.

@dadcars

18 күн бұрын

I was giggling a lot editing this 😂

I used to daily drive my BMW m3 for work ,it was great to going out in the car ,but i didn't get to use all the power as it was mostly 30 and 40 mph road ,so the mpg that wasn't great to start with was down to the very low teens ,so i both a skoda citigo sel 75ps model for town and daily duties. It does absolutely everything i ask of it and its cavernous inside, i even managed to get a washing machine inside it recently..but most importantly i now fill the car up every 5 to 6 weeks with fuel. Saves me a blinking fortune. Small cars are great 👍

I hope one day Kei cars will be popular in the UK and Aston Martin will launch them.

マイク「エド、今日はこんな可愛い車を仕入れて来たぞ！」 マイク「あ、もうエドは居ないんだった…」

Such a cute car!

@dadcars

18 күн бұрын

😂😂

These cars make a lot of sense to me as a second/third car and as a city runabout. The maximal utilization of space is also incredible. While I wouldn't really want to see the Japanese system introduced here in the UK, I have to say that it makes a lot of sense for them, with very high density living, parking space at an extreme premium, and many more narrow city streets. I also think it makes no sense whatsoever for us to be encouraging huge EVs as central city conveyances, when what you really need is something akin to a Kei car. Given that pre-Covid you could buy a Dacia Sandero for less than eight grand, it's also not unreasonable to believe Kei cars could sell in the UK brand new for similar prices to what they sell for in Japan. And it's hard to understand why such car ownership is not being encouraged here in the UK, with tax breaks for owning such cars, especially for those living in inner-city postcodes. IMO, current transport policy in the UK simply doesn't follow the science and doesn't address congestion. What it does do is severely impact the poorest in society and greatly impact their freedom of movement by making every single aspect of car ownership very expensive. And it's not as if public transport in the UK is cheap, clean, efficient, or environmentally-friendly, like it is in Japan and Europe.

Japanese love the Kei Cars. Brits should have one because you drive on the left side of the road like Japanese do, and UK's got narrow road and small car port. It is ecologically friendly to the environment and consumes less resource compared to the full size SUV.

....it's French for Rabbit, and is pronounced 'La-PAN' ;)

I'd love if we could buy kei cars in the continental Europe too.

@dadcars

10 күн бұрын

🥲

Thanks!

@dadcars

19 күн бұрын

Wow thank you Frank!!!! 🙌🤩

@FRFRANKIE

19 күн бұрын

@@dadcars Your welcome Ben.