Q: Are Japanese mini trucks still being deemed too unsafe for road travel, even though this state allows for motorcycles to be ridden without helmets? They should just be hit with a flat tax and ...

The 1969 Datsun 2000 was among the first crop of Japanese cars that could legitimately compete with European convertibles ...

On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1816, which finally allows 25-year-old and older imported Japanese mini trucks, also known as "kei trucks," to be registered by ...

MinitruckDepot.com usually has a huge selection of 4×4 Japanese mini trucks available on the ground immediately, as well as details of over 100 others that will be arriving from Japan shortly.

Photo: Aaron Yoshino One of JDM Hawaii ’s 15 employees completes a 48−point inspection of an imported kei truck, or Japanese mini truck. JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Market and refers to the older ...

It’s been three years since Scott Bartlett began selling the mini-trucks at his auto shop in Holton. The flat-nosed used trucks imported from Japan are only 10 1/2 feet long by 4 1/2 feet wide.

Mini trucks were undoubtedly big business, with Japanese automakers reaping the benefits — all except for one, which remained conspicuously absent for most of the early-1970s boom years.

On the website carfromjapan.com, similar pickups made in the same year start upwards of $3,000. Ryan says he opted for a mini truck that was over 25 years old, as this makes it qualify as a ...