Fed up with big SUVs clogging up the roads? Get a kei car 👇
It’s a crying shame that the kei car never took off in the UK. With eye-watering petrol prices and sky-high tax, it seems barmy that crossovers and SUVs prevail as the sole focus for some manufacturers. Couple that with the often tiny roads we have in the UK - and the fact that cars are getting wider - and I’d argue that a kei car revolution is just what the country needs.
Of course, for that to happen, we’d need to bash the stereotype that kei cars are just mini versions of other boring cars with gutless 660cc engines. A quick look at the current kei car market in Japan suggests it is booming, and most of them won’t have you on the floor in fits of laughter. The has an attitude of a car twice its size, while the Suzuki Alto Works does its best to give you hot hatch hilarity without breaching a 30mph limit.
Launched in 2015, the S660 saw Honda turn its attention back to affordable, tiny sporty cars for the first time since the Beat in the 1990s. Granted, it still had to conform to Japan’s kei cars regulations, which curtailed its performance somewhat. Like the Beat, Honda managed to cram the S660’s turbocharged three-cylinder behind the cabin – not exactly difficult at 658cc – where it produces 64hp at a 6,000rpm.
Factor in an ultra-light 830kg kerbweight and you’ve got the building blocks for a Micromachine-sized track car. Apparently, the owner ofthought the same, with the ad listing an extensive number of performance parts. For instance, the stock suspension has been replaced with parts from Japanese aftermarket firm RS-R, not to mention a Greddy intercooler and an uprated air filter. It also has an HKS dump valve if you’re into that sort of thing.
Obviously it won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it’s far from a Halford’s special. And, hopefully, that’ll make the asking price a little easier to swallow. At £26,995, there are certainly more powerful and more exotic cars available. Larger cars, too. But with such a tiny footprint, both on the road and in the environmental sense, and the fact that it’s tailored made to deliver its thrills at lower speeds means it’ll probably be a hoot to drive the moment you hit the start button.
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