I'm one of those 70%. When my grandfather was in Hospice he wanted me to have his pick-up truck so I kept it. Not trying to justify it, just telling my story.
yeah, small trucks and cars feel awesome to drive. favorite car i ever drove was a pos used geo metro in the 90s. went from detroit to baton rouge often on like 40 bucks, and felt like i was racing the whole time. couldnt kill the thing. got desroyed by a drunk driver smashing into it parked outside my moms one year.
@Alex-dh2cx I was born in the 90's. Ford Ranger is a mid size truck and despite being huge on the international market, it did dismal numbers in the USA.
@@farzana6676 they sold over 300,000 units a year of the ford ranger in the 90s. S10 wasn't that far behind the ranger. That's half the sales of the f150, but still well ahead of most other models. You're just full of shit
Facts. My Dad (retired now) was a tradesman his whole life. He used to buy a new pickup truck every three years in the 80s and 90s. They were cheap. No normal person wanted them. And then they started making the quad cab and adding all sorts of bells and whistles to the interior that where once you wouldn't give a crap about getting in dirty, now it would be like getting in someone's Bentley with mud on your boots.
@@ozvega.57dude thats bs, i live in western nc (clay county) and ppl drive jacked up trucks that are as clean as my mustang. Most dudes who drive them around here do not do any type of work involving these trucks. I hate those things so much lol
@@senorjuanwick9818 As a neighbor just a bit more east, don't worry too much. They're getting laughed at by anybody who is A. not in the same car and B. not in the same kind of car.
Kei trucks also have crap suspension (low cargo capacity, no matter how much you can configure the box) and horrible crash ratings. Even on the Kei trucks subreddit, they say your shins are the crumple zone and youd have a better chance of walking away from crashing a motorcycle.
I work in a lumber yard and it’s hilarious when people come in with those big trucks and have never hauled anything in them. They’re always so cautious of scratching the truck bed.. ITS A TRUCK BED
It feels like nonsense when people don't have liners in their truck beds. Why drive a vehicle that's horrible for driving and has poor storage space if you're not actually using the main feature of it
In Iraq I used to see those bongo trucks loaded to the max with goats, people, produce and miscellaneous tools. I can confirm that those little trucks are a workhorse 😂
bonggo is the name of KiA comercial truck😅 like Hyundai Porter. it represented by overloaded cargo. in developing era, S.Korean workers love overload. so 1 ton allowed Bonggo and Porter reinforce their body strenth upto 3 tons.
The issue is that in the US small trucks are restricted on a federal level and cannot be driven on a highway. On top of that the EPA has laws against small engines because they arnt as efficient for their size as say a big block V8. Stupid i know but unfortunately the US auto industry is locked down by legislation lobbied into being by the likes of Ford, Gm and Dodge. End lobbying.
State level. Theres an article on a guy trying to make them street legal in Colorado and he was railroaded by local car dealers and others. Shit was infuriating to read.
Yeh they sell them here but they are now trying to regulate them to make it so you can't register a license plate for it because supposedly "it's not safe for public roads" meanwhile you register a classic Ford with no doors or roof and drive that on the freeway.
As a person who live where these small trucks/pickups are the norm, driving these things at our not-so-fast highway are indeed scary 😅.. Ive been driving 1000cc Suzuki Carry and Daihatsu Hijet, i won't push myself beyond 80km/h in these things. I can't imagine people driving them on American highway. Slight breeze or a small hatchback passing you probably could make them wiggle. Tough, outside highway they will be fine. Slightly bigger pickups like Mitsubishi L300 or Australian utes probably make more sense for American highway..
Doesn't matter at all as these trucks are imported from times before those regulations and also because they are imported they don't have to meet the US regulations as long as they meet the requirements to be able to be imported. If not they get blacklisted to import
Well believe it or most Americans use their trucks sorry you don’t know how to hook a trailer up that small ass truck would be used like a golf cart in most places of work it’s pretty useless except for mulch and gravel honestly
Every office worker I see that drives a Silverado 3500 is a poser. Pick ups do have practicality to them as the bed on the are able to be taken off and changed into something else like that other vehicles configuration or put something else but the frame is so beefy that it was designed to haul much more than the average office workers equipment. Plus engines in modern pickup trucks now use cylinder deactivation and stuff to get better gas millage but it is all unreliable.
If toyota sold a truck the size of the 80's pickup with a manual transmission and no computers, manual transfer case, and hand crank windows I would never buy anything else. Until then I'll keep my manual tacomas running as long as I can.
No. 1) There aren't many station wagons even for sale outside of luxury brands. 2) Station wagons will likely have a Gas Guzzler tax when an SUV or crossover won't. 3) Many Americans who actually have the money to buy a brand new car are older citizens with back problems, arthritis, and knee problems who'll benefit from a higher height vehicle for an easier entry and exit, as well as a higher seating position. You sanctimonious knuckleheads really just don't get it and it's getting on everyone else's nerves.
No. 1) There aren't many station wagons even for sale outside of luxury brands. 2) Station wagons will likely have a Gas Guzzler tax when an SUV or crossover won't. 3) Many Americans who actually have the money to buy a brand new car are older citizens with back problems, arthritis, and knee problems who'll benefit from a higher height vehicle for an easier entry and exit, as well as a higher seating position. You sanctimonious knuckleheads really just don't get it and it's getting on everyone else's
@jakesoros2376 bro istg I need this to be satire otherwise I have lost all hope in Americans, for all of those points the opposite is true, besides maybe the price thing(because they can be made less fuel efficient theyre cheaper) and the height thing is a massive deficit all around the board
not really bold if it’s true. Most people who buy SUV and Trucks do not use them for their primary purpose. Suv and trucks serve as a clever marketing strategy to sell cars and to get people to buy more, bigger things. Back then, trucks were never a popular driving choice. Now, trucks represent a certain lifestyle and belief system to many Americans. it’s all a fantasy created by marketers. for instance, people buy 4x4 thinking they’ll need it when in reality the most they’ll ever touch is some snow. Or in commercials, theres a reason a man in a big deep voice is telling you to buy a truck and drive it thru mud and canyons and shit (cuz it looked cool and that image sells to men with cash) but in reality, no one offroads, hauls, and carries payload everyday (or ever lol think 4runner moms) unless you work in a specific industry which most people don’t. of course there are exemptions but the numbers don’t lie, most people should be driving sedans but capitalism, ego, and american culture stand in the way.
You're one of the smart ones buster. People in America will buy a 2000 square foot house and the top line tundra, for 1 person and complain that they can't afford anything.
as long as Im american, i can easily find a friend with a truck. i got a middle aged man, an elderly man, and a young adult friend... ALL with trucks. at least the older men have jobs they use their trucks for. 1) lawn care 2) Mobile Auto Repair 3) the young guy just uses it as a personal vehicle 😅 Personally I love SUVs. its a masculine family car. that I can use for commuting 28 city 34 highway mpg, it has up to 70 cubic feet of storage, a panoramic sun roof. I have a love-hate relationship with its price. i got it brand spanking new and i plan on keeping it till the wheels fall off, BUT.... its a nissan rogue so im kinda concerned for its reliability rating. but so far so good, ive put on every mile from 000 054 until its current 75k miles. my favorite was 69,420. 😂😂😂 and 50k. but what does suck is my towing capacity is only 1000 lbs. but again 99% of my driving is EXTREMELY FUEL EFFIECIENT for a non hybrid SUV. if push comes to shove, I can Pay U-Haul or Home Depot $20 to rent a truck. again, I got lots of American friends with trucks. so why waste my money on a gas guzzler when I dont work with freight. much respect to truck drivers, but I hate em. gas is also much quieter than diesel trucks. jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jayh... brum bruum brumm. my dads truck was so loud, we could sneak as kids to turn off the games and TV when my folks got home. then they got a Car. and so many gotcha moments cuz gas is just so much more quiet.
It also has a great feature when going 80 mph. When you push on the break it flips over, end over end, until the driver is completely dead or ejected out of the vehicle. It also is completely incapable of hauling anything up a hill.
Crazy the amount of people thinking they’re pulling 10 yds of mulch with one of these… like are we really classifying people who use their truck as a work truck as dumb .. crazy Somebody who owns a truck for no reason, I guess but that’s may even be ego / desire to feel big or safe who tf knows
"made for resupplying small convivence store and deliveries to people living on hills and mountains and not any kind of heavy hauling at long distanced with uneven terrain."
They are sold but they are not street legal in many states. They work great on farms and in woods. Might want to change the wheels to UTV or ATV wheels and tires.
@@allegorx58 they work great, sure they won’t go through deep sand and flying of huge rocks but they’ll drive through farm fields, a few inches of mud, snow. Which is what 99% of pickups do. And most “off road” vehicles don’t see anything beyond a paved road.
@@allegorx58 Clearly said that it was 4wd, and if needed, lift kits are available for anything. I used to have a '77 Datsun 720, standard height, took it out in sand and rough stuff all the time. No problems. Why? Because it was so light. Also knowing how to drive in that terrain helps.
The biggest issue is also everyone else on the road... I used to be a truck driver and most of my drives involved being a traffic coordinator on the road... There would be a sign saying that the right lane ends in 1 mile and everyone would try to use the right lane to pass those who are following the instructions and then clogging up traffic because those who are not following instructions have come to a complete stop because the lane has come to an end... So me and another truck rode side by side forcing everyone to actually merge left BEFORE the lane ends and then the entitled non instruction followers flip us off because they were wanting to skip the line and then they act like idiots for the next 20mi driving on the shoulder and acting like they are filming fast and the furious
I would drive that for sure. My biggest fear is all these tiny women in monster trucks that can't hardly see over the steering wheel using me as a speed bump.
More like CORPORATE hunger for profit has them building and selling you much more truck than you need or want. Don't tell me the S-10 and Ranger didn't sell well. They would just rather sell you an F100 or Silverado. Sure, Ford is making the Maverick now, but have you priced one? It's not Uncle Sam that's deciding these MSRPs or making dealers charge over it!
Yeah, buying a gas-guzzling truck that you never or rarely use to tow/haul anything is kind of dumb, but then again the big truck-driving person is not doing so for logical reasons.
Ok, but a UA-camr known as Donut did a video where he bought a Chinese truck. The importing, customs, and what not took FOREVER and LOTS of money. So buying a Japanese truck is not all that easy.
Honestly I think it more has to do with the near 100% mortality rate in crashes. Because other 35 mpg trucks exist. And are legal. But they also don’t put the driver in a flimsy cab right in front of the load, in most cases anyway XD
@@ElCapitanGamesnot to mention these trucks with 2 full grown men can easily flip forward when brakes are applied and it’s going to fast. It’s hilarious to see a truck somersault tho
@@jamesm.1467 Why would you not want to upgrade to the armored military vehicle that was designed for combat from the pickup you jerry rigged to do so? If anything your argument supports the Toyota truck, as it was seen as a good alternative until they got actual combat vehicles.
For most people, buying Kei trucks or a return to true compact trucks (Original Ranger/Chev S10/Dodge Ram 50) would be more than enough. Unfortunately safety and emissions standards prevent those from being sold anymore. But when it really comes down to hard work, full size trucks are necessary
@@_martian101 The regulation put a limit on how powerful a car's engine is depending on its weight. This was to prevent excess emissions from engines that were more powerful than they need to be. However they also held pickup trucks to these standards, but most pickups went over the limit since the law didn't consider the cargo the truck could carry, so am empty truck did have more than enough power to move itself. This lead to the trucks getting heavier so they could use the same engines. This probably very oversimplified and some details might be wrong, but to my understanding that's the gist of what happened.
Exactly Ford pickup trucks were much smaller in grandads day and you'd better believe granddad got everything done with that truck. These ginormous trucks Americans are brainwashed into purchasing and going in huge debt are ridiculous as a mass buy.
@@tw8464 there hasn’t been anything my 2003 Ranger hasn’t been able to do. I only have 2WD also. They don’t want to ever make a simple, practical truck for blue collar workers anymore because they’ll lose money when people start doing their own repairs again! When my Ranger inevitably dies I’m going to get another early 2000’s Ranger.
@@sorrowcat2724 exactly you're absolutely right. I miss the Rangers. They used to be widely available and could get them used for very affordable prices. Miss those days. Would love to see Ford bring back a solid affordable Ranger.
What's dumb is comparing these two as if the kei truck could actually replace a Tundra. More seats, more power, more comfort, more towing capacity, more tech, more reliability, more daily usability. The kei truck is cool, but a daily driver, it is not.
What you mentioned at the end is exactly why the American truck is smarter. The people with these trucks have families. And these trucks are pulling boats, travel trailers for vacations, work trailers full of material for that would be too big even for a larger truck bed. You're not doing any of that with a 43hp Honda. Plus you're entirely forgetting that the American truck has weight so you're more likely to survive a collision with other vehicles. And because it has a bigger engine you can actually get up to speed when you turn out on the road so the vehicle behind doesn't have to hit the brakes to avoid hitting you. You have a family, even safety alone is enough to call it the smarter choice. Use your head man.
He said it _will_ do 80+, not that the engine would be happy doing so. I'm sure it would be screaming in the top of 5th to do 80 MPH, and most certainly not getting 35 MPG. Not to mention the fact that it's completely unsafe beyond 35 MPH in a frontal collision. No safety of any kind, really. Absolutely better suited for low-speed, rural or inner-city, use. If you want to cruise at 80 MPH on the way home with a couple bags of groceries in the bed, buy the Tundra. If you live in Japan, buy a Kei truck because you'll be hard pressed to park a Tundra at the grocery.
@@tynewlinYes but the main point in the video is not just about the differences between the trucks, but our cultures themselves. In Japan you will not find many vehicles on the streets big enough to kill the occupant of a Kei vehicle at regular inner city speeds. In fact most passenger vehicles on the roads are Kei cars and all kei cars are built to be safe in crashes with other kei cars. Then you need to understand that Japanese drivers tend to take great pride in their driving skill and penalties for violations are bad enough. But if you do something stupid or not pay attention and cause a bad accident, you will be charged, you will go to jail and serve HARSH time and there is no probation. Again differences between cultures not the trucks themselves.
@@paul06660he is saying we should buy those little toys. We carry loads or tow boats or trailers. That's smaller than a Honda Civic with a space for a payload it can barely support safely. You also need parts support and warranty support. I think this video shows two extremes.
The 1999 and newer ones that are about to be import legal will definitely do about 70 mph all day, which is all you really need. People try to drive too fast nowadays and most don't have the skill for it. Also, if we started importing these officially to the US they could put slightly larger motors to up the power to more like 100hp. India, for example, gets them with slightly larger engines.
@@jerry-xx8mu The obesity statistics, man. 40% of population is obese, 30% overweight, and almost 8% morbidly obese. Which leaves 22% of Americans who are able to fit inside this thing.
I mean, he's completley right... in italy they have similar things, they call it ape car and it's a small thing that has 3 weels and a 50cc engine. Latley the company that produce it decided to make it with a 125cc engine by factory, not 50cc anymore, because they realized that 50cc wasn't enought. It can carry a lot of stuff, go where normal cars cant and it had (with 50cc engine) good pulling power at the cost of going like 5mph. Now with the new engine it goes much faster and has even greater power to weight ratio and for me that thing does wonder. They are hard to find because it's a really requested little thing between youngsters and by a little part old mans and people that work for tje county or f0r construction company.
1. The larger truck can carry and tow more weight, and hold more passengers. 2. Rather than getting a truck, and a car for two separate purposes, it's cheaper to get a truck that can carry passengers and freight cargo.
Americans are buying it though. So its not the lobbying. Its what people want and buy. If Americans quit buying these things and decide to drive motorized horse carriages, you'd be surprised how quickly the auto industry would provided them carriages to meet that desire.
Actually it's because of the EPA, ironically. There's a great video on UA-cam that goes into detail about how certain EPA restrictions actually make it so small trucks that we used to have, like to the Ford Ranger or Toyota T100, can't legally be sold in the US anymore.
@@JSPHism How is it the only options? There are countless of sedans and station wagons, vans, that are a smaller alternative. It's the American people that buy these trucks. So the auto lobby satisfies the demand.
I tried to hook my 30' gooseneck and John Deere 450 to the mini truck. The min truck's wheels yeeted themselves across the road. What do I do now? Please help.
That's what I thought. (Plus I have magic that protects my shit) Well, some crackhead stole my 95 hardbody PU and thrashed the engine and transmission overnight...after meticulously cleaning the cab, including the instrument display, in a meth-fueled cleaning binge...and BEFORE getting chased and tackled by cops for driving inside walks and up one way streets. Crackhead will learn to drive your manual transmission on the fly.
That's the kind of thinking that gets your trucks stolen. Have you forgotten that 99% of motorcycles are manual and all of those guys can drive a manual car that's nearly a million people alone not including semi truck drivers,car enthusiasts, immigrants, baby boomers. Millions of people in the USA can drive manuals
@@BrianCommentToyota has plants here chicken tax is nullified. Toyota would rather sell the Tacoma. Fact is the small cabovers are lame only good for tiny roads which america doesn't really deal with.
I get the big truck for hauling trailers. If you're a farmer or contractor and need to haul heavy things the big one makes more sense. But the vast vast majority only drives their kids to school or to the grocery store.
Which vehicles are safer? Obvious answer! I want big comfortable & safe. Plus performance. Those little rucks are great on a farm, better than ATVs 4x4s etc. and fine in a small town for running around but drive that a week in your average daily commute and you'll beg for the bigger truck. And you aren't hitting the interstate in that little thing. We have smaller trucks, not tiny like this, but smaller. People don't want them. Insurance is also cheaper on trucks than cars. But this video is stupid. He's comparing a grape to a watermelon.
@@nathank2289our oversized trucks tend to kill anyone who isn’t also in an oversized truck that’s how my brother died his sedan got hit by a lifted pickup
The only country in the world with so much freedom yet so many people are ashamed of this country calling America dumb. Leave and go to a 3rd world country then
Its not like that, its the import regulations, different countries diff standards not only in emissions but also in safety features etc. oddly, yes, a big engine can be more efficient and less polluting than a smaller one when that smaller one has no systems in place to limit pollutants. To those who whine about the epa, you clearly didnt live in the time before these standards where on some days outside looked like a foggy day until you looked toward the sun and realized nope its not fog, the color of this crap means its a whole lot of shit in the air.
@@Leo-hwru there’s the CAFE standards for fuel economy, which (of course) allow higher fuel consumption for larger trucks. That’s perfectly fine, some jobs need a full size truck and all things being equal they need more fuel. The funny thing, though, is that they demand fuel economy 40+ mpg if you want to make a compact truck (not even kei sized, even if you just wanted one the size of the little old S-10’s and rangers etc.) meanwhile 20-something is good enough for a larger truck like the F-150. Because of this, it’s easier for manufacturers to meet regulations for full sized trucks.
Who, if not Americans, elects the American govts to represent them and implement their desires?! 😒🤣🤣🤣 'Entitled' puerile Americans - always looking for someone else to blame for their own shortcomings. SMH
@@simplelogic9090 Wow, thats amazing. Ill buy a truck and sit around waiting for calls from people moving or buying mulch so I can haul them around and show off the power of my truck.
Americans have way too much ego and pride. Functionality and economics dont matter in the United States. People here are too busy looking at what their neighbors have and comparing themselves. Anyone "different" starts trending in a viral video because its so strange. Either that or you get treated badly when people think you're poor. Americans need more morals. I would love to be able to ride a quadricycle to the grocery store but i know people will immediately start filming me just to put something interesting on their social media, and i would have zero say in the matter. Society is weird like that.
Actually, you can thank the EPA mostly. Their fuel milage requirements are based off the size of the vehicle, which forces companies to build larger vehicles to hit the government's targets. Also, these small Japanese trucks don't meet safety standards, emission standards, and can barely run at highway speeds. They are actually quite terrible for everyday use
@@russellkinkade21 If they didn't meet safety standards they wouldn't be sold. THese are driven on Japanese and American highways under load and can hit 65mph. They are fine. For their intended utility they are a much better daily drive than the Ram or Fords popular in the US. They are not luxury commute cars as trucks are used in the west.
The only reason why the bed is that small is because most Americans buy a truck as a status symbol anymore. Most of those guys don’t need a bed and probably can’t use a hammer lol
I suppose it’s all about what you call real work. I know that there really is that set of people, but basically everyone I know actually uses their trucks. I even bought a Kei truck a few years back, and almost instantly sold it. Payload capacity is like 1500lbs (at like 30kmh/20mph) including occupants. This means with two big sumbitchs in the front and 12x 80lbs bags of concrete in the back you are maxed out. Two people can mix and pour 12 bags in an hour. My F350 needs a whole pallet of concrete in the back (42 bags, about 3400lbs OR more than the weight of the whole kei truck fully laden) just to make it ride right. I can get 5 (technically 6) people and 3 pallets (126bags) of concrete to a job AND actually get it up 20% grades driveway. It gets better. On a highway trip I would get about 5-6mpg (possibly up to 8mpg if the drive was long enough). So even if the Kei truck got 40mph it would be losing the efficiency race at the 6th / of 10 trips. That’s not even including that the F350 would still get 12mpg towing the empty back meaning the Kei truck really lost on like the 4th or 5th trip. At 20miles each way the diesel would burn about 5 gallons of fuel. The Kei truck would burn its entire 10 gallon fuel supply in the 400 mile trip (20x2x10). The Kei truck was great for delivery and some tradesmen in the city, and even for some of us car guys that are just trying to move around body parts, tires, engines, etc.. they make sense, and they’re cool/obscure, but not what I would call a work truck.
I don't understand why families even use trucks. You have enough boot space in a normal car. Unless you have an occupation related to moving stuff, trucks are pretty much stupid. - A non-american
Because trucks have enough space for 4 adults to sit comfortably - and safely without worrying bout being potentially crushed like sardines. (When riding in those clown cars) Visibility is great while drving, the 33+ inch tires are great when needing to drive over urban obstacles, can pull over a parking lot, bust out my laptop and do work - in comfort - while sipping my Starbucks - and still have room for my kids drinks in the center console, I mean the reasons are endless. A ford F150 with the 3.5 turbo will get better mileage in the city than a typical mid sized euro box. It will out accelerate, and up to certain speeds, will out corner your Renault lol. It will do all this while you can have a conversation with your passenger without needing to scream at each other (because of the wind / engine noise typical to chit boxes) And by the way, this comes from a guy who used to be involved with the Cleo Cup - UK and WTCC back in the late 2000’s. Still - prefer my trucks for everyday use.
@@tesladiesel2420all things a lot of other cars handle well and no other country really deals with or sees as issues. I think Americans are just fatasses tbh. So this becomes an issue.
In the military we had cushmans and daihatsus, but they were prohibited from going off base and onto public roads. Max speed was less than 25 mph? They were wimpy, mechanically crude, but had almost no smog crap. We could keep them going until they rusted out.
Asian vehicles do not meet most N. American emissions and safety standards. I had one in the Philippines and wanted to bring it back but it couldnt be registered here.
Nothing "dumb" about not buying something you can't legally register and drive unless it's at least 25 years old and already clapped-out. Change the laws so I can buy and drive a new one and I would in a heartbeat.
Don't tell the YT audience you want the laws changed - tell your politicians. Oh, sorry. I forgof. That's the responsibility of 'they'. You know. As in "they orta do sumfin". 🤣🤣🤣
They are also incredibly dangerous. They are designed for Japanese roads, with much lower speed limits. Even so, the crash scenes even in Japan at low speeds are sometimes horrible when these are involved.
@@biggtomm2000utAnd yet, I could drive a 50's Beetle on public roads legally. Don't see why Kei trucks should be singularly unique for 25-year-plus import or registration- outside of regulatory capture or political pearl-clutching.
@@theAsteriskit's any import car that the law applies to. there have been attempts to get rid of the law but american automakers have deep pockets and pay for a lot of lobbyists and whatever else it takes to make sure they don't have foreign competition.
@@Btobebone Oh, I'm not moaning merely about the import age restriction, but rather that I can restore or import nearly anything else that old, and the state will register it for public roads without batting an eye- but, come the Kei truck, my state will suddenly get very worried for my safety, and refuse to title or register it, even though I can still import and own it just fine under the federal 25-year-rule. That feigned sudden concern over safety- where **no** such concern is to be found for other vintage or collector vehicles- is my primary complaint. I don't buy their justification- that a Kei truck *specifically* is too dangerous to allow, where they have no issue with- say- an MG roadster, or a vintage 1940's motorcycle being registered and used on public roads. Bear in mind you can still- and many do, due to simpler mechanicals- operate a tractor-trailer from the eighties or far earlier, often lacking ABS, in interstate commercial use, without ABS and so forth, up to an 80K-pound gross. The amount of ire states afford Kei trucks in particular, ostensibly over safety, is laughable. Hell, I'd even be amenable to a restriction of no controlled-access roads for them, given their handling and size, but instead we just get a petulant, total refusal to title and register. They'll generally even let you title and register *other* Kei cars if they're old enough- just not a Kei *truck*. (In inquiry before deciding whether or not to purchase, they even said they would be able to register a Kei van based on the same core design, but not a Kei truck.) It's utter nonsense, capricious regulatory whimsy.
I used to own a pickup truck. It was not a big truck to prove that I was an "alpha male." The problem is that everyone asked me to help them move, pick up crap, etc., for them.
@@toddsalisbury3851 you haven't seen the "ford f*cking ranger!" video memes out there. Rangers are extremely versatile, and I owned one for 20 years (and yes, everybody asked to borrow it to haul their stuff around).
@@beepbop6697 yea my ranger is great! But everyone looks for dude with bigger truck to help even if itd be easier with lower bed. Yea i dont have as wide of bed because i have the side step model but works great for kayaking and home depot trips
Who cares if you do not tailgate and drive like an idiot you will be fine. I’ve been driving over 45 years and had one accident many years ago where I was following to close. 2 second following rule works.
Everything makes sense if you just think instead of talk. An era of easy money printing made way for gainful employment and high wages that created complacency in the citizenry. Complacent citizens elected corrupt politicians who passed legislation that are backed by bribes and intense lobbying. This is giving way to an era of legalism where politicians are elected on their promises to pass laws that supposedly benefit the American people when in reality they rob Americans ability to live reasonable logical lives. All the while the Federal reserve uses its ability to print money has an international weapon to keep the rules-based international order in check while keeping its citizens to poor to create political change and unseat the tyrants in charge.
Soo it’s our fault YOU can’t live within your means? You need money to start out anywhere, not just America. Oh wow a dig at guns, y’all sure like our money though, sure like our support and tech. (Try stand on your own 2 feet) That’s the awesome part of America, you can get that little piss ant toy of a car, and I can have my 6 wheeled beast of a truck. It’s whatever floats your boat here.
@@fjbslgiefunny thing is, they say that as is they drive small vehicles. They still drive big suvs.... Also, it's just how it is being a liberal, you just think the other side are uneducated idiots, poor, driving in trucks they can't afford. The reality is much different, and imo, I've noticed a far more subtle racism in cities. The nicest people were in places I would have thought I'd get lynched originally.
I tow a utility trailer behind my civic, haul firewood, tree brush from my big maple trees, loads of soil and old appliances to the dump. Hauls two thousand pounds so that’s all I need. I’ve used these Kei trucks on pipeline jobs in Alberta, they get around good but they’re a little tight inside 😊
The problem is NHTSA rigs the CAFE to keep the big 3 in business. The "footprint" rule Condo sized PUs get away with 16mpg Small schtuff now required to get 55mpg If a small Datsun size PU is imported there is a million dollar fine . . . But they have never clarified if that fine is per 😮 vehicle sold
In Germany we don't have those mostly because we have essentially bigger and meaner versions of these things ones. Basically regular truck engine which unfortunately means they aren't really fuel saving but they do have configurable beds, a rather big crew cabin can go pretty fast and are perfect trucks for the intents and purposes of hauling stuff. Granted I only ever saw these when on the construction site when I sat in the cabin to get there but they were incredibly good for carrying all the equipment. Honestly if anyone would suggest an American pick up instead of one of those probably everyone would just ask: Are you quite right in your mind?
you forgot the fact that the kei truck got lobbied the hell out of the USA by the US car manufactures banning them in several states, citing safety reasons. Which is a load of BS.
They are kinda unsafe considering the speed differences of Japan and America. Average Japanese speed limits are around 20-30mph - even highways are only 50mph most of the time. Much slower than in the US.
@@oat1000 I've been the owner of a 1995 Honda acty sdx 4x4 KEI truck for over 2 years and what you say is a lie You fail to mention the extreme dangers of Harley Davidsons or other motorcycles! Of course you will say that's a different class of vehicle, RIGHT 🤣 !!! Not a automobile ha ha 🤣 Look if you drive these Mini Trucks on secondary roads like 95 percent (city driving ) to the Home Depot or Loewes like most drivers do and use your brain 🧠 they are a safe efficient cost savings means of transportation! I love ❤️ my Honda acty, don't knock it tell you tried it!
@@oat1000 ehm im not trying to be an ass here or even trying to say that I'm knowledgeable, but the legal speed limit in Japan on highways is 60mph, and normal roads its 40 mph. its more like they cant get to those speeds because of traffic.
Tommy I love you but only a stupid person would drive that little truck in America. Who do you think gonna win in an auto accident in that little thing?
@@SuperSm13Crash tests are only relevant if you are hitting an immovable object as the IIHS does dont get me wrong the IIHS has contributed to much safer cars but if you take the worst crash rated pickup from the last 10 years and crash it against the highest rated compact SUV or sedan you will still fare better in the truck most crash tests aren’t relevant in day to day life. They are just a simple guideline
You could also ad a heavy machine gun like a 50. in the back. Truck being light would still allow you to go over mud pretty easy while carrying lot's of ammo and maybe some extra fuel in the back. Plus gun too.
In India Kei trucks are fully commercial trucks. We have many small grocery stores in neighbourhoods and these trucks are used to transport goods in those small stores on daily basis. In our local language we call them "Chhota hathi" means "Small elephant"
I live in Japan these trucks are one step above riding in clown car. Super uncomfortable tin cans. I know a few people that own them specifically to haul large things that can't fit in our tiny cars. The roads here in japan are super narrow so trucks and cars are built a lot smaller than US cars.
@@noco7243 My guy 😂 the biggest problem with these tiny trucks it they literally can’t go 60mph on a highway without blowing up speaking to a non American about our cars and roads is pointless they have zero knowledge and can’t comprehend America
So this is why Toyota rolled out the new generation. They wanted higher mpg and to call it a "truck." The Kei truck is a micro truck, it's not as useful in America except for what you said, groceries. can't haul squat with it sadly. That's okay though because not everyone needs to. To each their own.
Lookup CAFE regulations. There are dumb laws pushing the trucks to be bigger to avoid fuel economy targets based on the number of sq feet in a rectangle between the four wheels. We used to have small trucks like Tacoma and Ranger (in the 90's), and they cannot make them that small anymore due to US laws. This also impacts Canada since they are not going to make a vehicle for such a small market.
It's more a loophole the car industry was able to weasel in and nobody closed it. The car industry always wants to sell bigger cars as they're easier to make people believe are worth more. People will always pay more for a bigger car even if the value wasn't actually there.
@clockworkbadger2363 Bigger cars aren't actually safer, what they do is they just change the dynamics of a crash. If two cars crash the smaller one will take the bigger impact and forces, but in reality two larger vehicles hitting each other is just as bad or possibly worse than two small vehicles doing the same.
The laws you refer to would be the emission standards that a small truck does not have to meet and this is the reason for these so called trucks being pushed onto the public, they also have an awful safety record
I think you can get the model without the passenger cab that will give a bigger flatbed space . Most people wants the best of both worlds in having space for more than 2 passengers and to also have a flatbed for hauling .
IDK why Americans buy pickups when only use them to grocery. Sedan is much better, if I need transport something bigger I just use wagon - Peugeot 308sw
The problem with bigger cars is they’re less safe for the people outside the car and in them. We should be aiming for everyone to be in more reasonable sized cars so everyone is safer
Statistically, these are actually safer than large trucks. Lobbying got them banned in the US because corpos wanted to get around emissions regulations.
@Minurz No they're not. Don't be delusional. A front end collision in this will likely destroy your legs. Probably also lack airbags. A crash between this and a Corolla, you'd likely die in this.
Why does this man think people get trucks its ether for work and this thing has a small list of things it can carry with a 44 horse motor or its to mod or to make look nice and this is a little hard make look nice😂
The problem with small trucks is that they aren't capable of hauling an overinflated ego.
That truck limits the amount of passengers you can carry.
😂
Says the guy who can't afford a real truck!
LOL
@@conservativepatriot2837 said the guy with the hurt overinflated ego 😂
Oh dear, how the snowflakes melt…
I read somewhere that like 70% of truck owners don’t even use their trucks for truck purposes.
70% that’s a bit low
I'm one of those 70%. When my grandfather was in Hospice he wanted me to have his pick-up truck so I kept it. Not trying to justify it, just telling my story.
It’s closer to 90%
Because a majority have tiny peckers and this helps.
Isn't the purpose of a truck to look cool and burn lots of fuel?
No, Americans aren’t “kinda dumb” The small truck industry is non existent due to lobbying and legislation.
They kinda are tho
Both are true
dumb* legislation
@@savagemode2150As an American, I can confirm that I have an IQ of 30
It’s both. Most Americans eat up the propaganda fed to them by corporate America
CAFE regulations won't allow them to be built here
Stupid Regulations , They are trusty Workhorses.
They get better milage than most trucks. What makes you think that Cafe standards would prohibit them? Curious.
@@351cleavlandsafety
@@yassinvnoordlmao what are you talking about? CAFE regulations have to do with emissions, not safety.
@@MrMo-oh4wf why the h*ll would they even LOOK at kei trucks then??? They are the most fuel efficiënt ever
80mph in that thing would feel like the shuttle launching
I used to own a Yugo GV.
You are not incorrect.
@@NarwahlGaming got the idea from my old chevette myself
lol 😛
Down hill with a tail wind.
yeah, small trucks and cars feel awesome to drive. favorite car i ever drove was a pos used geo metro in the 90s. went from detroit to baton rouge often on like 40 bucks, and felt like i was racing the whole time. couldnt kill the thing. got desroyed by a drunk driver smashing into it parked outside my moms one year.
One was made for actual work, the other is made to sell you the idea of hard work and get you in debt.
which is that?
The truth hurts!
Those K trucks are pretty amazing! I want to get one!
Can’t wait to “do work” hauling a skid steer or camper with a kei truck 😂 yea right
@@owenbearden5769 you have to remember, overseas anything above 7700lbs requires a commercial license/insurance/etc.
Iirc Japan is only around 7000lbs
I tried buying one of those japanese trucks, dealerships purposely make it hard because big flashy trucks are more profitable
Complain to congress, light cargo vehicles have an insane tariff on them.
Meh, American car companies don't produce them either because nobody wants to drive those kids toys.
@@farzana6676 guess you weren't around before the 90s, when the epa finally killed that market. Smaller work vehicles were really popular.
@Alex-dh2cx I was born in the 90's. Ford Ranger is a mid size truck and despite being huge on the international market, it did dismal numbers in the USA.
@@farzana6676 they sold over 300,000 units a year of the ford ranger in the 90s. S10 wasn't that far behind the ranger. That's half the sales of the f150, but still well ahead of most other models. You're just full of shit
Trucks aren’t utility vehicles anymore, they are luxury vehicles.
Facts. My Dad (retired now) was a tradesman his whole life. He used to buy a new pickup truck every three years in the 80s and 90s. They were cheap. No normal person wanted them. And then they started making the quad cab and adding all sorts of bells and whistles to the interior that where once you wouldn't give a crap about getting in dirty, now it would be like getting in someone's Bentley with mud on your boots.
Damn straight. Love it. Heated seats and wheel are really nice when working in the winter.
@@ozvega.57dude thats bs, i live in western nc (clay county) and ppl drive jacked up trucks that are as clean as my mustang. Most dudes who drive them around here do not do any type of work involving these trucks. I hate those things so much lol
And are priced accordingly.
@@senorjuanwick9818 As a neighbor just a bit more east, don't worry too much. They're getting laughed at by anybody who is A. not in the same car and B. not in the same kind of car.
“Now the engine is also tiny…”
*50% of Americans have left the chat*
Not even the issue of it being small, it just has no power.... beyond hauling things on pavement that weigh less than 600lbs, they're kind of useless.
U NAILED IT!
Yeah I need a V8 to drive on the streets in the city
Having a V8 is Americana 🇺🇸
@@marcusbrown188 Absolutely. a 150cc V8 :D
Kei trucks also have crap suspension (low cargo capacity, no matter how much you can configure the box) and horrible crash ratings.
Even on the Kei trucks subreddit, they say your shins are the crumple zone and youd have a better chance of walking away from crashing a motorcycle.
Small pickup truck.
+80% fuel efficiency
-60% road tax
-95% street cred
+100% gold digger deterrent
You’re not rich anyway. Why are you worried about gold diggers.
@@andrewroff5387 You are right I am not worried about gold diggers but I am also not as poor as you either.
I work in a lumber yard and it’s hilarious when people come in with those big trucks and have never hauled anything in them. They’re always so cautious of scratching the truck bed.. ITS A TRUCK BED
If your truck bed isn't scratched and beat up, are you even a truck owner?
It feels like nonsense when people don't have liners in their truck beds. Why drive a vehicle that's horrible for driving and has poor storage space if you're not actually using the main feature of it
@@udttdujgx they HAVE LINERS in them and stillll don’t want scratches 😂 they put down cardboard, blankets. I’ve seen it all
either that or they don't want your lazy ass to just throw shit in carelessly
It’s because they pay close to 100k on them
In Iraq I used to see those bongo trucks loaded to the max with goats, people, produce and miscellaneous tools. I can confirm that those little trucks are a workhorse 😂
I think it's funny people see this as either/or...why not both?
@@michaelpratt3142Because the large truck is just not sustainable for a smooth running society.
in indonesia, that same small truck can carry more than 10 people in the back, and very illegal 😅
They were toyota hilux, another vehicle not allowed to be sold in the US.
bonggo is the name of KiA comercial truck😅 like Hyundai Porter. it represented by overloaded cargo. in developing era, S.Korean workers love overload. so 1 ton allowed Bonggo and Porter reinforce their body strenth upto 3 tons.
Towing capacity, payload, suspension, engine longevity, torque. This isn’t a comparison, you just have the wrong tool for the job.
95% of Truck owners don’t even use their trucks for it’s actual purpose.
You just pulled that “statistic” out of your ass
The issue is that in the US small trucks are restricted on a federal level and cannot be driven on a highway. On top of that the EPA has laws against small engines because they arnt as efficient for their size as say a big block V8.
Stupid i know but unfortunately the US auto industry is locked down by legislation lobbied into being by the likes of Ford, Gm and Dodge.
End lobbying.
The V8 restriction is the most stupid thing I've ever heard..
State level.
Theres an article on a guy trying to make them street legal in Colorado and he was railroaded by local car dealers and others. Shit was infuriating to read.
Yeh they sell them here but they are now trying to regulate them to make it so you can't register a license plate for it because supposedly "it's not safe for public roads" meanwhile you register a classic Ford with no doors or roof and drive that on the freeway.
As a person who live where these small trucks/pickups are the norm, driving these things at our not-so-fast highway are indeed scary 😅..
Ive been driving 1000cc Suzuki Carry and Daihatsu Hijet, i won't push myself beyond 80km/h in these things. I can't imagine people driving them on American highway. Slight breeze or a small hatchback passing you probably could make them wiggle. Tough, outside highway they will be fine.
Slightly bigger pickups like Mitsubishi L300 or Australian utes probably make more sense for American highway..
Doesn't matter at all as these trucks are imported from times before those regulations and also because they are imported they don't have to meet the US regulations as long as they meet the requirements to be able to be imported. If not they get blacklisted to import
70% of americans wouldnt fit in the cab
Yes they need that big truck to go to Mickey D's
Damn
😂😂
LMAO!
no wonder most mexican called us el hefty when they talk to us.😅😅
That thing will look like a slinky if it gets touched by one of those American pickups.
The problem with a mini truck is they are very front heavy so if your not hauling something constantly if you break to hard it might role forward
Thinking Americans choose trucks for their practicality is like thinking celebrities get plastic surgery for their health.
On the stop moaned hard on this one
Preparedness > practicality
@@bluezdrwhat preparedness American trucks have?
Well believe it or most Americans use their trucks sorry you don’t know how to hook a trailer up that small ass truck would be used like a golf cart in most places of work it’s pretty useless except for mulch and gravel honestly
Every office worker I see that drives a Silverado 3500 is a poser.
Pick ups do have practicality to them as the bed on the are able to be taken off and changed into something else like that other vehicles configuration or put something else but the frame is so beefy that it was designed to haul much more than the average office workers equipment.
Plus engines in modern pickup trucks now use cylinder deactivation and stuff to get better gas millage but it is all unreliable.
If toyota sold a truck the size of the 80's pickup with a manual transmission and no computers, manual transfer case, and hand crank windows I would never buy anything else. Until then I'll keep my manual tacomas running as long as I can.
Landcruiser J series?
And that’s why they have to sell stuff that you’ll have to keep coming back for the new series.
Yup i got full manual t100. Fuel injectoed but im an ex Toyota ASE tech
Isn't that the truth I would buy one in a second..
The problem is you would buy one because it would last forever. That's no good, we need repeat customers
If you have a family, BUY A STATION WAGON NOT A FAT LAND BOAT
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No. 1) There aren't many station wagons even for sale outside of luxury brands. 2) Station wagons will likely have a Gas Guzzler tax when an SUV or crossover won't. 3) Many Americans who actually have the money to buy a brand new car are older citizens with back problems, arthritis, and knee problems who'll benefit from a higher height vehicle for an easier entry and exit, as well as a higher seating position.
You sanctimonious knuckleheads really just don't get it and it's getting on everyone else's nerves.
No. 1) There aren't many station wagons even for sale outside of luxury brands. 2) Station wagons will likely have a Gas Guzzler tax when an SUV or crossover won't. 3) Many Americans who actually have the money to buy a brand new car are older citizens with back problems, arthritis, and knee problems who'll benefit from a higher height vehicle for an easier entry and exit, as well as a higher seating position.
You sanctimonious knuckleheads really just don't get it and it's getting on everyone else's
@jakesoros2376 bro istg I need this to be satire otherwise I have lost all hope in Americans, for all of those points the opposite is true, besides maybe the price thing(because they can be made less fuel efficient theyre cheaper) and the height thing is a massive deficit all around the board
I did, a k2500 454 suburban 😅 seats 8
Bold of you to assume American trucks are bought for their use as practical haulers.
Exactly. Hes just as dumb as the people he called dumb
They are. Just their primary cargo is people
@@fatpad00 And Ego.
@@eragon78 maybe you should get one then with your inflated ego. Mr snowflake
not really bold if it’s true. Most people who buy SUV and Trucks do not use them for their primary purpose. Suv and trucks serve as a clever marketing strategy to sell cars and to get people to buy more, bigger things. Back then, trucks were never a popular driving choice. Now, trucks represent a certain lifestyle and belief system to many Americans. it’s all a fantasy created by marketers. for instance, people buy 4x4 thinking they’ll need it when in reality the most they’ll ever touch is some snow. Or in commercials, theres a reason a man in a big deep voice is telling you to buy a truck and drive it thru mud and canyons and shit (cuz it looked cool and that image sells to men with cash) but in reality, no one offroads, hauls, and carries payload everyday (or ever lol think 4runner moms) unless you work in a specific industry which most people don’t. of course there are exemptions but the numbers don’t lie, most people should be driving sedans but capitalism, ego, and american culture stand in the way.
I don't need a truck, I just need a friend with a truck.
You're one of the smart ones buster. People in America will buy a 2000 square foot house and the top line tundra, for 1 person and complain that they can't afford anything.
as long as Im american, i can easily find a friend with a truck.
i got a middle aged man, an elderly man, and a young adult friend... ALL with trucks.
at least the older men have jobs they use their trucks for.
1) lawn care 2) Mobile Auto Repair 3) the young guy just uses it as a personal vehicle 😅
Personally I love SUVs. its a masculine family car. that I can use for commuting 28 city 34 highway mpg, it has up to 70 cubic feet of storage, a panoramic sun roof.
I have a love-hate relationship with its price. i got it brand spanking new and i plan on keeping it till the wheels fall off, BUT.... its a nissan rogue so im kinda concerned for its reliability rating.
but so far so good, ive put on every mile from 000 054 until its current 75k miles.
my favorite was 69,420. 😂😂😂 and 50k.
but what does suck is my towing capacity is only 1000 lbs. but again 99% of my driving is EXTREMELY FUEL EFFIECIENT for a non hybrid SUV. if push comes to shove, I can Pay U-Haul or Home Depot $20 to rent a truck. again, I got lots of American friends with trucks. so why waste my money on a gas guzzler when I dont work with freight.
much respect to truck drivers, but I hate em. gas is also much quieter than diesel trucks. jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jayh... brum bruum brumm.
my dads truck was so loud, we could sneak as kids to turn off the games and TV when my folks got home. then they got a Car. and so many gotcha moments cuz gas is just so much more quiet.
And both of his brothers!
Hi guys! I ordered pizza for after the heavy stuff ❤❤
And a six pack.
Exactly
It also has a great feature when going 80 mph. When you push on the break it flips over, end over end, until the driver is completely dead or ejected out of the vehicle.
It also is completely incapable of hauling anything up a hill.
Maybe in your imagination buddy.
& this truck's got less weight on it's hips it needs carry
That bed can’t hold more stuff. It’s not as tall.
Best part is…. THATS NOT EVEN AN AMERICAN TRUCK!!!!!!!!
When the words "manual transmission" arrived, 99% Americans left.
I prefer manual however this mini truck wouldn’t do what I would need it too!
Crazy the amount of people thinking they’re pulling 10 yds of mulch with one of these… like are we really classifying people who use their truck as a work truck as dumb .. crazy
Somebody who owns a truck for no reason, I guess but that’s may even be ego / desire to feel big or safe who tf knows
theft deterrent.
All 4 of my vehicles are manual. An each has their own purpose.
Why is automatic transmission standard in the US
"What Americans should be buying are these small Japanese trucks that they don't sell in America"
"made for resupplying small convivence store and deliveries to people living on hills and mountains and not any kind of heavy hauling at long distanced with uneven terrain."
They are sold but they are not street legal in many states. They work great on farms and in woods. Might want to change the wheels to UTV or ATV wheels and tires.
@@derekpopp7546no way you’re suggesting this tiny two wheel drive truck with zero clearance is somehow capable off-road lol
@@allegorx58 they work great, sure they won’t go through deep sand and flying of huge rocks but they’ll drive through farm fields, a few inches of mud, snow. Which is what 99% of pickups do. And most “off road” vehicles don’t see anything beyond a paved road.
@@allegorx58 Clearly said that it was 4wd, and if needed, lift kits are available for anything. I used to have a '77 Datsun 720, standard height, took it out in sand and rough stuff all the time.
No problems. Why? Because it was so light. Also knowing how to drive in that terrain helps.
The biggest issue is also everyone else on the road... I used to be a truck driver and most of my drives involved being a traffic coordinator on the road... There would be a sign saying that the right lane ends in 1 mile and everyone would try to use the right lane to pass those who are following the instructions and then clogging up traffic because those who are not following instructions have come to a complete stop because the lane has come to an end... So me and another truck rode side by side forcing everyone to actually merge left BEFORE the lane ends and then the entitled non instruction followers flip us off because they were wanting to skip the line and then they act like idiots for the next 20mi driving on the shoulder and acting like they are filming fast and the furious
This is a truck for people who do grocery with their pick up , sadly mine has to tow 15k pounds everyday so a kei truck is not made for heavy load
I would drive that for sure. My biggest fear is all these tiny women in monster trucks that can't hardly see over the steering wheel using me as a speed bump.
Empowerment.
Im female and I agree lol. I drive an odyssey because I have 3 kids and I can haul a lot in it when I need to.
Lmao! Small women with big cars. Why does this happen tho?
Me I'm the woman with the monster truck. I'm kind of tall though and my truck is big due to being a camper hauler
A little yellow light on top to signal to Karen and her army of children shes always distracted by.
Keep in mind: GOVERNMENT regulations decide that small truck isn't legal. Not American citizens.
Not illegal, just too regulated to be as profitable as these useless big trucks. That’s why they aren’t made here
More like CORPORATE hunger for profit has them building and selling you much more truck than you need or want. Don't tell me the S-10 and Ranger didn't sell well. They would just rather sell you an F100 or Silverado. Sure, Ford is making the Maverick now, but have you priced one? It's not Uncle Sam that's deciding these MSRPs or making dealers charge over it!
@@BigOldCarChannel uncle sam decided on fuel efficiency regulations that bigger vehicles are largely exempt from.
@@thiccum2668 , they're called CAFE standards if i recall correctly.
@@thiccum2668 , well, if you regulate something to the point that it's too expensive to reasonably pursue, it may as well be illegal.
Yeah, buying a gas-guzzling truck that you never or rarely use to tow/haul anything is kind of dumb, but then again the big truck-driving person is not doing so for logical reasons.
Ok, but a UA-camr known as Donut did a video where he bought a Chinese truck.
The importing, customs, and what not took FOREVER and LOTS of money.
So buying a Japanese truck is not all that easy.
The government doesn't want them on the road. It would really put a dent in the fuel and the truck market.
They’re also horrible in crashes.
Motorcycles are the worst. But those are legal...just saying.
Big corporations don’t want them on the road, ergo the government doesn’t.
Honestly I think it more has to do with the near 100% mortality rate in crashes. Because other 35 mpg trucks exist. And are legal. But they also don’t put the driver in a flimsy cab right in front of the load, in most cases anyway XD
@@ElCapitanGamesnot to mention these trucks with 2 full grown men can easily flip forward when brakes are applied and it’s going to fast. It’s hilarious to see a truck somersault tho
I’m not saying a Ford F-150 can’t mount a .50 cal heavy machine gun. But I know for a fact that a Toyota can.
Actually, these little trucks are Hondas, not Toyotas.
Ask the Taliban...oh wait, they've upgraded now to US Military vehicles already...
@@jamesm.1467 Why would you not want to upgrade to the armored military vehicle that was designed for combat from the pickup you jerry rigged to do so?
If anything your argument supports the Toyota truck, as it was seen as a good alternative until they got actual combat vehicles.
Narcos in Mexico mount machine guns in the back of F150s and from the videos I’ve seen they work just fine for the purpose.
That's all you see being used by the taliban. And as we all know, they have discriminating taste....
For most people, buying Kei trucks or a return to true compact trucks (Original Ranger/Chev S10/Dodge Ram 50) would be more than enough. Unfortunately safety and emissions standards prevent those from being sold anymore. But when it really comes down to hard work, full size trucks are necessary
Lol all you need is 1 semi going 5mph to blow that paper weight off the road.
“We should be buying these”
-points to vehicle that can’t be sold in US…
why?
@@_martian101Poorly thought out environmental regulations. They literally do the opposite of their intention.
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 so you think it's against US regulations? Why?
@@_martian101 The regulation put a limit on how powerful a car's engine is depending on its weight. This was to prevent excess emissions from engines that were more powerful than they need to be. However they also held pickup trucks to these standards, but most pickups went over the limit since the law didn't consider the cargo the truck could carry, so am empty truck did have more than enough power to move itself. This lead to the trucks getting heavier so they could use the same engines. This probably very oversimplified and some details might be wrong, but to my understanding that's the gist of what happened.
It"s the EPA's Cafe standards.
@@_martian101
Ford should’ve never changed the Ranger bruh. They literally made the ideal small truck and they just said nah
Honestly, if Ford brought back the Ranchero and had an AWD (like a Subaru), I'd be all over that shit
Exactly Ford pickup trucks were much smaller in grandads day and you'd better believe granddad got everything done with that truck. These ginormous trucks Americans are brainwashed into purchasing and going in huge debt are ridiculous as a mass buy.
@@tw8464 there hasn’t been anything my 2003 Ranger hasn’t been able to do. I only have 2WD also. They don’t want to ever make a simple, practical truck for blue collar workers anymore because they’ll lose money when people start doing their own repairs again! When my Ranger inevitably dies I’m going to get another early 2000’s Ranger.
Actually they make small single cab pickups
@@sorrowcat2724 exactly you're absolutely right. I miss the Rangers. They used to be widely available and could get them used for very affordable prices. Miss those days. Would love to see Ford bring back a solid affordable Ranger.
What's dumb is comparing these two as if the kei truck could actually replace a Tundra. More seats, more power, more comfort, more towing capacity, more tech, more reliability, more daily usability. The kei truck is cool, but a daily driver, it is not.
What you mentioned at the end is exactly why the American truck is smarter. The people with these trucks have families. And these trucks are pulling boats, travel trailers for vacations, work trailers full of material for that would be too big even for a larger truck bed. You're not doing any of that with a 43hp Honda. Plus you're entirely forgetting that the American truck has weight so you're more likely to survive a collision with other vehicles. And because it has a bigger engine you can actually get up to speed when you turn out on the road so the vehicle behind doesn't have to hit the brakes to avoid hitting you. You have a family, even safety alone is enough to call it the smarter choice. Use your head man.
Anti Americans can't think logically.
Not all of the Kei trucks will do over 65 mph with the engine screaming. They are better suited for city/rural roads.
Cz Cz g.a
He said it _will_ do 80+, not that the engine would be happy doing so. I'm sure it would be screaming in the top of 5th to do 80 MPH, and most certainly not getting 35 MPG.
Not to mention the fact that it's completely unsafe beyond 35 MPH in a frontal collision.
No safety of any kind, really. Absolutely better suited for low-speed, rural or inner-city, use.
If you want to cruise at 80 MPH on the way home with a couple bags of groceries in the bed, buy the Tundra.
If you live in Japan, buy a Kei truck because you'll be hard pressed to park a Tundra at the grocery.
@@tynewlinYes but the main point in the video is not just about the differences between the trucks, but our cultures themselves. In Japan you will not find many vehicles on the streets big enough to kill the occupant of a Kei vehicle at regular inner city speeds. In fact most passenger vehicles on the roads are Kei cars and all kei cars are built to be safe in crashes with other kei cars. Then you need to understand that Japanese drivers tend to take great pride in their driving skill and penalties for violations are bad enough. But if you do something stupid or not pay attention and cause a bad accident, you will be charged, you will go to jail and serve HARSH time and there is no probation. Again differences between cultures not the trucks themselves.
@@paul06660he is saying we should buy those little toys.
We carry loads or tow boats or trailers.
That's smaller than a Honda Civic with a space for a payload it can barely support safely.
You also need parts support and warranty support.
I think this video shows two extremes.
The 1999 and newer ones that are about to be import legal will definitely do about 70 mph all day, which is all you really need. People try to drive too fast nowadays and most don't have the skill for it. Also, if we started importing these officially to the US they could put slightly larger motors to up the power to more like 100hp. India, for example, gets them with slightly larger engines.
I don't think these were designed for Americans. Most Americans would simply not fit between the seat and the steering wheel.
😂Umm reason being
@@jerry-xx8mu The obesity statistics, man.
40% of population is obese, 30% overweight, and almost 8% morbidly obese.
Which leaves 22% of Americans who are able to fit inside this thing.
I mean, he's completley right... in italy they have similar things, they call it ape car and it's a small thing that has 3 weels and a 50cc engine. Latley the company that produce it decided to make it with a 125cc engine by factory, not 50cc anymore, because they realized that 50cc wasn't enought. It can carry a lot of stuff, go where normal cars cant and it had (with 50cc engine) good pulling power at the cost of going like 5mph. Now with the new engine it goes much faster and has even greater power to weight ratio and for me that thing does wonder. They are hard to find because it's a really requested little thing between youngsters and by a little part old mans and people that work for tje county or f0r construction company.
They also were not designed with any safety standards in mind.
@@giannamolinari3065 Dude Ape is EVERYWHERE in India. I think it's perfect for India
Isn't this the truck that has all those safety issues?
1. The larger truck can carry and tow more weight, and hold more passengers.
2. Rather than getting a truck, and a car for two separate purposes, it's cheaper to get a truck that can carry passengers and freight cargo.
You can blame the US auto industry for lobbying to make any sensible truck illegal here in the US.
Americans are buying it though. So its not the lobbying. Its what people want and buy. If Americans quit buying these things and decide to drive motorized horse carriages, you'd be surprised how quickly the auto industry would provided them carriages to meet that desire.
Actually it's because of the EPA, ironically. There's a great video on UA-cam that goes into detail about how certain EPA restrictions actually make it so small trucks that we used to have, like to the Ford Ranger or Toyota T100, can't legally be sold in the US anymore.
@@LS-Motoamericans are buying it bc its the only option lol
@@JSPHism How is it the only options? There are countless of sedans and station wagons, vans, that are a smaller alternative. It's the American people that buy these trucks. So the auto lobby satisfies the demand.
@@LS-Moto if you want a truck that's the only option
The worst thing to happen to Toyota was when they stopped making the mini-truck
I hear they've come out with a new one priced at 10k
@@blazebi47 yup. Can’t wait to see it. Hopefully it’s not an EV or hybrid.
And never effected there stock 1 bit
@blazebi47 it will probably never see US soil unfortunately.
Toyota still makes the kei trucks under the badge of Daihatsu. Toyota owns Daihatsu.
That is why we call those big trucks an "emotional support vehicle".
I tried to hook my 30' gooseneck and John Deere 450 to the mini truck. The min truck's wheels yeeted themselves across the road. What do I do now? Please help.
Yeah we would buy them if the politicians and truck manufacturers made them available !
Another advantage. You can leave a manual car unlocked in the US. Nobody is going to be capable to drive away with it.
Without even bringing have to shift left handed into the equation.
That's what I thought. (Plus I have magic that protects my shit) Well, some crackhead stole my 95 hardbody PU and thrashed the engine and transmission overnight...after meticulously cleaning the cab, including the instrument display, in a meth-fueled cleaning binge...and BEFORE getting chased and tackled by cops for driving inside walks and up one way streets.
Crackhead will learn to drive your manual transmission on the fly.
That's the kind of thinking that gets your trucks stolen. Have you forgotten that 99% of motorcycles are manual and all of those guys can drive a manual car that's nearly a million people alone not including semi truck drivers,car enthusiasts, immigrants, baby boomers. Millions of people in the USA can drive manuals
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Toyota sells the FJ70 truck all over the world. America is the only place on earth where you can't buy one. Our government won't let them in.
hey Toyota does not sell ANY 4x4 in south korea. ANY 4X4. Including Lexus.
Bc of Chicken 🐔 Tax
@@BrianCommentToyota has plants here chicken tax is nullified. Toyota would rather sell the Tacoma. Fact is the small cabovers are lame only good for tiny roads which america doesn't really deal with.
These things are everywhere here in the states. I drove one just the other day. Very popular with local contractors.
It's more theaat they won't sell here, due to the American mentality towards trucks. The government has nothing to do with it.
I thought this car got banned for sale in the us because it was to good.
I get the big truck for hauling trailers. If you're a farmer or contractor and need to haul heavy things the big one makes more sense. But the vast vast majority only drives their kids to school or to the grocery store.
Which vehicles are safer? Obvious answer! I want big comfortable & safe. Plus performance. Those little rucks are great on a farm, better than ATVs 4x4s etc. and fine in a small town for running around but drive that a week in your average daily commute and you'll beg for the bigger truck. And you aren't hitting the interstate in that little thing. We have smaller trucks, not tiny like this, but smaller. People don't want them. Insurance is also cheaper on trucks than cars. But this video is stupid. He's comparing a grape to a watermelon.
The small one has another advantage. When you get in a wreck, all your problems instantly fade away.
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true that lol!!
“I don’t feel so good Mr stark.”
Not that our oversized tin-cans actually protect anyone over 30mph but it's nice to pretend, I guess.
@@nathank2289our oversized trucks tend to kill anyone who isn’t also in an oversized truck that’s how my brother died his sedan got hit by a lifted pickup
Ask the epa why they're dumb about emissions per wheelbase inch, not Americans.
the govt ruins everything
@@KJ-ho6sb That's an easy excuse, but where does the government come from?
@@everthealtruist Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.
The United Staates is a mafia-state run by oligarchs enslaving the people, that is the true reason.
The only country in the world with so much freedom yet so many people are ashamed of this country calling America dumb. Leave and go to a 3rd world country then
I would not want to face a head on crash in this vehicle.
Groceries would fly out the car, some highway are faster than 85
in the US no they arent
Not Americans, it is the government regulation around emissions. Can't sell small trucks without a fine. Big trucks are better according to the EPA.
Its not like that, its the import regulations, different countries diff standards not only in emissions but also in safety features etc. oddly, yes, a big engine can be more efficient and less polluting than a smaller one when that smaller one has no systems in place to limit pollutants. To those who whine about the epa, you clearly didnt live in the time before these standards where on some days outside looked like a foggy day until you looked toward the sun and realized nope its not fog, the color of this crap means its a whole lot of shit in the air.
American car manufacturers don't feel it's worth the cost and trouble to put emission controls on smaller and lower priced trucks.
I think your confusing the EPA with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
@@Leo-hwru there’s the CAFE standards for fuel economy, which (of course) allow higher fuel consumption for larger trucks. That’s perfectly fine, some jobs need a full size truck and all things being equal they need more fuel.
The funny thing, though, is that they demand fuel economy 40+ mpg if you want to make a compact truck (not even kei sized, even if you just wanted one the size of the little old S-10’s and rangers etc.) meanwhile 20-something is good enough for a larger truck like the F-150.
Because of this, it’s easier for manufacturers to meet regulations for full sized trucks.
Who, if not Americans, elects the American govts to represent them and implement their desires?! 😒🤣🤣🤣
'Entitled' puerile Americans - always looking for someone else to blame for their own shortcomings. SMH
I swear 90% of the people I know with big trucks never haul anything big to justify their truck.
thats what the auto industry wants!!!!
Its all about status
Get for some reason whenever people need to get fertilizer mulch or need to move they always call the guy with the truck
@@simplelogic9090 Wow, thats amazing. Ill buy a truck and sit around waiting for calls from people moving or buying mulch so I can haul them around and show off the power of my truck.
@Carlos-jp6mg what status? A guy on a moped looks cooler than a guy in a practically self driving living room. Most trucks are just regular traffic.
Lord, it’ll take me an entire year to drag materials to the build site with that little matchbox.
Americans have way too much ego and pride. Functionality and economics dont matter in the United States. People here are too busy looking at what their neighbors have and comparing themselves. Anyone "different" starts trending in a viral video because its so strange. Either that or you get treated badly when people think you're poor. Americans need more morals. I would love to be able to ride a quadricycle to the grocery store but i know people will immediately start filming me just to put something interesting on their social media, and i would have zero say in the matter. Society is weird like that.
You can thank the car companies lobbying against these.
Actually, you can thank the EPA mostly.
Their fuel milage requirements are based off the size of the vehicle, which forces companies to build larger vehicles to hit the government's targets.
Also, these small Japanese trucks don't meet safety standards, emission standards, and can barely run at highway speeds.
They are actually quite terrible for everyday use
@@russellkinkade21because this Japanese truck are meant to carry item while driving at 40KMPH (23MPH) at that speed, it's pretty safety
Nobody but a hippie might buy this pos
@@arx117try going 40 on the highway and see how long you last
@@russellkinkade21 If they didn't meet safety standards they wouldn't be sold. THese are driven on Japanese and American highways under load and can hit 65mph. They are fine.
For their intended utility they are a much better daily drive than the Ram or Fords popular in the US. They are not luxury commute cars as trucks are used in the west.
The only reason why the bed is that small is because most Americans buy a truck as a status symbol anymore. Most of those guys don’t need a bed and probably can’t use a hammer lol
Yess!
You rarely see cargo on pickup trucks that wouldn't fit in a station wagon or even a compact car. That's for sure.
You mean you city folk, right?
I suppose it’s all about what you call real work. I know that there really is that set of people, but basically everyone I know actually uses their trucks. I even bought a Kei truck a few years back, and almost instantly sold it. Payload capacity is like 1500lbs (at like 30kmh/20mph) including occupants.
This means with two big sumbitchs in the front and 12x 80lbs bags of concrete in the back you are maxed out. Two people can mix and pour 12 bags in an hour.
My F350 needs a whole pallet of concrete in the back (42 bags, about 3400lbs OR more than the weight of the whole kei truck fully laden) just to make it ride right.
I can get 5 (technically 6) people and 3 pallets (126bags) of concrete to a job AND actually get it up 20% grades driveway.
It gets better. On a highway trip I would get about 5-6mpg (possibly up to 8mpg if the drive was long enough). So even if the Kei truck got 40mph it would be losing the efficiency race at the 6th / of 10 trips.
That’s not even including that the F350 would still get 12mpg towing the empty back meaning the Kei truck really lost on like the 4th or 5th trip.
At 20miles each way the diesel would burn about 5 gallons of fuel. The Kei truck would burn its entire 10 gallon fuel supply in the 400 mile trip (20x2x10).
The Kei truck was great for delivery and some tradesmen in the city, and even for some of us car guys that are just trying to move around body parts, tires, engines, etc.. they make sense, and they’re cool/obscure, but not what I would call a work truck.
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Just get a Mercedes Sprinter Pritsche 🤷🏼♂️
It's way better as a working vehicle.
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I don't understand why families even use trucks. You have enough boot space in a normal car. Unless you have an occupation related to moving stuff, trucks are pretty much stupid.
- A non-american
Because trucks have enough space for 4 adults to sit comfortably - and safely without worrying bout being potentially crushed like sardines. (When riding in those clown cars) Visibility is great while drving, the 33+ inch tires are great when needing to drive over urban obstacles, can pull over a parking lot, bust out my laptop and do work - in comfort - while sipping my Starbucks - and still have room for my kids drinks in the center console, I mean the reasons are endless. A ford F150 with the 3.5 turbo will get better mileage in the city than a typical mid sized euro box. It will out accelerate, and up to certain speeds, will out corner your Renault lol. It will do all this while you can have a conversation with your passenger without needing to scream at each other (because of the wind / engine noise typical to chit boxes) And by the way, this comes from a guy who used to be involved with the Cleo Cup - UK and WTCC back in the late 2000’s. Still - prefer my trucks for everyday use.
@@tesladiesel2420all things a lot of other cars handle well and no other country really deals with or sees as issues. I think Americans are just fatasses tbh. So this becomes an issue.
@@tesladiesel2420 You are in a fantasy and lie like fox news
In the military we had cushmans and daihatsus, but they were prohibited from going off base and onto public roads. Max speed was less than 25 mph? They were wimpy, mechanically crude, but had almost no smog crap. We could keep them going until they rusted out.
It's not the consumers fault when the mini trucks aren't even offered for sale in America.
You can blame the american government for that. Small trucks are basically banned. Companies are not aloud to make them.
Asian vehicles do not meet most N. American emissions and safety standards. I had one in the Philippines and wanted to bring it back but it couldnt be registered here.
@@johnkidd1226 I read that most cars in China don't have catalytic converters so they can sell the cars even cheaper
@@des5748 Correct.
Honda Ridgeline, Tacoma, avalanche, a few that are smaller then average. Still very infrequent
Nothing "dumb" about not buying something you can't legally register and drive unless it's at least 25 years old and already clapped-out. Change the laws so I can buy and drive a new one and I would in a heartbeat.
Don't tell the YT audience you want the laws changed - tell your politicians.
Oh, sorry.
I forgof.
That's the responsibility of 'they'.
You know.
As in "they orta do sumfin". 🤣🤣🤣
They are also incredibly dangerous. They are designed for Japanese roads, with much lower speed limits. Even so, the crash scenes even in Japan at low speeds are sometimes horrible when these are involved.
@@biggtomm2000utAnd yet, I could drive a 50's Beetle on public roads legally. Don't see why Kei trucks should be singularly unique for 25-year-plus import or registration- outside of regulatory capture or political pearl-clutching.
@@theAsteriskit's any import car that the law applies to. there have been attempts to get rid of the law but american automakers have deep pockets and pay for a lot of lobbyists and whatever else it takes to make sure they don't have foreign competition.
@@Btobebone Oh, I'm not moaning merely about the import age restriction, but rather that I can restore or import nearly anything else that old, and the state will register it for public roads without batting an eye- but, come the Kei truck, my state will suddenly get very worried for my safety, and refuse to title or register it, even though I can still import and own it just fine under the federal 25-year-rule.
That feigned sudden concern over safety- where **no** such concern is to be found for other vintage or collector vehicles- is my primary complaint. I don't buy their justification- that a Kei truck *specifically* is too dangerous to allow, where they have no issue with- say- an MG roadster, or a vintage 1940's motorcycle being registered and used on public roads.
Bear in mind you can still- and many do, due to simpler mechanicals- operate a tractor-trailer from the eighties or far earlier, often lacking ABS, in interstate commercial use, without ABS and so forth, up to an 80K-pound gross. The amount of ire states afford Kei trucks in particular, ostensibly over safety, is laughable. Hell, I'd even be amenable to a restriction of no controlled-access roads for them, given their handling and size, but instead we just get a petulant, total refusal to title and register.
They'll generally even let you title and register *other* Kei cars if they're old enough- just not a Kei *truck*. (In inquiry before deciding whether or not to purchase, they even said they would be able to register a Kei van based on the same core design, but not a Kei truck.) It's utter nonsense, capricious regulatory whimsy.
Yall had no idea how cheap the trucks second hand was
The problem is that the small trucks can't take trailers. Yes trailers exist
I used to own a pickup truck. It was not a big truck to prove that I was an "alpha male." The problem is that everyone asked me to help them move, pick up crap, etc., for them.
Thats why you get a smaller truck like the old ranger models or the s10! Nobody asks me for shit 🤣
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@@toddsalisbury3851 you haven't seen the "ford f*cking ranger!" video memes out there. Rangers are extremely versatile, and I owned one for 20 years (and yes, everybody asked to borrow it to haul their stuff around).
@@beepbop6697 yea my ranger is great! But everyone looks for dude with bigger truck to help even if itd be easier with lower bed. Yea i dont have as wide of bed because i have the side step model but works great for kayaking and home depot trips
So you think having a truck makes someone an Alpha male?! 😊
"Where is the front crumple zone?"
"It sits here and controls the vehicle."
Fr tho 😂
@@manne8575envious of getting smashed into a dough in a minor front end collision?
On the back xD
@@Chicken_cocknballsoup7376 Oh sorry man, I misunderstood the first comment. I'm actually all for big trucks! Lol.
Who cares if you do not tailgate and drive like an idiot you will be fine. I’ve been driving over 45 years and had one accident many years ago where I was following to close. 2 second following rule works.
I used to drive one of those things. Way too small for the highway. A good sidewinder blow that thing off the road. Bring back the quarter ton trucks.
This truck is also equipped in conflicts
We have a nation full of poor people, deeply in debt, driving around in vehicles they can’t afford that keep them poor. Make it make sense.
yeah, I see in order to participate the life in America, one must have some wealth just to start
Gotta have somethin' to tote all them guns around in. Freedom!
Everything makes sense if you just think instead of talk. An era of easy money printing made way for gainful employment and high wages that created complacency in the citizenry. Complacent citizens elected corrupt politicians who passed legislation that are backed by bribes and intense lobbying. This is giving way to an era of legalism where politicians are elected on their promises to pass laws that supposedly benefit the American people when in reality they rob Americans ability to live reasonable logical lives. All the while the Federal reserve uses its ability to print money has an international weapon to keep the rules-based international order in check while keeping its citizens to poor to create political change and unseat the tyrants in charge.
Soo it’s our fault YOU can’t live within your means?
You need money to start out anywhere, not just America.
Oh wow a dig at guns, y’all sure like our money though, sure like our support and tech. (Try stand on your own 2 feet)
That’s the awesome part of America, you can get that little piss ant toy of a car, and I can have my 6 wheeled beast of a truck. It’s whatever floats your boat here.
@@fjbslgiefunny thing is, they say that as is they drive small vehicles. They still drive big suvs.... Also, it's just how it is being a liberal, you just think the other side are uneducated idiots, poor, driving in trucks they can't afford. The reality is much different, and imo, I've noticed a far more subtle racism in cities. The nicest people were in places I would have thought I'd get lynched originally.
95% of pickup truck owners don't need a pickup truck
same with suv's. I only drive a car
I 100% don't care about your opinion.😅
@@Kenneth-kz9it yes you do. Otherwise you wouldn't have committed.
@@Kenneth-kz9it Ok boomer. As if I ever cared about your feelings
@@scott3805 well many of the owners of large suvs like Chevrolet suburban have them for the space and not for the cargo capacity
I tow a utility trailer behind my civic, haul firewood, tree brush from my big maple trees, loads of soil and old appliances to the dump. Hauls two thousand pounds so that’s all I need. I’ve used these Kei trucks on pipeline jobs in Alberta, they get around good but they’re a little tight inside 😊
The moment when you realize you are the crash Impact Zone.
I thought Rhode Island had to turn in their titles
Americans have told me that they need a big truck because it increases their freedom.
Dealers don’t have small trucks available
No one told you that 😂
Yall lie so much to push your agendas.. its sad..
They hold it right there in the back, you see.
@@jimjohnson4072Maybe try driving one of these big trucks in Europe?
Can’t argue with that. Now, if it wouldn’t reduce their freedom to control their car and ability to transport themselves per fuel unit with empty bed…
Doesn’t the government restrict the sales of these because of lobbyists?
The problem isn’t really the American consumer
Yep and the bone head comments get 41k likes while this SMART comment gets 27. UA-cam IS IN ON IT
The problem is NHTSA rigs the CAFE to keep the big 3 in business.
The "footprint" rule
Condo sized PUs get away with 16mpg
Small schtuff now required to get 55mpg
If a small Datsun size PU is imported there is a million dollar fine . . . But they have never clarified if that fine is per 😮 vehicle sold
@@dbpropertymaintenance8660Maybe the bonehead is you?
@@dbpropertymaintenance8660 you ok dude?
@@user-zx5gg8od6l it’s not “hate”…it’s money
Americans don't buy trucks to do truck stuff.
In Germany we don't have those mostly because we have essentially bigger and meaner versions of these things ones. Basically regular truck engine which unfortunately means they aren't really fuel saving but they do have configurable beds, a rather big crew cabin can go pretty fast and are perfect trucks for the intents and purposes of hauling stuff. Granted I only ever saw these when on the construction site when I sat in the cabin to get there but they were incredibly good for carrying all the equipment. Honestly if anyone would suggest an American pick up instead of one of those probably everyone would just ask: Are you quite right in your mind?
you forgot the fact that the kei truck got lobbied the hell out of the USA by the US car manufactures banning them in several states, citing safety reasons. Which is a load of BS.
That is good! My opinion.
You're absolutely correct, but isn't it strange that they don't regulate motorcycles which are far more dangerous?
They are kinda unsafe considering the speed differences of Japan and America. Average Japanese speed limits are around 20-30mph - even highways are only 50mph most of the time. Much slower than in the US.
@@oat1000 I've been the owner of a 1995 Honda acty sdx 4x4 KEI truck for over 2 years and what you say is a lie
You fail to mention the extreme dangers of Harley Davidsons or other motorcycles! Of course you will say that's a different class of vehicle, RIGHT 🤣 !!! Not a automobile ha ha 🤣
Look if you drive these Mini Trucks on secondary roads like 95 percent (city driving ) to the Home Depot or Loewes like most drivers do and use your brain 🧠 they are a safe efficient cost savings means of transportation! I love ❤️ my Honda acty, don't knock it tell you tried it!
@@oat1000 ehm im not trying to be an ass here or even trying to say that I'm knowledgeable, but the legal speed limit in Japan on highways is 60mph, and normal roads its 40 mph. its more like they cant get to those speeds because of traffic.
You will 100% die in an accident in that truck though.
Tommy I love you but only a stupid person would drive that little truck in America. Who do you think gonna win in an auto accident in that little thing?
That model year tundra has the worst crash test rating !
@@SuperSm13Crash tests are only relevant if you are hitting an immovable object as the IIHS does dont get me wrong the IIHS has contributed to much safer cars but if you take the worst crash rated pickup from the last 10 years and crash it against the highest rated compact SUV or sedan you will still fare better in the truck most crash tests aren’t relevant in day to day life. They are just a simple guideline
Deer lease truck!
@@Austin-cg7beto hell w all that it'll still crush like sardine can
You could also ad a heavy machine gun like a 50. in the back. Truck being light would still allow you to go over mud pretty easy while carrying lot's of ammo and maybe some extra fuel in the back. Plus gun too.
Those little trucks are actually fun to drive too. I drove one when I was stationed on Okinawa with the USMC
In India Kei trucks are fully commercial trucks. We have many small grocery stores in neighbourhoods and these trucks are used to transport goods in those small stores on daily basis. In our local language we call them "Chhota hathi" means "Small elephant"
Kahaka chota hati
@@9amfunny302 Maharashtra mein chota hathi bolte hai
@@adityaunde4134This was due to an ad in 2005-06 or earlier if you remember. The marketing campaign for Tata Ace labelled it as chhota hathi.
@@adityaunde4134hamare yaha up , Delhi me bhi chota hathi bolte hai 😂
Chota hati hi bolte har jagah india me
I live in Japan these trucks are one step above riding in clown car. Super uncomfortable tin cans. I know a few people that own them specifically to haul large things that can't fit in our tiny cars. The roads here in japan are super narrow so trucks and cars are built a lot smaller than US cars.
Does the truck from Japan meet US safety and government standards?
@@MatthewSchrenk Nope. That's why you almost rarely see them here. Granted US import regulations are kinda ridiculous.
@@noco7243 My guy 😂 the biggest problem with these tiny trucks it they literally can’t go 60mph on a highway without blowing up speaking to a non American about our cars and roads is pointless they have zero knowledge and can’t comprehend America
this would make more sense if the larger truck in this video wasn't literally a japanese truck.
@MatthewSchrenk I mean it has breaks and seatbelts so maybe. Lol
So this is why Toyota rolled out the new generation. They wanted higher mpg and to call it a "truck." The Kei truck is a micro truck, it's not as useful in America except for what you said, groceries. can't haul squat with it sadly. That's okay though because not everyone needs to. To each their own.
we had 2 of these, now just 1 left we sold the van version, we only have the 4 sitter truck left, it's a nice vehicle and really efficient on gas.
Lookup CAFE regulations. There are dumb laws pushing the trucks to be bigger to avoid fuel economy targets based on the number of sq feet in a rectangle between the four wheels. We used to have small trucks like Tacoma and Ranger (in the 90's), and they cannot make them that small anymore due to US laws. This also impacts Canada since they are not going to make a vehicle for such a small market.
This. Several videos done on this topic. That said the bigger vehicles do leave room for more impact safety I’d hazard a guess
It's more a loophole the car industry was able to weasel in and nobody closed it. The car industry always wants to sell bigger cars as they're easier to make people believe are worth more. People will always pay more for a bigger car even if the value wasn't actually there.
@clockworkbadger2363 Bigger cars aren't actually safer, what they do is they just change the dynamics of a crash. If two cars crash the smaller one will take the bigger impact and forces, but in reality two larger vehicles hitting each other is just as bad or possibly worse than two small vehicles doing the same.
The laws you refer to would be the emission standards that a small truck does not have to meet and this is the reason for these so called trucks being pushed onto the public, they also have an awful safety record
bingo!
"if you have a family this probably won't work for you" as I'm explaining to my wife that I'm ordering myself a Christmas gift...
men need more brave in their lives
you go bro :)
U be divorced soon 😂
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I think you can get the model without the passenger cab that will give a bigger flatbed space .
Most people wants the best of both worlds in having space for more than 2 passengers and to also have a flatbed for hauling .
IDK why Americans buy pickups when only use them to grocery. Sedan is much better, if I need transport something bigger I just use wagon - Peugeot 308sw
I don't need a truck. I need a big comfy car that can haul plywood and a refrigerator.
You need a van.
Vans are so much better for most things
Do you carry plywood and refrigerators every day though?
The problem with bigger cars is they’re less safe for the people outside the car and in them. We should be aiming for everyone to be in more reasonable sized cars so everyone is safer
I legit transported a fridge in a Mitsubishi Mirage hatch. That thing was crazy.
Government: It's unsafe in crashes
The vehicle: has 40hp
regardless of the power figure you are almost guarunteed to pass away after 35mph
Yeah it turns out that the horsepower and speed of the other guy still matters in a crash, genius
Ya the only issue is that you are the crumple zone
Statistically, these are actually safer than large trucks. Lobbying got them banned in the US because corpos wanted to get around emissions regulations.
@Minurz No they're not. Don't be delusional. A front end collision in this will likely destroy your legs. Probably also lack airbags. A crash between this and a Corolla, you'd likely die in this.
don't get into an accident in that stupid shit because you're legs 🦵 are gonna feel it ... 😮😢
Why does this man think people get trucks its ether for work and this thing has a small list of things it can carry with a 44 horse motor or its to mod or to make look nice and this is a little hard make look nice😂