I owned a JA11C Jimny (1991) for about two years. You have to drive it a bit differently due to the 54 horsepower, but it had no problems keeping up with traffic and took it on quite a few roadtrips, the longest of which was between Indianapolis and Baltimore. With a bump up to 64hp for 1995+ kei spec Jimnys power…

There are two of us! Size-wise the Sport would be way more our style, but in lieu of a CC-trim Jimny being made available AND the Jimny miraculously coming stateside, the Bronco family is our only hope for a drop top 4x4 that’s smaller than a Wrangler.

This article got me to look into a Ranger again, and I was decently interested until I saw that the bed is smaller than the bed on my kei truck in all dimensions but height, even in “long bed” guise. And 10-speed auto only. Nevermind, I guess. 

Datsun's back, baby! 3rd time's a charm! Just, you know, maybe don't sell the cars as Datsuns in India.

It’s interesting that your experience is exactly opposite mine. I have an ND and have determined that not being able to use the touchscreen makes Android Auto nearly useless and I find it incredibly dangerous trying to scroll through various changing on-screen “buttons” with the wheel when it would be so much simpler…

I’m sad that I’m really late to this party, but I just picked up a Suzuki Every Turbo RZ Super Multi Roof and wile the turbo F6A is no slouch I can’t help but feel that it needs the drive unit, batteries and electronics from a Chevy Bolt crammed underneath. I’ve even been watching Copart.

Slightly relevant.

There was a guy in my neighborhood who was one of those types where you don’t really know where the money came from but he certainly had lots of it. He was a freelance photographer that drove a 930 Turbo and a brand new Ford GT. He didn’t live that near to me but I always wished that I’d see him blasting through the…

I know nobody cares, but that’s not a 94 Every. It’s a 90 or early 91 DB51V. In September 1991 Suzuki switched to the DF51V which was a complete aesthetic redesign with, for example, tail lights integrated into the rear bumper. My (filthy) 1992 pictured.

I drove my Autozam to Nashville to visit my sister and this was the top of my list of places to go. We arrived the morning after they had unboxed their very own Autozam AZ-1 and hadn’t had the opportunity to remove any of the shipping markings from the windshield yet. What an outstanding place! We will absolutely be…

As a member of a very large group of minitruck owners who regularly take theirs on interstates I have no idea what you’re talking about.

That’s because a tractor “was not manufactured primarily for use on the public roads and thus is not a motor vehicle subject to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards” and is imported under option 8 of the DOT form HS-7 which restricts on-road use for roads like interstates, whereas…

Interstate law IS federal law, but all vehicles over 25 years of age are federally legal. All minitrucks made prior to April 1995 are now federally legal for import.

Our first Pop was great until someone else totaled it going the wrong way down a one way street. The second Abarth was falling apart by 80k miles when we dumped it on Carmax. Two rear wheel bearings had gone out and a third was going. All four struts were leaking and the front strut bearings had disintegrated. The…

I am but one wallet, but the husband has already approved. I cannot guarantee that it will sell well, but I can guarantee that it will sell at least one.

Those are definitely not stock or a dealer option, but it’s an interesting idea. In theory it would save you some money at CBP during the import, but on my Sambar that would have only been around $150 in savings avoiding the 25% duty fee. If someone actually wanted the jump seats, though, I guess you might as well?

I’m not aware of any jump seats, rear facing or no, in any kei truck of any generation. Are you thinking of the Brat? I definitely thought about one of those before picking up the Sambar but I don’t have any regrets.

Completely empty without driver it’s half the curb weight of a CX-5 (1800 lbs). 770 lb payload on top of that and with less than a third of the power and torque of the proposed engine, I think my point definitely stands. And if Mazda press releases are to be believed, the Sambar would need a 0.40 Cd to MATCH the drag…

I don’t take too many pictures of it because it’s just a work truck, but Cd of a house and gearing to put it way past peak power by 60 mph and I’ve still had no problems going from Indy to Nashville or Jacksonville or Pittsburgh. I had planned to do an engine swap when I got it but it turns out the pathetic original…

If I can easily handle 85 mph speeds through the Appalachians in my 55hp flatbed I think the American people can handle a hatchback making 178hp.