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Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40818280

If there's anything we should take from Japan, it's treating cars like second class citizens behind transit instead of the other way around. The cute tiny cars are more a side effect of that.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The US has pretty low speed limits in most areas.

Most Kei Cars can reach 140km/h (87.5mph), which is faster than any speed limit I can find in the US.

If you don't have to move a massive amount of truck, a small engine can go a long way.

Btw, my first car was a tiny Peugeot 106 with 42 HP. I had no problem getting up to the 130km/h (81.25mph) speed limit on the highways in my country, and the fastest I have ever gone with that car was 160km/h (100mph).

Modern Kei cars have about 50% more power than that Peugeot 106.

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