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Big ideas in small packages: Japan’s tiny ‘kei’ vehicles provide a compact lesson in design, efficiency and versatility
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) Monocle The wider world is finally waking up to the joys of the kei car; even Donald Trump declared them “really cute” after his recent visit to Japan. A category of its own since 1949, the kei-jidosha – “light vehicle” – is small…...