If you ever travel to Japan you will right away notice a diminutive class of vehicles that you don’t see stateside. They are known as Kei cars and are the smallest category of highway legal motor vehicles in Japan. There are tons of incentives to driving a Kei car in Japan including cheaper gas and lower tax and insurance rates. Here is a charming video by Mountain Hardwear about a Kei car named Mighty that makes its way to the America where it thrives in the mountain of the West.

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