I want a Suzuki Alto Works

[P4g4nite]

words

Alright geez, you got me.
It's an awful car and I'm awful for liking something that can't tow a load of firewood or win drag races.
You win the thread.

Nice link. I didn't even know that Mazda made one never mind it had gull wings
Mate had a Honda Beat and we used to swap cars for weekends.
FANTASTIC handling and as long as you keep revving it, fast on the twisties.
hmmmm, wonder if there are any Mazda AZ-1's for sale

Beat might be a little scarce, but there are still plenty of Copens about which are a decent ride if you can stand the look. You'd be surprised at how many seriously modified Copens are getting about in Japan.

A Kei version of a supercar is one thing but they also built a, wait for it....Kei Pajero!

Behold, how cute is it?

[whiteballz]

I want a pajero evo kei class.. That'd be for shits n giggles.

[clutch-monkey]

isn't the suzuki LJ10 a kei car? do want

[nota]

the 1.2 Liter "rule" is for 4 cyl engines .you really want at least 300cc per cylinder before your making useable torque .

My 875cc Hillman Imp GT certainly made "useable torque" .. how can this be? Perhaps it was malfunctioning?



Other sub 1.2 litre 4-cyls I've driven which by your "rule" cannot "start to get useable torque" must have been similarly outer-worldly.

These include Renault 10, the A-series Mini, and my wife's grunty little Peugeot 205, etc.

At previous employment I recall zooming around in a small forklift powered by a Datsun 1000 motor .. a piece of machinery which by your measure does not require "useable torque"

[clutch-monkey]

one can only surmise that theory and equations can only take you so far, before reality kicks in. who'd have thought!

[Badsight]

one can only surmise that theory and equations can only take you so far, before reality kicks in. who'd have thought!

lol , too funny

[clutch-monkey]

i'll be over here enjoying my 1.3i mini with it's apparently non-existent torque

[whiteballz]

Your mini managed to get me, you and regi up those mountian ranges - without the use of a singe Nm.

[cargirl1990]

i like Suzuki's but what the heck is this thing supposed to be?

[wwgkd]

i like Suzuki's but what the heck is this thing supposed to be?

Jappanese kei car. From the land of tentacle rape it actually makes sense.

[clutch-monkey]

Your mini managed to get me, you and regi up those mountian ranges - without the use of a singe Nm.

that's because they run on magic.

[cargirl1990]

Jappanese kei car. From the land of tentacle rape it actually makes sense.

tentacle rape?

[P4g4nite]

i like Suzuki's but what the heck is this thing supposed to be?

Did you read the thread? Lots of interesting articles linked that talk about Kei cars and how awesome they are.

Basically, the reason they exist is because it is extremely expensive to have a car in Japan. Particularly in large cities, which Japan is almost exclusively made up of.
Huge taxes, high fuel cost, expensive licenses and in some cities if you want to drive you are required to own a car park due to how densely packed everything is.

Enter the Kei car law.

A vehicle of certain size and engine capacity can be classed as a "Kei" and is exempt from many rules and taxes.

tentacle rape?

Are you Christian or something?

[wwgkd]

tentacle rape?

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_erotica]Tentacle erotica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

For more examples try googling tentacle rape, but be advised it gets graphic.

[G35COUPE]

Very little cars are always under-rated for reasons that baffle me. I would love to see a 2-seater 1.0 Litre engine one day, with no room for a trunk.