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Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Where exactly are these legal in Europe? I've never seen one, we have small-ish trucks (that get bigger every iteration) but not this tiny, that I know of. Pretty sure they're not legal in my country at least.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

They're definitely legal, they're just not sold. I've seen them, but they're generally sold by importer companies that sell JDM vehicles. A business in my area has a fleet of kei pickups

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

in Europe?
but not this tiny,

You don't know the Ape? It's really everywhere in Europe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ape

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago

No I didn't, they might be everywhere but they aren't very common (maybe in Italy..). I've seen the other small plagio truck (because that Ape is not a truck, barely a bit more than a scooter), but only a handful and it's been like ten years since the last I saw, and they aren't as small as these kei trucks (these are as long as a fiat 500).