Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Fiat To Bring Low-Speed 'All-Electric Quadricycle' To The U.S. After Trump's 'Tiny Car' Statements

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  Last week, Trump announced he wants "tiny cars" to be sold and built here in America. Well, Stellantis wasted no time on this. C...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

Trump's "Tiny Cars" Has Huge Hurdles. People Say "Let The Market Decide." But It Already Did.

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President Donald Trump's recent post on Truth Social. President Trump's recent announcement about "tiny cars" being built ...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Trump Wants A Return to Small Cars In the U.S., But Does Anyone Else?

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  On December 3, President Trump announced fuel economy rollbacks for the U.S. At some point, perhaps going off script, he started talking a...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

We Bought a Suzuki Jimny Wide!

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  Our 1998 Suzuki Jimny Wide We have wanted a third-generation Suzuki Jimny for years. In 2023, they would become legal to import into the U...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

One Step Closer: Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Pro Kei Car Legislation

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  News broke yesterday that Oregon Senator Anthony Broadman has introduced a bill to legalize kei vehicles for road use in the Beaver State....
Friday, May 30, 2025

Oregon JDM Advocates: Legalizing Kei Trucks In The Beaver State

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  The majority of U.S. states allow kei cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans to be legally registered for road use, even if there are speed restrict...
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Friday, January 24, 2025

A Hen's Tooth For Sale: 2018 Toyota Yaris SE (With a Manual Transmission)

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2018 Toyota Yaris SE. Photo via Lexus of Seattle  I've found a hen's tooth. A rarity. This is a 2018 Toyota Yaris SE  (located at Le...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

These Two Small, Cheap Cars Are Selling Like Hotcakes, Despite Impending Discontinuation

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The Mitsubishi Mirage and Nissan Versa are the last two mainstream, affordable subcompact cars—heck, last inexpensive cars of any kind—left ...
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Thursday, April 25, 2024

We Drove a 2015 Chevrolet Spark Halfway Across The Country

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I've long had a soft spot for the Chevrolet Spark. When I reviewed the 2013 Spark 2LT   over 11 years ago I said, "... it’s an impr...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Mitsubishi, Kia Kill Their Smallest Cars; U.S. Subcompact Market All But Dead. Here's Why.

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On August 15, 2023,  Automotive News  (paywalled site) reported Mitsubishi may be discontinuing its thrifty Mirage model after MY2024. This ...
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