Kei car
Description
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[[File:Japanese black on yellow license plate.png|thumb|right|Private kei license plate]] |
[[File:Japanese black on yellow license plate.png|thumb|right|Private kei license plate]] |
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[[File:Japanese yellow on black license plate.png|thumb|right|Commercial kei license plate]] |
[[File:Japanese yellow on black license plate.png|thumb|right|Commercial kei license plate]] |
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Japanese government regulations limit the outer physical size, and ([[Internal combustion engine|combustion]]) [[engine displacement]] |
Japanese government regulations limit the outer physical size, and ([[Internal combustion engine|combustion]]) [[engine displacement]] and |
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[[Horsepower|power output]] of kei cars, see detailed table below. Kei cars have also been subject to other restrictions, chiefly lower speed limits than bigger vehicles; older Kei-cars also had a warning chime that sounded when being driven too fast.{{Cite magazine |last=Csere |first=Csaba |date=November 1986 |title=Honda Today: Space efficiency doesn't have to be ugly |magazine=[[Car and Driver]] |publisher=CBS Magazines |volume=32 |issue=5 |page=110 |ref=CD1186}} |
[[Horsepower|power output]] of kei cars, see detailed table below. Kei cars have also been subject to other restrictions, chiefly lower speed limits than bigger vehicles; older Kei-cars also had a warning chime that sounded when being driven too fast.{{Cite magazine |last=Csere |first=Csaba |date=November 1986 |title=Honda Today: Space efficiency doesn't have to be ugly |magazine=[[Car and Driver]] |publisher=CBS Magazines |volume=32 |issue=5 |page=110 |ref=CD1186}} |
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