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Nissan Moco Wins JD Power Kei Car Prize
The kei car concept is now 60 years old, as we noted the other day, and these cars are increasingly sophisticated, despite their limited size and small engines.
The latest JD Power prize for kei cars, based on a survey of 4,298 buyers between October 08 and March 09, resulted in a clear with for the Nissan Moco, which got the top (lowest) score of 81 point. Ironically, the Nissan Moco is an OEM (re-badged) version of the Suzuki MR Wagon. It must be galling for Suzuki as they designed and built the thing, and they end up getting beaten by their own car wearing a Nissan badge.
Perhaps Nissan customers have lower expectations than their Suzuki customer counterparts?
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Kei Cars Hit 60th Birthday
Japanese kei (literally “light”, which is from the full name keijidousha, or “light vehicles”) vehicles first came into being 20 years ago. They are a separate class of vehicles in Japan, under regular cars, which are called futsusha (literally “regular cars”, surprisingly). They are built within certain size and CC limitations to qualify for this class. In addition to the obvious fuel economy benefits, they also qualify for tax breaks.
Since most urban driving speeds are so low in Japan (how many hours have I waited at red lights while taking 30 minutes to cover a few kilometers?), there is little need for a very much horsepower for city driving in this nation where two thirds of the population lives in built-up areas. And if you do have a house with a parking space here, you can find that it is only just large enough to park on of these micro-vehicles anyway.
If you are interested in these kei cars, you might want to check out our Japanese car auctions to see all the different varieties that are available.
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