Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks

Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by fomine3 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:08PM (#35649018)

Kangoo buyers in Japan also cares fashion. Japanese vans like Toyota Townace are too boring for them but Kangoo is cute.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by freetime2 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:13PM (#35649414)

Yup Kangoos are quite expensive in Japan. They start at JPY 3.8M [1]

The Toyota Sienta, which starts at JPY 2M, seems like a much better value for a passenger car - and I think they borrowed from the Kangoo's styling a bit for the latest iteration [2]. Or for business use a Town Ace, NV200, HiJet, etc.

[1] https://www.renault.jp/car_lineup/kangoo/gps/index.html

[2] https://toyota.jp/sienta/

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by rtpg on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:14AM (#35649760)

Yeah, sure. If you're running some successful bakery in Kagurazaka having the nice-looking truck feels like a "fine" decision. My mental image is that Townaces are bigger, but maybe that's just my impression from the Kangoo's curves

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by freetime2 on Friday April 21, 2023 @01:18AM (#35650032)

L/W/H for Kangoo is 4490/1860/1810 vs. 4065/1665/1930 for the Town Ace. So probably quite a bit easier to park/maneuver the Town Ace.

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