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A comment on Japan's Mini Kei-Truck Sales Surge in US Despite Safety Concerns. Parent comment

Re:Japan's Mini Kei-Truck Sales Surge in US Despite Safety C... by jqpabc123 on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:40AM (#40820052)
These Kei trucks are a less than ideal, last ditch response to a market that has failed a lot of consumers.

The number being imported by highly motivated individuals is only a small fraction of the extent of this failure.

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Re:Japan's Mini Kei-Truck Sales Surge in US Despite Safety C... by infecto on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:47AM (#40820104)
No it is not. They conservatively represent less than 1% of new trucks sold. "small indicator of the extent of this failure" that is just a projection of what you think it is. I don't disagree modern trucks are comically large and starting prices are too high, lets look towards poor federal regulations that helped get us to these large trucks before talking about market failure.
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