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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by wodenokoto on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:08PM (#50446969)
Kei-cars are the smallest class of cars allowed on highways in Japan. Japan highway speeds are quite low at 100km/h, which is still more than twice what this car is limited to.

On intercity highways in Japan you are driving next to as large trucks as anywhere I've driven.

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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by Grombobulous on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:10PM (#50446999)
Good correction, I was pretty sure they weren’t allowed on highways but I must have misunderstood.
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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by mallipeddi on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:34PM (#50447267)
Kei cars in Japan are definitely allowed to go on their freeways. I have done big roadtrips all over Japan and I see kei cars all the time on the freeways. They just stay in the slow lane but I have seen ambitious kei cars drivers even pass regular cars in the passing lane :)
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