{"id":3828,"date":"2010-09-29T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2010-09-29T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T06:05:00","slug":"toyota-collaborate-with-daihatsu-to-sell-kei-cars-in-japan-by-autumn-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/toyota-collaborate-with-daihatsu-to-sell-kei-cars-in-japan-by-autumn-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota collaborate with Daihatsu to sell Kei Cars in Japan by autumn 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/toyota-collaborate-with-daihatsu-to-sell-kei-cars-in-japan-by-autumn-2011\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Toyota Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/toyota-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota is getting into the Kei cars (K-cars) market under Toyota brand in Japan. The Japanese automaker said on Tuesday that it would expand its product line to include 660cc mini-vehicle made by subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. starting in stages from autumn 2011 in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They expect annual sales of about 60,000 units of mini-vehicles once all three models hit showrooms, which will sell them through its domestic &#8220;Corolla and &#8220;Netz&#8221; dealership.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Toyota official also said they would discuss other ways to collaborate with Daihatsu in Japan using Toyota&#8217;s experience in green technologies such as hybrids and electric vehicles. However, the specific products and technologies would be decided by the end of 2011.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Daihatsu Mira\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DaihatsuMira.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kei cars (K-cars) are defined by specifications unique to Japan: maximum length of 3.4 meters, width of 1.48 meters, height of 2 meters and engine displacement of less than 660cc regardless turbo or non-turbo.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kei cars\u00a0is popular in Japan for its money-saving potential, including lower fuel costs and taxes. They currently comprise about a third of Japan&#8217;s annual vehicle sales.<\/p>\n<fb:like \n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2010\/09\/toyota-collaborate-with-daihatsu-to-sell-kei-cars-in-japan-by-autumn-2011\/\" \n\t\tlayout=\"button_count\" \n\t\tshow_faces=\"true\" \n\t\twidth=\"450\" \n\t\theight=\"30\"\n\t\taction=\"like\" \n\t\tcolorscheme=\"light\" \n\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:5px;\"\n\t\tclass=\"fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota is getting into the Kei cars (K-cars) market under Toyota brand in Japan. The Japanese automaker said on Tuesday that it would expand its product line to include 660cc mini-vehicle made by subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. starting in stages from autumn 2011 in Japan. They expect annual sales of about 60,000 units of mini-vehicles &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[596,43],"tags":[2699,2709,2695,2696,2701,2702,1464,2692,2694,2691,2693,2700,2708,2697,2698,2703,2704,2706,2705,2707],"class_list":["post-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-daihatsu","category-toyota","tag-corolla","tag-daihatsu-660cc","tag-daihatsu-k-car","tag-daihatsu-kei-car","tag-japan-domestic-market","tag-japanese-domestic-market","tag-jdm","tag-k-car","tag-k-cars","tag-kei-car","tag-kei-cars","tag-netz","tag-toyota-660cc","tag-toyota-k-car","tag-toyota-kei-car","tag-toyota-kei-truck","tag-toyota-mini-car","tag-toyota-mini-vehicle","tag-toyota-minicar","tag-toyota-minivehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3828"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3839,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions\/3839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}