The trucks’ popularity took off in the United States about 10 years ago, according to Scott Bower, founder and CEO of Japan Car Direct, an exporter based in Chiba Prefecture that deals in used ...

Thousands of these used Japanese pickups and vans are brought into the U.S. each year and purchased by eager fans, creating an unlikely fad. Unlikely because kei trucks are small – shorter and ...

Sales of Kei trucks tripled in the last five years, with around 7,500 total imported just last year, according to data from Japan Used Motor Vehicle. Meanwhile, auto experts see the Kei truck ...