The KEI cars by design don’t fit all safety and environmental ratings at higher speed the consumers cars have to adhere to in North America.
They exist as a very specific portion of the automotive market created in Japan by legal limitations that defines their profiles and capacities for taxes purposes. The fact that KEI trucks can be imported is actually a lack of extended regulations to farm equipment in the US.
The North American automotive market has no monetary or legal incentives to sell even inspired KEI cars since they are to cheap to make a reasonable margin and no tax loophole exist to prop up the industry.
As an outsider, how do you guys reach for the cabinet above the sink without, you know, getting spotted by the neighbour?