Bring a Trailer Speaking of Miatas, Mazda assigned none other than NA Miata lead engineer Toshihiko Hirai to head up development on its wild kei-car project. The idea was to inject a little ...

What are your options when you actually need something even smaller than a Miata, but still want to keep it Japanese? Well, you look at a Kei car, of course. This exclusive class of Japanese ...

Taking design cues from the sports cars of the era ... responsible for the original Mazda MX-5, also known as Miata. The mid-engined kei-class AZ-1 weighs in at just 720 kilograms (1,587 lbs ...

Today’s Copen is a kei car at just 133.7 inches long and 58.1 ... just 3.1 inches shorter and 1.6 inches narrower than the latest Mazda Miata. That’s awfully close to be a coincidence.

So what do these sporty yet elusive kei cars offer that their larger Miata counterparts can't offer? Well, will Mazda sell ...

However, even that was a little larger than kei car regulations, with a footprint closer to that of a Miata. Mazda has never made another kei sports car and seems unlikely to do so now as its ...

This Hijet, a sixth-generation micro van, would have had no more than 40 or 50 horsepower when it was new, so the bike engine is definitely making more. One downside of using an entire bike in the ...

Back in the late 1980s, Mazda decided to build a mid-engine performance car that would abide by Japan's "Kei" small car regulations ... those are in fact Miata door handles. If you're looking ...

KEI cars came about through necessity, but have grown to dominate the Japanese marketplace. Here we take a look at what they are and whether you can get one in the UK. Originating from the ...