I'm one of those 70%. When my grandfather was in Hospice he wanted me to have his pick-up truck so I kept it. Not trying to justify it, just telling my story.
@Alex-dh2cx I was born in the 90's. Ford Ranger is a mid size truck and despite being huge on the international market, it did dismal numbers in the USA because nobody wants these small baby trucks.
@@farzana6676 they sold over 300,000 units a year of the ford ranger in the 90s. S10 wasn't that far behind the ranger. That's half the sales of the f150, but still well ahead of most other models. You're just full of shit
@@farzana6676tons would love these cheap cars/trucks but tariffs are high and American companies don't build them because they want the higher profits of the more expensive cars.
yeah, small trucks and cars feel awesome to drive. favorite car i ever drove was a pos used geo metro in the 90s. went from detroit to baton rouge often on like 40 bucks, and felt like i was racing the whole time. couldnt kill the thing. got desroyed by a drunk driver smashing into it parked outside my moms one year.
This is a common story that I notice. The Japanese make exceedingly competitive and valuable products, so in response the USA creates some BS regulations to hurt Japanese companies and bail out US companies. The Japanese for whatever reason are perfectly willing to compete and create "value" products, meanwhile US companies tend to only be in it for the $$$$. I guarantee ford HATED the Ranger with all their being because it was one of the most reliable vehicles they ever made. They don't want to sell that, they want to sell leviathan f150s, 250s, etc that will perform for a certain time and eventually fall into disrepair. The Japanese style small trucks can be maintained forever. I know people will call me a weeb, but I am not. I just notice that if I look hard enough I will always find Japan at the top of industry. Whether it's pencils, industrial machines, vehicles, electronics, appliances, honestly whatever.... For whatever cultural, societal, or whatever reason Japan is willing to make value products at a value price, while other countries simply despise that. I have my theory as to why, Japan is a small island nation with no/small natural resources and a large population. They were devastated after ww2 so their survival strategy was to export EXCELLENCE. The way they survive is by taking the resources of other countries and offering excellent quality products from those resources. Plus they wanted to export their culture, and repair their image after WW2. The USA has always been obsessed with $$$, so it makes sense that the soulless big 3 just want money. Henry Ford was a legend, but one man can only rule for so long. He is long dead and his company is under the rule of others. Chevy the same. Henry Ford became the legend he is by selling practical cars for the everyman. The Japanese cars and trucks we see are a simple extension of the same philosophy.
It's not the dealership, it's almost 50 year old laws on Fuel efficiency and protectionism. There is no path to change those laws in congress because of entrenched interests.
The portion of trucks towing anything regularly is probably less than 5%. I would bet more people buy heavy-duty trucks like F250 than people who regularly tow. Also, if people were more willing to rent a truck for the rare occasion they actually need one it would be cheaper to rent them(it's still financially beneficial now).
@FullMetalAttackTitan9tailsHero did you just say a broad statistic is false and then justify it by using personal examples about your home town? Sure dude, the entire country is perfectly reflective of what your stupid town in Michigan is like.
@greezooo yah... Its called northeast michigan. If you know the economy of michigan...many rich folk from detroit and flint matriculate north and west during the weekends in summer. So we have a shit ton of people traveling fridays and sundays hauling boats, rvs, trailers, tool trailers, dump trailers, bike trailers. Name it and we have it going right up i-75 at a turtles pace because the state still hasnt figured out how to make more than 2 lane highways north of the cities. Then, more specifically, theyll break off at offramps for particular destinations and just so happens i live right by 3 popular highways traveling to huge tourist spots. We have lakes upon lakes and wildlife/fishing for days. Literal paradise. Thats why so many trucks and trailers. You will never see a k truck in our area because theyre useless to people like us.
Facts. My Dad (retired now) was a tradesman his whole life. He used to buy a new pickup truck every three years in the 80s and 90s. They were cheap. No normal person wanted them. And then they started making the quad cab and adding all sorts of bells and whistles to the interior that where once you wouldn't give a crap about getting in dirty, now it would be like getting in someone's Bentley with mud on your boots.
@@ozvega.57dude thats bs, i live in western nc (clay county) and ppl drive jacked up trucks that are as clean as my mustang. Most dudes who drive them around here do not do any type of work involving these trucks. I hate those things so much lol
@@senorjuanwick9818 As a neighbor just a bit more east, don't worry too much. They're getting laughed at by anybody who is A. not in the same car and B. not in the same kind of car.
I tried to hook my 30' gooseneck and John Deere 450 to the mini truck. The min truck's wheels yeeted themselves across the road. What do I do now? Please help.
Screwdrivers make terrible hammers. Hauling with a mini trick is as dumb as hauling with a camry. They are designed for "last mile" delivery in congested metro areas. I bet your 30 ft gooseneck is tons of fun in NYC.
For what job? The point he is clearly making is that most people don't need the features that come with such a large and powerful vehicle. For everyday things like shopping and travelling around, and the occasional larger thing like some DIY materials or Christmas tree. This little car will do all those things just fine and more efficiently. Of course if you regularly carry much more and heavy things on rougher roads such as doing a relatively larger construction project. Then the larger more powerful vehicle might be better for you. But most people don't actually need it.
I work in a lumber yard and it’s hilarious when people come in with those big trucks and have never hauled anything in them. They’re always so cautious of scratching the truck bed.. ITS A TRUCK BED
It feels like nonsense when people don't have liners in their truck beds. Why drive a vehicle that's horrible for driving and has poor storage space if you're not actually using the main feature of it
not necessarily -- it's a mid engine design. The engine is actually underneath the top part of the bed just behind the cab (that's what the hatch in the bed accesses) along with the battery box and fuel tank. It's actually more stable than an American typical pickup. Can confirm since I've done some crazy driving when using them in Japan; as stable as a mountain goat these things, but they are light in general so they will get airborne over rough bumps and divots in the road with just a driver and nothing else 😉
@@Heavenly_Fury well those use cases were not mentioned before. Obviously you need at least a 1/2 ton full sized truck for that 😆 95% people aren’t using their trucks as baby semis though even if it does seem that way around where you are (I’m in GA with a camper and had a cousin car hauling business with 3 F-350s and trailers so I get it) I’m talking about all the pavement princesses you see hauling air about 99% of the time. I lived in Japan for almost 20 years and these little trucks can do anything an F-150 can do light duty wise. I moved house and used one in my on premise IT business to haul equipment, tools, ladders, etc. if you ever go to any East Asian country, this is what you see on the road delivering packages, hauling light cargo, etc because it has the same bed size and cargo capacity as our full-size trucks here - but definitely not the towing capability unless it’s just a riding mower or something.
In Iraq I used to see those bongo trucks loaded to the max with goats, people, produce and miscellaneous tools. I can confirm that those little trucks are a workhorse 😂
bonggo is the name of KiA comercial truck😅 like Hyundai Porter. it represented by overloaded cargo. in developing era, S.Korean workers love overload. so 1 ton allowed Bonggo and Porter reinforce their body strenth upto 3 tons.
The issue is that in the US small trucks are restricted on a federal level and cannot be driven on a highway. On top of that the EPA has laws against small engines because they arnt as efficient for their size as say a big block V8. Stupid i know but unfortunately the US auto industry is locked down by legislation lobbied into being by the likes of Ford, Gm and Dodge. End lobbying.
State level. Theres an article on a guy trying to make them street legal in Colorado and he was railroaded by local car dealers and others. Shit was infuriating to read.
Yeh they sell them here but they are now trying to regulate them to make it so you can't register a license plate for it because supposedly "it's not safe for public roads" meanwhile you register a classic Ford with no doors or roof and drive that on the freeway.
As a person who live where these small trucks/pickups are the norm, driving these things at our not-so-fast highway are indeed scary 😅.. Ive been driving 1000cc Suzuki Carry and Daihatsu Hijet, i won't push myself beyond 80km/h in these things. I can't imagine people driving them on American highway. Slight breeze or a small hatchback passing you probably could make them wiggle. Tough, outside highway they will be fine. Slightly bigger pickups like Mitsubishi L300 or Australian utes probably make more sense for American highway..
Doesn't matter at all as these trucks are imported from times before those regulations and also because they are imported they don't have to meet the US regulations as long as they meet the requirements to be able to be imported. If not they get blacklisted to import
Most people who drive giant trucks like that have never hitched a trailer onto a truck in their life, of course if you need to carry a trailer a bigger vehicle is better
I get the big truck for hauling trailers. If you're a farmer or contractor and need to haul heavy things the big one makes more sense. But the vast vast majority only drives their kids to school or to the grocery store.
Which vehicles are safer? Obvious answer! I want big comfortable & safe. Plus performance. Those little rucks are great on a farm, better than ATVs 4x4s etc. and fine in a small town for running around but drive that a week in your average daily commute and you'll beg for the bigger truck. And you aren't hitting the interstate in that little thing. We have smaller trucks, not tiny like this, but smaller. People don't want them. Insurance is also cheaper on trucks than cars. But this video is stupid. He's comparing a grape to a watermelon.
If toyota sold a truck the size of the 80's pickup with a manual transmission and no computers, manual transfer case, and hand crank windows I would never buy anything else. Until then I'll keep my manual tacomas running as long as I can.
Honestly I think it more has to do with the near 100% mortality rate in crashes. Because other 35 mpg trucks exist. And are legal. But they also don’t put the driver in a flimsy cab right in front of the load, in most cases anyway XD
@@ElCapitanGamesnot to mention these trucks with 2 full grown men can easily flip forward when brakes are applied and it’s going to fast. It’s hilarious to see a truck somersault tho
Kei trucks also have crap suspension (low cargo capacity, no matter how much you can configure the box) and horrible crash ratings. Even on the Kei trucks subreddit, they say your shins are the crumple zone and youd have a better chance of walking away from crashing a motorcycle.
1. Infrastructure in Japan is really good because they actually spend money repairing potholes and building roads. Good suspension isn’t needed for driving on highly maintained roads. 2. Getting into a crash in Japan doesn’t mean you are being crushed by a massive SUV. Also you would ideally avoid driving through highly populated areas. You wouldn’t use them everyday. Unlike Americans who use them for basic everyday tasks. 3. If they had low cargo capacity they wouldn’t be used. Japan strives for maximum efficiency so much it kills people. These trucks would’ve been outcompeted a long time ago because Japan fosters healthy competition not fake monopoly-ruled “competition”.
@@njptau1219 OPs whole point is that they are not popular nor legal in most of the US but should be. You apparently missed the point because we're talking why they don't work in the states. Japan's infrastructure and crashes are completely irrelevant in that discussion. As for cargo capacity, my point was being able to configure the box doesn't matter if your max cargo capacity is roughly 700 lbs. More on that below. Then usage. True, most people don't use trucks for what they're made for. If the don't use them at all, they don't even need a kei. If they use them rarely, uhaul rents trucks. If they use them all the time, then they should get a good one. Higher cargo capacity means they can move loads to a job site in fewer trips. Which is important considering the US is much larger and more spread out than Japan. And like you said, good crash test ratings for hiting suvs and suspension for potholes are important in the US. Especially the crash test thing, theyre not up to American standards. Which is why theyre illegal in most places here. The manufacturers could update them, like have a headrest that's solid so you don't whiplash your head through the back window but they don't. The reason they're not in the US isn't a US legal problem it's a Japanese/Korean safety standards problem. And no its not because theyre not manufactured here, those companies already have US factories for other models. Simply put: We shouldn't lower our standards for a niche market.
@@douglasc3572 Part of the question that nobody asks is not about lowering our standard, but why we make crazy demands of our motoring public in the first place. Does anyone realize that near half the cost of a truck is to protect people from themselves? Yeah, we're talking $5k - $10k worth of items that have nothing to do with getting from point A to B. Air bags, bumpers, AC, and many other electronic items are on everything we touch because nobody has common sense these days... and YOU pay for it at every turn... and our guv-mint won't allow you to choose a cheaper option. The flip side is many countries still offer basic transportation for half of what we pay.
Exactly Ford pickup trucks were much smaller in grandads day and you'd better believe granddad got everything done with that truck. These ginormous trucks Americans are brainwashed into purchasing and going in huge debt are ridiculous as a mass buy.
@@tw8464 there hasn’t been anything my 2003 Ranger hasn’t been able to do. I only have 2WD also. They don’t want to ever make a simple, practical truck for blue collar workers anymore because they’ll lose money when people start doing their own repairs again! When my Ranger inevitably dies I’m going to get another early 2000’s Ranger.
@@sorrowcat2724 exactly you're absolutely right. I miss the Rangers. They used to be widely available and could get them used for very affordable prices. Miss those days. Would love to see Ford bring back a solid affordable Ranger.
"made for resupplying small convivence store and deliveries to people living on hills and mountains and not any kind of heavy hauling at long distanced with uneven terrain."
They are sold but they are not street legal in many states. They work great on farms and in woods. Might want to change the wheels to UTV or ATV wheels and tires.
@@allegorx58 they work great, sure they won’t go through deep sand and flying of huge rocks but they’ll drive through farm fields, a few inches of mud, snow. Which is what 99% of pickups do. And most “off road” vehicles don’t see anything beyond a paved road.
@@allegorx58 Clearly said that it was 4wd, and if needed, lift kits are available for anything. I used to have a '77 Datsun 720, standard height, took it out in sand and rough stuff all the time. No problems. Why? Because it was so light. Also knowing how to drive in that terrain helps.
In Las Vegas, I saw an older "compact" pick-up truck hit head on by a newer Chevy Silverado. Silverado was going wrong way on I-95. You didn't have to get close to compact truck to know those 2 men were not only dead, but flattened beyond recognition. The Silverado driver had moderate injuries. That was May 2021 (Memorial Day morning). I will never forget that scene. And the silence of the freeway. No way in hell would I EVER drive something that small and unsafe on a freeway.
Yeah, they are like smart cars, the smart ones stay away from the major highways/freeways... When it comes to head on collisions on a major highway , it doesn't matter what you are driving ... I seen an S10 pickup hit a concrete truck head on , the S10 though it was safe to pass and was wrong, the second he changed lanes to pass , the concrete truck was right there, and boom... The S10 driver was ejected through the windshield and somehow survived, but the concrete truck driver died on impact... It's crazy how the tiny trucks driver survived but the huge as life concrete trucks driver died...
Well believe it or most Americans use their trucks sorry you don’t know how to hook a trailer up that small ass truck would be used like a golf cart in most places of work it’s pretty useless except for mulch and gravel honestly
Every office worker I see that drives a Silverado 3500 is a poser. Pick ups do have practicality to them as the bed on the are able to be taken off and changed into something else like that other vehicles configuration or put something else but the frame is so beefy that it was designed to haul much more than the average office workers equipment. Plus engines in modern pickup trucks now use cylinder deactivation and stuff to get better gas millage but it is all unreliable.
You're one of the smart ones buster. People in America will buy a 2000 square foot house and the top line tundra, for 1 person and complain that they can't afford anything.
as long as Im american, i can easily find a friend with a truck. i got a middle aged man, an elderly man, and a young adult friend... ALL with trucks. at least the older men have jobs they use their trucks for. 1) lawn care 2) Mobile Auto Repair 3) the young guy just uses it as a personal vehicle 😅 Personally I love SUVs. its a masculine family car. that I can use for commuting 28 city 34 highway mpg, it has up to 70 cubic feet of storage, a panoramic sun roof. I have a love-hate relationship with its price. i got it brand spanking new and i plan on keeping it till the wheels fall off, BUT.... its a nissan rogue so im kinda concerned for its reliability rating. but so far so good, ive put on every mile from 000 054 until its current 75k miles. my favorite was 69,420. 😂😂😂 and 50k. but what does suck is my towing capacity is only 1000 lbs. but again 99% of my driving is EXTREMELY FUEL EFFIECIENT for a non hybrid SUV. if push comes to shove, I can Pay U-Haul or Home Depot $20 to rent a truck. again, I got lots of American friends with trucks. so why waste my money on a gas guzzler when I dont work with freight. much respect to truck drivers, but I hate em. gas is also much quieter than diesel trucks. jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jayh... brum bruum brumm. my dads truck was so loud, we could sneak as kids to turn off the games and TV when my folks got home. then they got a Car. and so many gotcha moments cuz gas is just so much more quiet.
Crazy the amount of people thinking they’re pulling 10 yds of mulch with one of these… like are we really classifying people who use their truck as a work truck as dumb .. crazy Somebody who owns a truck for no reason, I guess but that’s may even be ego / desire to feel big or safe who tf knows
I would drive that for sure. My biggest fear is all these tiny women in monster trucks that can't hardly see over the steering wheel using me as a speed bump.
It also has a great feature when going 80 mph. When you push on the break it flips over, end over end, until the driver is completely dead or ejected out of the vehicle. It also is completely incapable of hauling anything up a hill.
What you mentioned at the end is exactly why the American truck is smarter. The people with these trucks have families. And these trucks are pulling boats, travel trailers for vacations, work trailers full of material for that would be too big even for a larger truck bed. You're not doing any of that with a 43hp Honda. Plus you're entirely forgetting that the American truck has weight so you're more likely to survive a collision with other vehicles. And because it has a bigger engine you can actually get up to speed when you turn out on the road so the vehicle behind doesn't have to hit the brakes to avoid hitting you. You have a family, even safety alone is enough to call it the smarter choice. Use your head man.
Finally someone that can use basic logic. That smaller truck are useful too, of course, in places like Japan and other countries with smaller roads and relatively smaller distances, where people average height is smaller than the average American, and absolutely only for work. Even if the American truck was bought for “fancy” purposes, why someone should care? That person had the money to buy it, that’s what he wanted, and if that person didn’t had the money and still bought it, he is the one who put himself in debt. But people on the internet love to project their ego on others, or have some inferiority complex, or whatever the reason, they love to call Americans stupid. I’m sure that the hate on that truck was started by cyclists, Lel. Have a nice day!
@@Mau_KWhat most Americans forget when making that argument is that they aren’t the center of the universe. Modern pickups are horrendous for safety. They typically have high ground clearance and their hoods stick out in front a lot, which makes it very hard to see for example a small child. Also, their frames are rigid, which means that in the case of a crash, the force of the crash is focused on the person inside instead of the car. Only people who need a pickup truck for truck things regularly should be allowed to drive pickup trucks. Any random person should not, and it is in the benefit for our collective safety to have this mindset.
This is why my daily driver is a tandem axle dump truck. Can out tow any pick up, sits higher than a pickup, much safer for me if I hit you, and if I pull out in front of you I don’t need to worry about speeding up because you are going to stop.
More like CORPORATE hunger for profit has them building and selling you much more truck than you need or want. Don't tell me the S-10 and Ranger didn't sell well. They would just rather sell you an F100 or Silverado. Sure, Ford is making the Maverick now, but have you priced one? It's not Uncle Sam that's deciding these MSRPs or making dealers charge over it!
not really bold if it’s true. Most people who buy SUV and Trucks do not use them for their primary purpose. Suv and trucks serve as a clever marketing strategy to sell cars and to get people to buy more, bigger things. Back then, trucks were never a popular driving choice. Now, trucks represent a certain lifestyle and belief system to many Americans. it’s all a fantasy created by marketers. for instance, people buy 4x4 thinking they’ll need it when in reality the most they’ll ever touch is some snow. Or in commercials, theres a reason a man in a big deep voice is telling you to buy a truck and drive it thru mud and canyons and shit (cuz it looked cool and that image sells to men with cash) but in reality, no one offroads, hauls, and carries payload everyday (or ever lol think 4runner moms) unless you work in a specific industry which most people don’t. of course there are exemptions but the numbers don’t lie, most people should be driving sedans but capitalism, ego, and american culture stand in the way.
Try looking up the Philippine specs of these kei trucks The advantages of getting one from the Philippines is it's Already an LHD, It also has 4wd and they have a Box Van Config too for Carrying more people or cargo They also have a kei Van Configuration For family use
@@simplelogic9090 Wow, thats amazing. Ill buy a truck and sit around waiting for calls from people moving or buying mulch so I can haul them around and show off the power of my truck.
Asian vehicles do not meet most N. American emissions and safety standards. I had one in the Philippines and wanted to bring it back but it couldnt be registered here.
@@jerry-xx8mu The obesity statistics, man. 40% of population is obese, 30% overweight, and almost 8% morbidly obese. Which leaves 22% of Americans who are able to fit inside this thing.
I mean, he's completley right... in italy they have similar things, they call it ape car and it's a small thing that has 3 weels and a 50cc engine. Latley the company that produce it decided to make it with a 125cc engine by factory, not 50cc anymore, because they realized that 50cc wasn't enought. It can carry a lot of stuff, go where normal cars cant and it had (with 50cc engine) good pulling power at the cost of going like 5mph. Now with the new engine it goes much faster and has even greater power to weight ratio and for me that thing does wonder. They are hard to find because it's a really requested little thing between youngsters and by a little part old mans and people that work for tje county or f0r construction company.
He said it _will_ do 80+, not that the engine would be happy doing so. I'm sure it would be screaming in the top of 5th to do 80 MPH, and most certainly not getting 35 MPG. Not to mention the fact that it's completely unsafe beyond 35 MPH in a frontal collision. No safety of any kind, really. Absolutely better suited for low-speed, rural or inner-city, use. If you want to cruise at 80 MPH on the way home with a couple bags of groceries in the bed, buy the Tundra. If you live in Japan, buy a Kei truck because you'll be hard pressed to park a Tundra at the grocery.
@@tynewlinYes but the main point in the video is not just about the differences between the trucks, but our cultures themselves. In Japan you will not find many vehicles on the streets big enough to kill the occupant of a Kei vehicle at regular inner city speeds. In fact most passenger vehicles on the roads are Kei cars and all kei cars are built to be safe in crashes with other kei cars. Then you need to understand that Japanese drivers tend to take great pride in their driving skill and penalties for violations are bad enough. But if you do something stupid or not pay attention and cause a bad accident, you will be charged, you will go to jail and serve HARSH time and there is no probation. Again differences between cultures not the trucks themselves.
@@paul06660he is saying we should buy those little toys. We carry loads or tow boats or trailers. That's smaller than a Honda Civic with a space for a payload it can barely support safely. You also need parts support and warranty support. I think this video shows two extremes.
The 1999 and newer ones that are about to be import legal will definitely do about 70 mph all day, which is all you really need. People try to drive too fast nowadays and most don't have the skill for it. Also, if we started importing these officially to the US they could put slightly larger motors to up the power to more like 100hp. India, for example, gets them with slightly larger engines.
That's what I thought. (Plus I have magic that protects my shit) Well, some crackhead stole my 95 hardbody PU and thrashed the engine and transmission overnight...after meticulously cleaning the cab, including the instrument display, in a meth-fueled cleaning binge...and BEFORE getting chased and tackled by cops for driving inside walks and up one way streets. Crackhead will learn to drive your manual transmission on the fly.
That's the kind of thinking that gets your trucks stolen. Have you forgotten that 99% of motorcycles are manual and all of those guys can drive a manual car that's nearly a million people alone not including semi truck drivers,car enthusiasts, immigrants, baby boomers. Millions of people in the USA can drive manuals
I used to drive these in Japan. Just thrown in a wireless Bluetooth speaker and you are all set. Main issue with these in my area is it's hard to not have to get on a 55mph+ road to even get to the grocery store 1 mile away.
I used to own a pickup truck. It was not a big truck to prove that I was an "alpha male." The problem is that everyone asked me to help them move, pick up crap, etc., for them.
@@toddsalisbury3851 you haven't seen the "ford f*cking ranger!" video memes out there. Rangers are extremely versatile, and I owned one for 20 years (and yes, everybody asked to borrow it to haul their stuff around).
@@beepbop6697 yea my ranger is great! But everyone looks for dude with bigger truck to help even if itd be easier with lower bed. Yea i dont have as wide of bed because i have the side step model but works great for kayaking and home depot trips
@@_martian101 The regulation put a limit on how powerful a car's engine is depending on its weight. This was to prevent excess emissions from engines that were more powerful than they need to be. However they also held pickup trucks to these standards, but most pickups went over the limit since the law didn't consider the cargo the truck could carry, so am empty truck did have more than enough power to move itself. This lead to the trucks getting heavier so they could use the same engines. This probably very oversimplified and some details might be wrong, but to my understanding that's the gist of what happened.
They also get in and out of tight spaces a lot easier. In large Asian cities, where they are popular, that’s important. You basically have city trucks and country trucks.
I don't understand why families even use trucks. You have enough boot space in a normal car. Unless you have an occupation related to moving stuff, trucks are pretty much stupid. - A non-american
Because trucks have enough space for 4 adults to sit comfortably - and safely without worrying bout being potentially crushed like sardines. (When riding in those clown cars) Visibility is great while drving, the 33+ inch tires are great when needing to drive over urban obstacles, can pull over a parking lot, bust out my laptop and do work - in comfort - while sipping my Starbucks - and still have room for my kids drinks in the center console, I mean the reasons are endless. A ford F150 with the 3.5 turbo will get better mileage in the city than a typical mid sized euro box. It will out accelerate, and up to certain speeds, will out corner your Renault lol. It will do all this while you can have a conversation with your passenger without needing to scream at each other (because of the wind / engine noise typical to chit boxes) And by the way, this comes from a guy who used to be involved with the Cleo Cup - UK and WTCC back in the late 2000’s. Still - prefer my trucks for everyday use.
@@tesladiesel2420all things a lot of other cars handle well and no other country really deals with or sees as issues. I think Americans are just fatasses tbh. So this becomes an issue.
The size of USA is almost equivalent to the size of Europe. Americans drive on average 22k kilometers per year as Europeans only drive an average of 11k kilometers per year. The larger land mass means we are heavily reliant on automobile transportation. Therefore, we spend more money on bigger cars for comfort since we spend so much more time in them. On top of being versatile, trucks also hold a high resale value while offering us tax incentives. So, I wouldn't say it's stupid so much as I would say you're ignorant to the reasons.
@@nathank2289our oversized trucks tend to kill anyone who isn’t also in an oversized truck that’s how my brother died his sedan got hit by a lifted pickup
The only reason why the bed is that small is because most Americans buy a truck as a status symbol anymore. Most of those guys don’t need a bed and probably can’t use a hammer lol
I suppose it’s all about what you call real work. I know that there really is that set of people, but basically everyone I know actually uses their trucks. I even bought a Kei truck a few years back, and almost instantly sold it. Payload capacity is like 1500lbs (at like 30kmh/20mph) including occupants. This means with two big sumbitchs in the front and 12x 80lbs bags of concrete in the back you are maxed out. Two people can mix and pour 12 bags in an hour. My F350 needs a whole pallet of concrete in the back (42 bags, about 3400lbs OR more than the weight of the whole kei truck fully laden) just to make it ride right. I can get 5 (technically 6) people and 3 pallets (126bags) of concrete to a job AND actually get it up 20% grades driveway. It gets better. On a highway trip I would get about 5-6mpg (possibly up to 8mpg if the drive was long enough). So even if the Kei truck got 40mph it would be losing the efficiency race at the 6th / of 10 trips. That’s not even including that the F350 would still get 12mpg towing the empty back meaning the Kei truck really lost on like the 4th or 5th trip. At 20miles each way the diesel would burn about 5 gallons of fuel. The Kei truck would burn its entire 10 gallon fuel supply in the 400 mile trip (20x2x10). The Kei truck was great for delivery and some tradesmen in the city, and even for some of us car guys that are just trying to move around body parts, tires, engines, etc.. they make sense, and they’re cool/obscure, but not what I would call a work truck.
@@jamesm.1467 Why would you not want to upgrade to the armored military vehicle that was designed for combat from the pickup you jerry rigged to do so? If anything your argument supports the Toyota truck, as it was seen as a good alternative until they got actual combat vehicles.
The only country in the world with so much freedom yet so many people are ashamed of this country calling America dumb. Leave and go to a 3rd world country then
Ok, but a RUclipsr known as Donut did a video where he bought a Chinese truck. The importing, customs, and what not took FOREVER and LOTS of money. So buying a Japanese truck is not all that easy.
I tow a utility trailer behind my civic, haul firewood, tree brush from my big maple trees, loads of soil and old appliances to the dump. Hauls two thousand pounds so that’s all I need. I’ve used these Kei trucks on pipeline jobs in Alberta, they get around good but they’re a little tight inside 😊
Americans are buying it though. So its not the lobbying. Its what people want and buy. If Americans quit buying these things and decide to drive motorized horse carriages, you'd be surprised how quickly the auto industry would provided them carriages to meet that desire.
Actually it's because of the EPA, ironically. There's a great video on RUclips that goes into detail about how certain EPA restrictions actually make it so small trucks that we used to have, like to the Ford Ranger or Toyota T100, can't legally be sold in the US anymore.
@@JSPHism How is it the only options? There are countless of sedans and station wagons, vans, that are a smaller alternative. It's the American people that buy these trucks. So the auto lobby satisfies the demand.
Its not like that, its the import regulations, different countries diff standards not only in emissions but also in safety features etc. oddly, yes, a big engine can be more efficient and less polluting than a smaller one when that smaller one has no systems in place to limit pollutants. To those who whine about the epa, you clearly didnt live in the time before these standards where on some days outside looked like a foggy day until you looked toward the sun and realized nope its not fog, the color of this crap means its a whole lot of shit in the air.
@@Leo-hwru there’s the CAFE standards for fuel economy, which (of course) allow higher fuel consumption for larger trucks. That’s perfectly fine, some jobs need a full size truck and all things being equal they need more fuel. The funny thing, though, is that they demand fuel economy 40+ mpg if you want to make a compact truck (not even kei sized, even if you just wanted one the size of the little old S-10’s and rangers etc.) meanwhile 20-something is good enough for a larger truck like the F-150. Because of this, it’s easier for manufacturers to meet regulations for full sized trucks.
Who, if not Americans, elects the American govts to represent them and implement their desires?! 😒🤣🤣🤣 'Entitled' puerile Americans - always looking for someone else to blame for their own shortcomings. SMH
That little truck can do about 90% of the work that needs to be done. You can always hire or rent a fancy pickup truck to haul the bigger stuff. Besides much easier to work out of something like that than those bigger trucks.
@Leah-yz4rj You mean diesel prices? Country boys like me actually use the beds of their trucks, as well as haul trailers. We use diesel trucks due to that fact that there is so much more torque in the engine than a regular gas "truck". You'd know that if you actually knew hard working men.
In the military we had cushmans and daihatsus, but they were prohibited from going off base and onto public roads. Max speed was less than 25 mph? They were wimpy, mechanically crude, but had almost no smog crap. We could keep them going until they rusted out.
@@BrianCommentToyota has plants here chicken tax is nullified. Toyota would rather sell the Tacoma. Fact is the small cabovers are lame only good for tiny roads which america doesn't really deal with.
Everything makes sense if you just think instead of talk. An era of easy money printing made way for gainful employment and high wages that created complacency in the citizenry. Complacent citizens elected corrupt politicians who passed legislation that are backed by bribes and intense lobbying. This is giving way to an era of legalism where politicians are elected on their promises to pass laws that supposedly benefit the American people when in reality they rob Americans ability to live reasonable logical lives. All the while the Federal reserve uses its ability to print money has an international weapon to keep the rules-based international order in check while keeping its citizens to poor to create political change and unseat the tyrants in charge.
Soo it’s our fault YOU can’t live within your means? You need money to start out anywhere, not just America. Oh wow a dig at guns, y’all sure like our money though, sure like our support and tech. (Try stand on your own 2 feet) That’s the awesome part of America, you can get that little piss ant toy of a car, and I can have my 6 wheeled beast of a truck. It’s whatever floats your boat here.
@@fjbslgiefunny thing is, they say that as is they drive small vehicles. They still drive big suvs.... Also, it's just how it is being a liberal, you just think the other side are uneducated idiots, poor, driving in trucks they can't afford. The reality is much different, and imo, I've noticed a far more subtle racism in cities. The nicest people were in places I would have thought I'd get lynched originally.
Who cares if you do not tailgate and drive like an idiot you will be fine. I’ve been driving over 45 years and had one accident many years ago where I was following to close. 2 second following rule works.
I work at a botanical garden and I don’t know how but we have like 4 of these things and use them all the time, they’re great. Not safe for roads whatsoever though
Nothing "dumb" about not buying something you can't legally register and drive unless it's at least 25 years old and already clapped-out. Change the laws so I can buy and drive a new one and I would in a heartbeat.
Don't tell the YT audience you want the laws changed - tell your politicians. Oh, sorry. I forgof. That's the responsibility of 'they'. You know. As in "they orta do sumfin". 🤣🤣🤣
They are also incredibly dangerous. They are designed for Japanese roads, with much lower speed limits. Even so, the crash scenes even in Japan at low speeds are sometimes horrible when these are involved.
@@biggtomm2000utAnd yet, I could drive a 50's Beetle on public roads legally. Don't see why Kei trucks should be singularly unique for 25-year-plus import or registration- outside of regulatory capture or political pearl-clutching.
@@theAsteriskit's any import car that the law applies to. there have been attempts to get rid of the law but american automakers have deep pockets and pay for a lot of lobbyists and whatever else it takes to make sure they don't have foreign competition.
@@Btobebone Oh, I'm not moaning merely about the import age restriction, but rather that I can restore or import nearly anything else that old, and the state will register it for public roads without batting an eye- but, come the Kei truck, my state will suddenly get very worried for my safety, and refuse to title or register it, even though I can still import and own it just fine under the federal 25-year-rule. That feigned sudden concern over safety- where **no** such concern is to be found for other vintage or collector vehicles- is my primary complaint. I don't buy their justification- that a Kei truck *specifically* is too dangerous to allow, where they have no issue with- say- an MG roadster, or a vintage 1940's motorcycle being registered and used on public roads. Bear in mind you can still- and many do, due to simpler mechanicals- operate a tractor-trailer from the eighties or far earlier, often lacking ABS, in interstate commercial use, without ABS and so forth, up to an 80K-pound gross. The amount of ire states afford Kei trucks in particular, ostensibly over safety, is laughable. Hell, I'd even be amenable to a restriction of no controlled-access roads for them, given their handling and size, but instead we just get a petulant, total refusal to title and register. They'll generally even let you title and register *other* Kei cars if they're old enough- just not a Kei *truck*. (In inquiry before deciding whether or not to purchase, they even said they would be able to register a Kei van based on the same core design, but not a Kei truck.) It's utter nonsense, capricious regulatory whimsy.
Statistically, these are actually safer than large trucks. Lobbying got them banned in the US because corpos wanted to get around emissions regulations.
@Minurz No they're not. Don't be delusional. A front end collision in this will likely destroy your legs. Probably also lack airbags. A crash between this and a Corolla, you'd likely die in this.
These types of trucks are available in whole asia in china, india, japan, Korea every country have their own mini-trucks! But the problem is they don't have much power for which american Thurston a lot of money!
Lookup CAFE regulations. There are dumb laws pushing the trucks to be bigger to avoid fuel economy targets based on the number of sq feet in a rectangle between the four wheels. We used to have small trucks like Tacoma and Ranger (in the 90's), and they cannot make them that small anymore due to US laws. This also impacts Canada since they are not going to make a vehicle for such a small market.
It's more a loophole the car industry was able to weasel in and nobody closed it. The car industry always wants to sell bigger cars as they're easier to make people believe are worth more. People will always pay more for a bigger car even if the value wasn't actually there.
@clockworkbadger2363 Bigger cars aren't actually safer, what they do is they just change the dynamics of a crash. If two cars crash the smaller one will take the bigger impact and forces, but in reality two larger vehicles hitting each other is just as bad or possibly worse than two small vehicles doing the same.
The laws you refer to would be the emission standards that a small truck does not have to meet and this is the reason for these so called trucks being pushed onto the public, they also have an awful safety record
In India Kei trucks are fully commercial trucks. We have many small grocery stores in neighbourhoods and these trucks are used to transport goods in those small stores on daily basis. In our local language we call them "Chhota hathi" means "Small elephant"
@@BrainFuck10it's a mixture of both. Americans want larger vehicles because there are larger vehicles. If you're driving a Corolla and pull up next to an f250, you'll see that the bumper is about your head height. And then you imagine yourself getting T boned at an intersection, and that bumper taking your head completely off.
@@BrainFuck10I will be willing to say I rather be hit in my 9,000lbs SUV than this tin can POS. And to boot, I don't need the extra expense of an extra vehicle on the insurance.
Well, true. However, if we would stop allowing people with room temperature IQs and similarly shit credit scores to drive, our roads would be a bit safer... and less congested.
I live in Japan these trucks are one step above riding in clown car. Super uncomfortable tin cans. I know a few people that own them specifically to haul large things that can't fit in our tiny cars. The roads here in japan are super narrow so trucks and cars are built a lot smaller than US cars.
@@noco7243 My guy 😂 the biggest problem with these tiny trucks it they literally can’t go 60mph on a highway without blowing up speaking to a non American about our cars and roads is pointless they have zero knowledge and can’t comprehend America
I’d say it’s about half and half, everyone knows someone with a huge truck, if you asked them to help move furniture they’d have a cat! No way! Not going to scratch up my truck! While the other half have families and jobs that require hauling things and coworkers and pulling trailers. It really is crazy, if all I’m doing is driving to and from the office, I want a little sports car! Fun to drive, sporty and comfortable, good on gas. Why people who don’t need trucks buy trucks makes no sense, it’s hard to park, rides rough, much harder to wash and keep clean. I’m a firm believer in buying the vehicle for the purpose you intend to use it for.
In Germany we don't have those mostly because we have essentially bigger and meaner versions of these things ones. Basically regular truck engine which unfortunately means they aren't really fuel saving but they do have configurable beds, a rather big crew cabin can go pretty fast and are perfect trucks for the intents and purposes of hauling stuff. Granted I only ever saw these when on the construction site when I sat in the cabin to get there but they were incredibly good for carrying all the equipment. Honestly if anyone would suggest an American pick up instead of one of those probably everyone would just ask: Are you quite right in your mind?
The problem is NHTSA rigs the CAFE to keep the big 3 in business. The "footprint" rule Condo sized PUs get away with 16mpg Small schtuff now required to get 55mpg If a small Datsun size PU is imported there is a million dollar fine . . . But they have never clarified if that fine is per 😮 vehicle sold
You got that right- when I was younger we had a 94 Mazda B2300. It was 69 inches wide - the 2024 ranger is 79”. Then again, *I’m* 10 inches wider than I was 30 years ago, so I guess I have no room to judge 😂
That's not correct. In 49 cfr part 523 there is no minimum size limitation on light duty trucks. There are minimum safety and of course other requirements that make engineering challenges in making things tiny. Plus marketing dictates Americans like big trucks..
@skippynj1979 It's just based on the wheelbase and track; the fuel mileage minimum is so high they can't meet it or fall just short of it they have to be big to meet fuel economy standards and achieve the required gas mileage. The EPA standards require small trucks to have a minimum of around 44.5 miles per gallon, making it difficult for them to meet the requirements... so government regulations are preventing us from having trucks like the old courier or s10, because those would get around 30 to 35 mpg which then makes people by trucks that get 15 to 22 mpg. So to save gas they are wasting it. Bureaucracy at work.
@@stweasel I wouldn’t blame it all on bureaucracy. The intention to make vehicles more efficient was “good” in theory; though arguably more aggressive than it should have been. A key problem is that manufacturers abused the hell out of loophole meant for bigger/taller vehicles. Trucks became huge. Sedans became bloated crossovers.
The problem with small trucks is that they aren't capable of hauling an overinflated ego.
That truck limits the amount of passengers you can carry.
😂
Says the guy who can't afford a real truck!
LOL
@@conservativepatriot2837 said the guy with the hurt overinflated ego 😂
Oh dear, how the snowflakes melt…
I read somewhere that like 70% of truck owners don’t even use their trucks for truck purposes.
70% that’s a bit low
I'm one of those 70%. When my grandfather was in Hospice he wanted me to have his pick-up truck so I kept it. Not trying to justify it, just telling my story.
It’s closer to 90%
Because a majority have tiny peckers and this helps.
Isn't the purpose of a truck to look cool and burn lots of fuel?
Small pickup truck.
+80% fuel efficiency
-60% road tax
-95% street cred
+100% gold digger deterrent
You’re not rich anyway. Why are you worried about gold diggers.
@@andrewroff5387 You are right I am not worried about gold diggers but I am also not as poor as you either.
Road tax? Where do you live, California? Anyways. To contine your list
120% spare parts markup
-70% horsepower
-50% cab space for tools
@@maximusthezoura And it's also 100% wanker proof.
lol
Complain to congress, light cargo vehicles have an insane tariff on them.
Meh, American car companies don't produce them either because nobody wants to drive those kids toys.
@@farzana6676 guess you weren't around before the 90s, when the epa finally killed that market. Smaller work vehicles were really popular.
@Alex-dh2cx I was born in the 90's. Ford Ranger is a mid size truck and despite being huge on the international market, it did dismal numbers in the USA because nobody wants these small baby trucks.
@@farzana6676 they sold over 300,000 units a year of the ford ranger in the 90s. S10 wasn't that far behind the ranger. That's half the sales of the f150, but still well ahead of most other models. You're just full of shit
@@farzana6676tons would love these cheap cars/trucks but tariffs are high and American companies don't build them because they want the higher profits of the more expensive cars.
80mph in that thing would feel like the shuttle launching
I used to own a Yugo GV.
You are not incorrect.
@@NarwahlGaming got the idea from my old chevette myself
lol 😛
Down hill with a tail wind.
yeah, small trucks and cars feel awesome to drive. favorite car i ever drove was a pos used geo metro in the 90s. went from detroit to baton rouge often on like 40 bucks, and felt like i was racing the whole time. couldnt kill the thing. got desroyed by a drunk driver smashing into it parked outside my moms one year.
One was made for actual work, the other is made to sell you the idea of hard work and get you in debt.
which is that?
The truth hurts!
Those K trucks are pretty amazing! I want to get one!
Can’t wait to “do work” hauling a skid steer or camper with a kei truck 😂 yea right
@@owenbearden5769 you have to remember, overseas anything above 7700lbs requires a commercial license/insurance/etc.
Iirc Japan is only around 7000lbs
I tried buying one of those japanese trucks, dealerships purposely make it hard because big flashy trucks are more profitable
This is a common story that I notice. The Japanese make exceedingly competitive and valuable products, so in response the USA creates some BS regulations to hurt Japanese companies and bail out US companies.
The Japanese for whatever reason are perfectly willing to compete and create "value" products, meanwhile US companies tend to only be in it for the $$$$.
I guarantee ford HATED the Ranger with all their being because it was one of the most reliable vehicles they ever made. They don't want to sell that, they want to sell leviathan f150s, 250s, etc that will perform for a certain time and eventually fall into disrepair.
The Japanese style small trucks can be maintained forever.
I know people will call me a weeb, but I am not. I just notice that if I look hard enough I will always find Japan at the top of industry. Whether it's pencils, industrial machines, vehicles, electronics, appliances, honestly whatever....
For whatever cultural, societal, or whatever reason Japan is willing to make value products at a value price, while other countries simply despise that.
I have my theory as to why, Japan is a small island nation with no/small natural resources and a large population. They were devastated after ww2 so their survival strategy was to export EXCELLENCE. The way they survive is by taking the resources of other countries and offering excellent quality products from those resources. Plus they wanted to export their culture, and repair their image after WW2.
The USA has always been obsessed with $$$, so it makes sense that the soulless big 3 just want money. Henry Ford was a legend, but one man can only rule for so long. He is long dead and his company is under the rule of others. Chevy the same.
Henry Ford became the legend he is by selling practical cars for the everyman. The Japanese cars and trucks we see are a simple extension of the same philosophy.
Did you get your Japanese truck in the end? How did the story continue?
Lies, what f* king dealership did you go to that had both a 10+ year old kei truck & modern US trucks
That makes no sense. You buy Kei trucks through import brokers, and they have to be 25+ years old.
It's not the dealership, it's almost 50 year old laws on Fuel efficiency and protectionism. There is no path to change those laws in congress because of entrenched interests.
This is a truck for people who do grocery with their pick up , sadly mine has to tow 15k pounds everyday so a kei truck is not made for heavy load
The portion of trucks towing anything regularly is probably less than 5%. I would bet more people buy heavy-duty trucks like F250 than people who regularly tow. Also, if people were more willing to rent a truck for the rare occasion they actually need one it would be cheaper to rent them(it's still financially beneficial now).
@rotoboravtov4354 thats false. Where i live in ne michigan most everyone owns a truck and most use it to haul trailers of some sort
@FullMetalAttackTitan9tailsHero did you just say a broad statistic is false and then justify it by using personal examples about your home town? Sure dude, the entire country is perfectly reflective of what your stupid town in Michigan is like.
Trying to imagine a place where "most" trucks on the road have trailers attached. That's a lot of f*kn trailers dude...
@greezooo yah... Its called northeast michigan. If you know the economy of michigan...many rich folk from detroit and flint matriculate north and west during the weekends in summer. So we have a shit ton of people traveling fridays and sundays hauling boats, rvs, trailers, tool trailers, dump trailers, bike trailers. Name it and we have it going right up i-75 at a turtles pace because the state still hasnt figured out how to make more than 2 lane highways north of the cities. Then, more specifically, theyll break off at offramps for particular destinations and just so happens i live right by 3 popular highways traveling to huge tourist spots. We have lakes upon lakes and wildlife/fishing for days. Literal paradise. Thats why so many trucks and trailers. You will never see a k truck in our area because theyre useless to people like us.
“Now the engine is also tiny…”
*50% of Americans have left the chat*
Not even the issue of it being small, it just has no power.... beyond hauling things on pavement that weigh less than 600lbs, they're kind of useless.
U NAILED IT!
Yeah I need a V8 to drive on the streets in the city
Having a V8 is Americana 🇺🇸
@@marcusbrown188 Absolutely. a 150cc V8 :D
Trucks aren’t utility vehicles anymore, they are luxury vehicles.
Facts. My Dad (retired now) was a tradesman his whole life. He used to buy a new pickup truck every three years in the 80s and 90s. They were cheap. No normal person wanted them. And then they started making the quad cab and adding all sorts of bells and whistles to the interior that where once you wouldn't give a crap about getting in dirty, now it would be like getting in someone's Bentley with mud on your boots.
Damn straight. Love it. Heated seats and wheel are really nice when working in the winter.
@@ozvega.57dude thats bs, i live in western nc (clay county) and ppl drive jacked up trucks that are as clean as my mustang. Most dudes who drive them around here do not do any type of work involving these trucks. I hate those things so much lol
And are priced accordingly.
@@senorjuanwick9818 As a neighbor just a bit more east, don't worry too much. They're getting laughed at by anybody who is A. not in the same car and B. not in the same kind of car.
I tried to hook my 30' gooseneck and John Deere 450 to the mini truck. The min truck's wheels yeeted themselves across the road. What do I do now? Please help.
Screwdrivers make terrible hammers. Hauling with a mini trick is as dumb as hauling with a camry. They are designed for "last mile" delivery in congested metro areas. I bet your 30 ft gooseneck is tons of fun in NYC.
Towing capacity, payload, suspension, engine longevity, torque. This isn’t a comparison, you just have the wrong tool for the job.
For what job?
The point he is clearly making is that most people don't need the features that come with such a large and powerful vehicle.
For everyday things like shopping and travelling around, and the occasional larger thing like some DIY materials or Christmas tree. This little car will do all those things just fine and more efficiently.
Of course if you regularly carry much more and heavy things on rougher roads such as doing a relatively larger construction project. Then the larger more powerful vehicle might be better for you. But most people don't actually need it.
I work in a lumber yard and it’s hilarious when people come in with those big trucks and have never hauled anything in them. They’re always so cautious of scratching the truck bed.. ITS A TRUCK BED
If your truck bed isn't scratched and beat up, are you even a truck owner?
It feels like nonsense when people don't have liners in their truck beds. Why drive a vehicle that's horrible for driving and has poor storage space if you're not actually using the main feature of it
@@udttdujgx they HAVE LINERS in them and stillll don’t want scratches 😂 they put down cardboard, blankets. I’ve seen it all
either that or they don't want your lazy ass to just throw shit in carelessly
It’s because they pay close to 100k on them
70% of americans wouldnt fit in the cab
Yes they need that big truck to go to Mickey D's
Damn
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LMAO!
no wonder most mexican called us el hefty when they talk to us.😅😅
The problem with smaller vehicles is that they aren't capable of hauling inflated egos
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The problem with a mini truck is they are very front heavy so if your not hauling something constantly if you break to hard it might role forward
not necessarily -- it's a mid engine design. The engine is actually underneath the top part of the bed just behind the cab (that's what the hatch in the bed accesses) along with the battery box and fuel tank. It's actually more stable than an American typical pickup.
Can confirm since I've done some crazy driving when using them in Japan; as stable as a mountain goat these things, but they are light in general so they will get airborne over rough bumps and divots in the road with just a driver and nothing else 😉
@@starrwulfelmao who would want to be seen driving that garbage
How stupid can you be?
@@starrwulfe Can it haul a goose neck horse trailer or any sort of horse trailer? what about an RV those are just two uses I used a truck for
@@Heavenly_Fury well those use cases were not mentioned before. Obviously you need at least a 1/2 ton full sized truck for that 😆
95% people aren’t using their trucks as baby semis though even if it does seem that way around where you are (I’m in GA with a camper and had a cousin car hauling business with 3 F-350s and trailers so I get it)
I’m talking about all the pavement princesses you see hauling air about 99% of the time. I lived in Japan for almost 20 years and these little trucks can do anything an F-150 can do light duty wise. I moved house and used one in my on premise IT business to haul equipment, tools, ladders, etc.
if you ever go to any East Asian country, this is what you see on the road delivering packages, hauling light cargo, etc because it has the same bed size and cargo capacity as our full-size trucks here - but definitely not the towing capability unless it’s just a riding mower or something.
In Iraq I used to see those bongo trucks loaded to the max with goats, people, produce and miscellaneous tools. I can confirm that those little trucks are a workhorse 😂
@@michaelpratt3142Because the large truck is just not sustainable for a smooth running society.
in indonesia, that same small truck can carry more than 10 people in the back, and very illegal 😅
They were toyota hilux, another vehicle not allowed to be sold in the US.
bonggo is the name of KiA comercial truck😅 like Hyundai Porter. it represented by overloaded cargo. in developing era, S.Korean workers love overload. so 1 ton allowed Bonggo and Porter reinforce their body strenth upto 3 tons.
@@jongsookim636Bongo isn’t the official name but we definitely called these Bongos in the military.
The issue is that in the US small trucks are restricted on a federal level and cannot be driven on a highway. On top of that the EPA has laws against small engines because they arnt as efficient for their size as say a big block V8.
Stupid i know but unfortunately the US auto industry is locked down by legislation lobbied into being by the likes of Ford, Gm and Dodge.
End lobbying.
The V8 restriction is the most stupid thing I've ever heard..
State level.
Theres an article on a guy trying to make them street legal in Colorado and he was railroaded by local car dealers and others. Shit was infuriating to read.
Yeh they sell them here but they are now trying to regulate them to make it so you can't register a license plate for it because supposedly "it's not safe for public roads" meanwhile you register a classic Ford with no doors or roof and drive that on the freeway.
As a person who live where these small trucks/pickups are the norm, driving these things at our not-so-fast highway are indeed scary 😅..
Ive been driving 1000cc Suzuki Carry and Daihatsu Hijet, i won't push myself beyond 80km/h in these things. I can't imagine people driving them on American highway. Slight breeze or a small hatchback passing you probably could make them wiggle. Tough, outside highway they will be fine.
Slightly bigger pickups like Mitsubishi L300 or Australian utes probably make more sense for American highway..
Doesn't matter at all as these trucks are imported from times before those regulations and also because they are imported they don't have to meet the US regulations as long as they meet the requirements to be able to be imported. If not they get blacklisted to import
The problem is that the small trucks can't take trailers. Yes trailers exist
Most people who drive giant trucks like that have never hitched a trailer onto a truck in their life, of course if you need to carry a trailer a bigger vehicle is better
I get the big truck for hauling trailers. If you're a farmer or contractor and need to haul heavy things the big one makes more sense. But the vast vast majority only drives their kids to school or to the grocery store.
Which vehicles are safer? Obvious answer! I want big comfortable & safe. Plus performance. Those little rucks are great on a farm, better than ATVs 4x4s etc. and fine in a small town for running around but drive that a week in your average daily commute and you'll beg for the bigger truck. And you aren't hitting the interstate in that little thing. We have smaller trucks, not tiny like this, but smaller. People don't want them. Insurance is also cheaper on trucks than cars. But this video is stupid. He's comparing a grape to a watermelon.
If toyota sold a truck the size of the 80's pickup with a manual transmission and no computers, manual transfer case, and hand crank windows I would never buy anything else. Until then I'll keep my manual tacomas running as long as I can.
Landcruiser J series?
And that’s why they have to sell stuff that you’ll have to keep coming back for the new series.
Yup i got full manual t100. Fuel injectoed but im an ex Toyota ASE tech
Isn't that the truth I would buy one in a second..
The problem is you would buy one because it would last forever. That's no good, we need repeat customers
The government doesn't want them on the road. It would really put a dent in the fuel and the truck market.
They’re also horrible in crashes.
Motorcycles are the worst. But those are legal...just saying.
Big corporations don’t want them on the road, ergo the government doesn’t.
Honestly I think it more has to do with the near 100% mortality rate in crashes. Because other 35 mpg trucks exist. And are legal. But they also don’t put the driver in a flimsy cab right in front of the load, in most cases anyway XD
@@ElCapitanGamesnot to mention these trucks with 2 full grown men can easily flip forward when brakes are applied and it’s going to fast. It’s hilarious to see a truck somersault tho
That bed can’t hold more stuff. It’s not as tall.
Best part is…. THATS NOT EVEN AN AMERICAN TRUCK!!!!!!!!
Kei trucks also have crap suspension (low cargo capacity, no matter how much you can configure the box) and horrible crash ratings.
Even on the Kei trucks subreddit, they say your shins are the crumple zone and youd have a better chance of walking away from crashing a motorcycle.
and that's why they primarily sell in 3rd world countries where it's hard to drive over 30 mph because the roads are crappy.
1. Infrastructure in Japan is really good because they actually spend money repairing potholes and building roads. Good suspension isn’t needed for driving on highly maintained roads.
2. Getting into a crash in Japan doesn’t mean you are being crushed by a massive SUV. Also you would ideally avoid driving through highly populated areas. You wouldn’t use them everyday. Unlike Americans who use them for basic everyday tasks.
3. If they had low cargo capacity they wouldn’t be used. Japan strives for maximum efficiency so much it kills people. These trucks would’ve been outcompeted a long time ago because Japan fosters healthy competition not fake monopoly-ruled “competition”.
@@njptau1219 OPs whole point is that they are not popular nor legal in most of the US but should be.
You apparently missed the point because we're talking why they don't work in the states. Japan's infrastructure and crashes are completely irrelevant in that discussion.
As for cargo capacity, my point was being able to configure the box doesn't matter if your max cargo capacity is roughly 700 lbs. More on that below.
Then usage. True, most people don't use trucks for what they're made for. If the don't use them at all, they don't even need a kei. If they use them rarely, uhaul rents trucks. If they use them all the time, then they should get a good one. Higher cargo capacity means they can move loads to a job site in fewer trips. Which is important considering the US is much larger and more spread out than Japan. And like you said, good crash test ratings for hiting suvs and suspension for potholes are important in the US.
Especially the crash test thing, theyre not up to American standards. Which is why theyre illegal in most places here.
The manufacturers could update them, like have a headrest that's solid so you don't whiplash your head through the back window but they don't. The reason they're not in the US isn't a US legal problem it's a Japanese/Korean safety standards problem. And no its not because theyre not manufactured here, those companies already have US factories for other models.
Simply put: We shouldn't lower our standards for a niche market.
@@douglasc3572 Part of the question that nobody asks is not about lowering our standard, but why we make crazy demands of our motoring public in the first place. Does anyone realize that near half the cost of a truck is to protect people from themselves? Yeah, we're talking $5k - $10k worth of items that have nothing to do with getting from point A to B. Air bags, bumpers, AC, and many other electronic items are on everything we touch because nobody has common sense these days... and YOU pay for it at every turn... and our guv-mint won't allow you to choose a cheaper option. The flip side is many countries still offer basic transportation for half of what we pay.
Guys try to import a Indian TATA ace pickup it's insane
Ford should’ve never changed the Ranger bruh. They literally made the ideal small truck and they just said nah
Honestly, if Ford brought back the Ranchero and had an AWD (like a Subaru), I'd be all over that shit
Exactly Ford pickup trucks were much smaller in grandads day and you'd better believe granddad got everything done with that truck. These ginormous trucks Americans are brainwashed into purchasing and going in huge debt are ridiculous as a mass buy.
@@tw8464 there hasn’t been anything my 2003 Ranger hasn’t been able to do. I only have 2WD also. They don’t want to ever make a simple, practical truck for blue collar workers anymore because they’ll lose money when people start doing their own repairs again! When my Ranger inevitably dies I’m going to get another early 2000’s Ranger.
Actually they make small single cab pickups
@@sorrowcat2724 exactly you're absolutely right. I miss the Rangers. They used to be widely available and could get them used for very affordable prices. Miss those days. Would love to see Ford bring back a solid affordable Ranger.
"What Americans should be buying are these small Japanese trucks that they don't sell in America"
"made for resupplying small convivence store and deliveries to people living on hills and mountains and not any kind of heavy hauling at long distanced with uneven terrain."
They are sold but they are not street legal in many states. They work great on farms and in woods. Might want to change the wheels to UTV or ATV wheels and tires.
@@derekpopp7546no way you’re suggesting this tiny two wheel drive truck with zero clearance is somehow capable off-road lol
@@allegorx58 they work great, sure they won’t go through deep sand and flying of huge rocks but they’ll drive through farm fields, a few inches of mud, snow. Which is what 99% of pickups do. And most “off road” vehicles don’t see anything beyond a paved road.
@@allegorx58 Clearly said that it was 4wd, and if needed, lift kits are available for anything. I used to have a '77 Datsun 720, standard height, took it out in sand and rough stuff all the time.
No problems. Why? Because it was so light. Also knowing how to drive in that terrain helps.
In Las Vegas, I saw an older "compact" pick-up truck hit head on by a newer Chevy Silverado. Silverado was going wrong way on I-95.
You didn't have to get close to compact truck to know those 2 men were not only dead, but flattened beyond recognition. The Silverado driver had moderate injuries.
That was May 2021 (Memorial Day morning). I will never forget that scene. And the silence of the freeway.
No way in hell would I EVER drive something that small and unsafe on a freeway.
Yeah, they are like smart cars, the smart ones stay away from the major highways/freeways...
When it comes to head on collisions on a major highway , it doesn't matter what you are driving ... I seen an S10 pickup hit a concrete truck head on , the S10 though it was safe to pass and was wrong, the second he changed lanes to pass , the concrete truck was right there, and boom... The S10 driver was ejected through the windshield and somehow survived, but the concrete truck driver died on impact... It's crazy how the tiny trucks driver survived but the huge as life concrete trucks driver died...
I might be dumb but I’m dumb with a badass truck
Thinking Americans choose trucks for their practicality is like thinking celebrities get plastic surgery for their health.
On the stop moaned hard on this one
Preparedness > practicality
@@bluezdrwhat preparedness American trucks have?
Well believe it or most Americans use their trucks sorry you don’t know how to hook a trailer up that small ass truck would be used like a golf cart in most places of work it’s pretty useless except for mulch and gravel honestly
Every office worker I see that drives a Silverado 3500 is a poser.
Pick ups do have practicality to them as the bed on the are able to be taken off and changed into something else like that other vehicles configuration or put something else but the frame is so beefy that it was designed to haul much more than the average office workers equipment.
Plus engines in modern pickup trucks now use cylinder deactivation and stuff to get better gas millage but it is all unreliable.
I don't need a truck, I just need a friend with a truck.
You're one of the smart ones buster. People in America will buy a 2000 square foot house and the top line tundra, for 1 person and complain that they can't afford anything.
as long as Im american, i can easily find a friend with a truck.
i got a middle aged man, an elderly man, and a young adult friend... ALL with trucks.
at least the older men have jobs they use their trucks for.
1) lawn care 2) Mobile Auto Repair 3) the young guy just uses it as a personal vehicle 😅
Personally I love SUVs. its a masculine family car. that I can use for commuting 28 city 34 highway mpg, it has up to 70 cubic feet of storage, a panoramic sun roof.
I have a love-hate relationship with its price. i got it brand spanking new and i plan on keeping it till the wheels fall off, BUT.... its a nissan rogue so im kinda concerned for its reliability rating.
but so far so good, ive put on every mile from 000 054 until its current 75k miles.
my favorite was 69,420. 😂😂😂 and 50k.
but what does suck is my towing capacity is only 1000 lbs. but again 99% of my driving is EXTREMELY FUEL EFFIECIENT for a non hybrid SUV. if push comes to shove, I can Pay U-Haul or Home Depot $20 to rent a truck. again, I got lots of American friends with trucks. so why waste my money on a gas guzzler when I dont work with freight.
much respect to truck drivers, but I hate em. gas is also much quieter than diesel trucks. jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jyah jayh... brum bruum brumm.
my dads truck was so loud, we could sneak as kids to turn off the games and TV when my folks got home. then they got a Car. and so many gotcha moments cuz gas is just so much more quiet.
And both of his brothers!
Hi guys! I ordered pizza for after the heavy stuff ❤❤
And a six pack.
Exactly
That thing will look like a slinky if it gets touched by one of those American pickups.
Actually the American car will be the one crumpling, but that is on purpose to protect the driver/passengers.
Exactly. These K trucks are death traps
@@speedy01247 Yea if it another car it size or a telephone pole. That thing will barely dent it.
When the words "manual transmission" arrived, 99% Americans left.
I prefer manual however this mini truck wouldn’t do what I would need it too!
Crazy the amount of people thinking they’re pulling 10 yds of mulch with one of these… like are we really classifying people who use their truck as a work truck as dumb .. crazy
Somebody who owns a truck for no reason, I guess but that’s may even be ego / desire to feel big or safe who tf knows
theft deterrent.
All 4 of my vehicles are manual. An each has their own purpose.
Why is automatic transmission standard in the US
I would drive that for sure. My biggest fear is all these tiny women in monster trucks that can't hardly see over the steering wheel using me as a speed bump.
Empowerment.
Im female and I agree lol. I drive an odyssey because I have 3 kids and I can haul a lot in it when I need to.
Lmao! Small women with big cars. Why does this happen tho?
Me I'm the woman with the monster truck. I'm kind of tall though and my truck is big due to being a camper hauler
A little yellow light on top to signal to Karen and her army of children shes always distracted by.
It also has a great feature when going 80 mph. When you push on the break it flips over, end over end, until the driver is completely dead or ejected out of the vehicle.
It also is completely incapable of hauling anything up a hill.
Maybe in your imagination buddy.
& this truck's got less weight on it's hips it needs carry
What you mentioned at the end is exactly why the American truck is smarter. The people with these trucks have families. And these trucks are pulling boats, travel trailers for vacations, work trailers full of material for that would be too big even for a larger truck bed. You're not doing any of that with a 43hp Honda. Plus you're entirely forgetting that the American truck has weight so you're more likely to survive a collision with other vehicles. And because it has a bigger engine you can actually get up to speed when you turn out on the road so the vehicle behind doesn't have to hit the brakes to avoid hitting you. You have a family, even safety alone is enough to call it the smarter choice. Use your head man.
Anti Americans can't think logically.
Finally someone that can use basic logic. That smaller truck are useful too, of course, in places like Japan and other countries with smaller roads and relatively smaller distances, where people average height is smaller than the average American, and absolutely only for work.
Even if the American truck was bought for “fancy” purposes, why someone should care? That person had the money to buy it, that’s what he wanted, and if that person didn’t had the money and still bought it, he is the one who put himself in debt.
But people on the internet love to project their ego on others, or have some inferiority complex, or whatever the reason, they love to call Americans stupid.
I’m sure that the hate on that truck was started by cyclists, Lel.
Have a nice day!
@@Mau_KWhat most Americans forget when making that argument is that they aren’t the center of the universe. Modern pickups are horrendous for safety. They typically have high ground clearance and their hoods stick out in front a lot, which makes it very hard to see for example a small child. Also, their frames are rigid, which means that in the case of a crash, the force of the crash is focused on the person inside instead of the car. Only people who need a pickup truck for truck things regularly should be allowed to drive pickup trucks. Any random person should not, and it is in the benefit for our collective safety to have this mindset.
@@JamesDoesStuffGood Wtf, I know want to buy a Ford F150.
This is why my daily driver is a tandem axle dump truck. Can out tow any pick up, sits higher than a pickup, much safer for me if I hit you, and if I pull out in front of you I don’t need to worry about speeding up because you are going to stop.
Keep in mind: GOVERNMENT regulations decide that small truck isn't legal. Not American citizens.
Not illegal, just too regulated to be as profitable as these useless big trucks. That’s why they aren’t made here
More like CORPORATE hunger for profit has them building and selling you much more truck than you need or want. Don't tell me the S-10 and Ranger didn't sell well. They would just rather sell you an F100 or Silverado. Sure, Ford is making the Maverick now, but have you priced one? It's not Uncle Sam that's deciding these MSRPs or making dealers charge over it!
@@BigOldCarChannel uncle sam decided on fuel efficiency regulations that bigger vehicles are largely exempt from.
@@thiccum2668 , they're called CAFE standards if i recall correctly.
@@thiccum2668 , well, if you regulate something to the point that it's too expensive to reasonably pursue, it may as well be illegal.
Bold of you to assume American trucks are bought for their use as practical haulers.
Exactly. Hes just as dumb as the people he called dumb
They are. Just their primary cargo is people
@@fatpad00 And Ego.
@@eragon78 maybe you should get one then with your inflated ego. Mr snowflake
not really bold if it’s true. Most people who buy SUV and Trucks do not use them for their primary purpose. Suv and trucks serve as a clever marketing strategy to sell cars and to get people to buy more, bigger things. Back then, trucks were never a popular driving choice. Now, trucks represent a certain lifestyle and belief system to many Americans. it’s all a fantasy created by marketers. for instance, people buy 4x4 thinking they’ll need it when in reality the most they’ll ever touch is some snow. Or in commercials, theres a reason a man in a big deep voice is telling you to buy a truck and drive it thru mud and canyons and shit (cuz it looked cool and that image sells to men with cash) but in reality, no one offroads, hauls, and carries payload everyday (or ever lol think 4runner moms) unless you work in a specific industry which most people don’t. of course there are exemptions but the numbers don’t lie, most people should be driving sedans but capitalism, ego, and american culture stand in the way.
Try looking up the Philippine specs of these kei trucks
The advantages of getting one from the Philippines is it's Already an LHD, It also has 4wd and they have a Box Van Config too for Carrying more people or cargo
They also have a kei Van Configuration For family use
This truck is also equipped in conflicts
I swear 90% of the people I know with big trucks never haul anything big to justify their truck.
thats what the auto industry wants!!!!
Its all about status
Get for some reason whenever people need to get fertilizer mulch or need to move they always call the guy with the truck
@@simplelogic9090 Wow, thats amazing. Ill buy a truck and sit around waiting for calls from people moving or buying mulch so I can haul them around and show off the power of my truck.
@Carlos-jp6mg what status? A guy on a moped looks cooler than a guy in a practically self driving living room. Most trucks are just regular traffic.
The worst thing to happen to Toyota was when they stopped making the mini-truck
I hear they've come out with a new one priced at 10k
@@blazebi47 yup. Can’t wait to see it. Hopefully it’s not an EV or hybrid.
And never effected there stock 1 bit
@blazebi47 it will probably never see US soil unfortunately.
Toyota still makes the kei trucks under the badge of Daihatsu. Toyota owns Daihatsu.
I would not want to face a head on crash in this vehicle.
Those little trucks are actually fun to drive too. I drove one when I was stationed on Okinawa with the USMC
It's not the consumers fault when the mini trucks aren't even offered for sale in America.
You can blame the american government for that. Small trucks are basically banned. Companies are not aloud to make them.
Asian vehicles do not meet most N. American emissions and safety standards. I had one in the Philippines and wanted to bring it back but it couldnt be registered here.
@@johnkidd1226 I read that most cars in China don't have catalytic converters so they can sell the cars even cheaper
@@des5748 Correct.
Honda Ridgeline, Tacoma, avalanche, a few that are smaller then average. Still very infrequent
I don't think these were designed for Americans. Most Americans would simply not fit between the seat and the steering wheel.
😂Umm reason being
@@jerry-xx8mu The obesity statistics, man.
40% of population is obese, 30% overweight, and almost 8% morbidly obese.
Which leaves 22% of Americans who are able to fit inside this thing.
I mean, he's completley right... in italy they have similar things, they call it ape car and it's a small thing that has 3 weels and a 50cc engine. Latley the company that produce it decided to make it with a 125cc engine by factory, not 50cc anymore, because they realized that 50cc wasn't enought. It can carry a lot of stuff, go where normal cars cant and it had (with 50cc engine) good pulling power at the cost of going like 5mph. Now with the new engine it goes much faster and has even greater power to weight ratio and for me that thing does wonder. They are hard to find because it's a really requested little thing between youngsters and by a little part old mans and people that work for tje county or f0r construction company.
They also were not designed with any safety standards in mind.
@@giannamolinari3065 Dude Ape is EVERYWHERE in India. I think it's perfect for India
Almost everyone I know who owns a truck rarely even uses the bed. They keep the groceries and a few boxes in the backseat before they open the bed
Not all of the Kei trucks will do over 65 mph with the engine screaming. They are better suited for city/rural roads.
Cz Cz g.a
He said it _will_ do 80+, not that the engine would be happy doing so. I'm sure it would be screaming in the top of 5th to do 80 MPH, and most certainly not getting 35 MPG.
Not to mention the fact that it's completely unsafe beyond 35 MPH in a frontal collision.
No safety of any kind, really. Absolutely better suited for low-speed, rural or inner-city, use.
If you want to cruise at 80 MPH on the way home with a couple bags of groceries in the bed, buy the Tundra.
If you live in Japan, buy a Kei truck because you'll be hard pressed to park a Tundra at the grocery.
@@tynewlinYes but the main point in the video is not just about the differences between the trucks, but our cultures themselves. In Japan you will not find many vehicles on the streets big enough to kill the occupant of a Kei vehicle at regular inner city speeds. In fact most passenger vehicles on the roads are Kei cars and all kei cars are built to be safe in crashes with other kei cars. Then you need to understand that Japanese drivers tend to take great pride in their driving skill and penalties for violations are bad enough. But if you do something stupid or not pay attention and cause a bad accident, you will be charged, you will go to jail and serve HARSH time and there is no probation. Again differences between cultures not the trucks themselves.
@@paul06660he is saying we should buy those little toys.
We carry loads or tow boats or trailers.
That's smaller than a Honda Civic with a space for a payload it can barely support safely.
You also need parts support and warranty support.
I think this video shows two extremes.
The 1999 and newer ones that are about to be import legal will definitely do about 70 mph all day, which is all you really need. People try to drive too fast nowadays and most don't have the skill for it. Also, if we started importing these officially to the US they could put slightly larger motors to up the power to more like 100hp. India, for example, gets them with slightly larger engines.
Another advantage. You can leave a manual car unlocked in the US. Nobody is going to be capable to drive away with it.
Without even bringing have to shift left handed into the equation.
That's what I thought. (Plus I have magic that protects my shit) Well, some crackhead stole my 95 hardbody PU and thrashed the engine and transmission overnight...after meticulously cleaning the cab, including the instrument display, in a meth-fueled cleaning binge...and BEFORE getting chased and tackled by cops for driving inside walks and up one way streets.
Crackhead will learn to drive your manual transmission on the fly.
That's the kind of thinking that gets your trucks stolen. Have you forgotten that 99% of motorcycles are manual and all of those guys can drive a manual car that's nearly a million people alone not including semi truck drivers,car enthusiasts, immigrants, baby boomers. Millions of people in the USA can drive manuals
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we had 2 of these, now just 1 left we sold the van version, we only have the 4 sitter truck left, it's a nice vehicle and really efficient on gas.
I used to drive these in Japan. Just thrown in a wireless Bluetooth speaker and you are all set. Main issue with these in my area is it's hard to not have to get on a 55mph+ road to even get to the grocery store 1 mile away.
I used to own a pickup truck. It was not a big truck to prove that I was an "alpha male." The problem is that everyone asked me to help them move, pick up crap, etc., for them.
Thats why you get a smaller truck like the old ranger models or the s10! Nobody asks me for shit 🤣
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@@toddsalisbury3851 you haven't seen the "ford f*cking ranger!" video memes out there. Rangers are extremely versatile, and I owned one for 20 years (and yes, everybody asked to borrow it to haul their stuff around).
@@beepbop6697 yea my ranger is great! But everyone looks for dude with bigger truck to help even if itd be easier with lower bed. Yea i dont have as wide of bed because i have the side step model but works great for kayaking and home depot trips
So you think having a truck makes someone an Alpha male?! 😊
“We should be buying these”
-points to vehicle that can’t be sold in US…
why?
@@_martian101Poorly thought out environmental regulations. They literally do the opposite of their intention.
@@macaroon_nuggets8008 so you think it's against US regulations? Why?
@@_martian101 The regulation put a limit on how powerful a car's engine is depending on its weight. This was to prevent excess emissions from engines that were more powerful than they need to be. However they also held pickup trucks to these standards, but most pickups went over the limit since the law didn't consider the cargo the truck could carry, so am empty truck did have more than enough power to move itself. This lead to the trucks getting heavier so they could use the same engines. This probably very oversimplified and some details might be wrong, but to my understanding that's the gist of what happened.
It"s the EPA's Cafe standards.
@@_martian101
They also get in and out of tight spaces a lot easier. In large Asian cities, where they are popular, that’s important. You basically have city trucks and country trucks.
I don't understand why families even use trucks. You have enough boot space in a normal car. Unless you have an occupation related to moving stuff, trucks are pretty much stupid.
- A non-american
Because trucks have enough space for 4 adults to sit comfortably - and safely without worrying bout being potentially crushed like sardines. (When riding in those clown cars) Visibility is great while drving, the 33+ inch tires are great when needing to drive over urban obstacles, can pull over a parking lot, bust out my laptop and do work - in comfort - while sipping my Starbucks - and still have room for my kids drinks in the center console, I mean the reasons are endless. A ford F150 with the 3.5 turbo will get better mileage in the city than a typical mid sized euro box. It will out accelerate, and up to certain speeds, will out corner your Renault lol. It will do all this while you can have a conversation with your passenger without needing to scream at each other (because of the wind / engine noise typical to chit boxes) And by the way, this comes from a guy who used to be involved with the Cleo Cup - UK and WTCC back in the late 2000’s. Still - prefer my trucks for everyday use.
@@tesladiesel2420all things a lot of other cars handle well and no other country really deals with or sees as issues. I think Americans are just fatasses tbh. So this becomes an issue.
@@tesladiesel2420 You are in a fantasy and lie like fox news
Same reason we do homesteads, and prefer the country and not the city.
The size of USA is almost equivalent to the size of Europe. Americans drive on average 22k kilometers per year as Europeans only drive an average of 11k kilometers per year. The larger land mass means we are heavily reliant on automobile transportation. Therefore, we spend more money on bigger cars for comfort since we spend so much more time in them. On top of being versatile, trucks also hold a high resale value while offering us tax incentives. So, I wouldn't say it's stupid so much as I would say you're ignorant to the reasons.
The small one has another advantage. When you get in a wreck, all your problems instantly fade away.
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true that lol!!
“I don’t feel so good Mr stark.”
Not that our oversized tin-cans actually protect anyone over 30mph but it's nice to pretend, I guess.
@@nathank2289our oversized trucks tend to kill anyone who isn’t also in an oversized truck that’s how my brother died his sedan got hit by a lifted pickup
The only reason why the bed is that small is because most Americans buy a truck as a status symbol anymore. Most of those guys don’t need a bed and probably can’t use a hammer lol
Yess!
You rarely see cargo on pickup trucks that wouldn't fit in a station wagon or even a compact car. That's for sure.
You mean you city folk, right?
I suppose it’s all about what you call real work. I know that there really is that set of people, but basically everyone I know actually uses their trucks. I even bought a Kei truck a few years back, and almost instantly sold it. Payload capacity is like 1500lbs (at like 30kmh/20mph) including occupants.
This means with two big sumbitchs in the front and 12x 80lbs bags of concrete in the back you are maxed out. Two people can mix and pour 12 bags in an hour.
My F350 needs a whole pallet of concrete in the back (42 bags, about 3400lbs OR more than the weight of the whole kei truck fully laden) just to make it ride right.
I can get 5 (technically 6) people and 3 pallets (126bags) of concrete to a job AND actually get it up 20% grades driveway.
It gets better. On a highway trip I would get about 5-6mpg (possibly up to 8mpg if the drive was long enough). So even if the Kei truck got 40mph it would be losing the efficiency race at the 6th / of 10 trips.
That’s not even including that the F350 would still get 12mpg towing the empty back meaning the Kei truck really lost on like the 4th or 5th trip.
At 20miles each way the diesel would burn about 5 gallons of fuel. The Kei truck would burn its entire 10 gallon fuel supply in the 400 mile trip (20x2x10).
The Kei truck was great for delivery and some tradesmen in the city, and even for some of us car guys that are just trying to move around body parts, tires, engines, etc.. they make sense, and they’re cool/obscure, but not what I would call a work truck.
@@jkent9915
Just get a Mercedes Sprinter Pritsche 🤷🏼♂️
It's way better as a working vehicle.
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I used to drive one of those things. Way too small for the highway. A good sidewinder blow that thing off the road. Bring back the quarter ton trucks.
My truck sits parked until I need to haul something. That's why I have a car
I’m not saying a Ford F-150 can’t mount a .50 cal heavy machine gun. But I know for a fact that a Toyota can.
Actually, these little trucks are Hondas, not Toyotas.
Ask the Taliban...oh wait, they've upgraded now to US Military vehicles already...
@@jamesm.1467 Why would you not want to upgrade to the armored military vehicle that was designed for combat from the pickup you jerry rigged to do so?
If anything your argument supports the Toyota truck, as it was seen as a good alternative until they got actual combat vehicles.
Narcos in Mexico mount machine guns in the back of F150s and from the videos I’ve seen they work just fine for the purpose.
That's all you see being used by the taliban. And as we all know, they have discriminating taste....
Ask the epa why they're dumb about emissions per wheelbase inch, not Americans.
the govt ruins everything
@@KJ-ho6sb That's an easy excuse, but where does the government come from?
@@everthealtruist Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.
The United Staates is a mafia-state run by oligarchs enslaving the people, that is the true reason.
The only country in the world with so much freedom yet so many people are ashamed of this country calling America dumb. Leave and go to a 3rd world country then
Ok, but a RUclipsr known as Donut did a video where he bought a Chinese truck.
The importing, customs, and what not took FOREVER and LOTS of money.
So buying a Japanese truck is not all that easy.
I tow a utility trailer behind my civic, haul firewood, tree brush from my big maple trees, loads of soil and old appliances to the dump. Hauls two thousand pounds so that’s all I need. I’ve used these Kei trucks on pipeline jobs in Alberta, they get around good but they’re a little tight inside 😊
You can blame the US auto industry for lobbying to make any sensible truck illegal here in the US.
Americans are buying it though. So its not the lobbying. Its what people want and buy. If Americans quit buying these things and decide to drive motorized horse carriages, you'd be surprised how quickly the auto industry would provided them carriages to meet that desire.
Actually it's because of the EPA, ironically. There's a great video on RUclips that goes into detail about how certain EPA restrictions actually make it so small trucks that we used to have, like to the Ford Ranger or Toyota T100, can't legally be sold in the US anymore.
@@LS-Motoamericans are buying it bc its the only option lol
@@JSPHism How is it the only options? There are countless of sedans and station wagons, vans, that are a smaller alternative. It's the American people that buy these trucks. So the auto lobby satisfies the demand.
@@LS-Moto if you want a truck that's the only option
Not Americans, it is the government regulation around emissions. Can't sell small trucks without a fine. Big trucks are better according to the EPA.
Its not like that, its the import regulations, different countries diff standards not only in emissions but also in safety features etc. oddly, yes, a big engine can be more efficient and less polluting than a smaller one when that smaller one has no systems in place to limit pollutants. To those who whine about the epa, you clearly didnt live in the time before these standards where on some days outside looked like a foggy day until you looked toward the sun and realized nope its not fog, the color of this crap means its a whole lot of shit in the air.
American car manufacturers don't feel it's worth the cost and trouble to put emission controls on smaller and lower priced trucks.
I think your confusing the EPA with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
@@Leo-hwru there’s the CAFE standards for fuel economy, which (of course) allow higher fuel consumption for larger trucks. That’s perfectly fine, some jobs need a full size truck and all things being equal they need more fuel.
The funny thing, though, is that they demand fuel economy 40+ mpg if you want to make a compact truck (not even kei sized, even if you just wanted one the size of the little old S-10’s and rangers etc.) meanwhile 20-something is good enough for a larger truck like the F-150.
Because of this, it’s easier for manufacturers to meet regulations for full sized trucks.
Who, if not Americans, elects the American govts to represent them and implement their desires?! 😒🤣🤣🤣
'Entitled' puerile Americans - always looking for someone else to blame for their own shortcomings. SMH
That little truck can do about 90% of the work that needs to be done. You can always hire or rent a fancy pickup truck to haul the bigger stuff. Besides much easier to work out of something like that than those bigger trucks.
American made is safer and not gonna flip over on s breezy day
No, Americans aren’t “kinda dumb” The small truck industry is non existent due to lobbying and legislation.
They kinda are tho
Both are true
dumb* legislation
@@savagemode2150As an American, I can confirm that I have an IQ of 30
It’s both. Most Americans eat up the propaganda fed to them by corporate America
95% of American pickup truck owners have never put a damn thing in the beds of their trucks.
Good thing I'm apart of the 5%. Country boy, mofo.
And they're the same people who bitch about gas prices.
@Leah-yz4rj You mean diesel prices? Country boys like me actually use the beds of their trucks, as well as haul trailers. We use diesel trucks due to that fact that there is so much more torque in the engine than a regular gas "truck". You'd know that if you actually knew hard working men.
@@TattsnGunsyour insecurities are showing.
@@pavocica531 More like my facts, which you don't like. That's a you problem.
Yeah we would buy them if the politicians and truck manufacturers made them available !
I thought this car got banned for sale in the us because it was to good.
In the military we had cushmans and daihatsus, but they were prohibited from going off base and onto public roads. Max speed was less than 25 mph? They were wimpy, mechanically crude, but had almost no smog crap. We could keep them going until they rusted out.
95% of pickup truck owners don't need a pickup truck
same with suv's. I only drive a car
I 100% don't care about your opinion.😅
@@Kenneth-kz9it yes you do. Otherwise you wouldn't have committed.
@@Kenneth-kz9it Ok boomer. As if I ever cared about your feelings
@@scott3805 well many of the owners of large suvs like Chevrolet suburban have them for the space and not for the cargo capacity
Toyota sells the FJ70 truck all over the world. America is the only place on earth where you can't buy one. Our government won't let them in.
hey Toyota does not sell ANY 4x4 in south korea. ANY 4X4. Including Lexus.
Bc of Chicken 🐔 Tax
@@BrianCommentToyota has plants here chicken tax is nullified. Toyota would rather sell the Tacoma. Fact is the small cabovers are lame only good for tiny roads which america doesn't really deal with.
These things are everywhere here in the states. I drove one just the other day. Very popular with local contractors.
It's more theaat they won't sell here, due to the American mentality towards trucks. The government has nothing to do with it.
I ain't going in the mcdonalds drive thru backwards
Makes no sense. The other tuck has capacity and comfort. For many people their trucks are their offices
We have a nation full of poor people, deeply in debt, driving around in vehicles they can’t afford that keep them poor. Make it make sense.
yeah, I see in order to participate the life in America, one must have some wealth just to start
Gotta have somethin' to tote all them guns around in. Freedom!
Everything makes sense if you just think instead of talk. An era of easy money printing made way for gainful employment and high wages that created complacency in the citizenry. Complacent citizens elected corrupt politicians who passed legislation that are backed by bribes and intense lobbying. This is giving way to an era of legalism where politicians are elected on their promises to pass laws that supposedly benefit the American people when in reality they rob Americans ability to live reasonable logical lives. All the while the Federal reserve uses its ability to print money has an international weapon to keep the rules-based international order in check while keeping its citizens to poor to create political change and unseat the tyrants in charge.
Soo it’s our fault YOU can’t live within your means?
You need money to start out anywhere, not just America.
Oh wow a dig at guns, y’all sure like our money though, sure like our support and tech. (Try stand on your own 2 feet)
That’s the awesome part of America, you can get that little piss ant toy of a car, and I can have my 6 wheeled beast of a truck. It’s whatever floats your boat here.
@@fjbslgiefunny thing is, they say that as is they drive small vehicles. They still drive big suvs.... Also, it's just how it is being a liberal, you just think the other side are uneducated idiots, poor, driving in trucks they can't afford. The reality is much different, and imo, I've noticed a far more subtle racism in cities. The nicest people were in places I would have thought I'd get lynched originally.
"Where is the front crumple zone?"
"It sits here and controls the vehicle."
Fr tho 😂
@@manne8575envious of getting smashed into a dough in a minor front end collision?
On the back xD
@@Chicken_cocknballsoup7376 Oh sorry man, I misunderstood the first comment. I'm actually all for big trucks! Lol.
Who cares if you do not tailgate and drive like an idiot you will be fine. I’ve been driving over 45 years and had one accident many years ago where I was following to close. 2 second following rule works.
I work at a botanical garden and I don’t know how but we have like 4 of these things and use them all the time, they’re great. Not safe for roads whatsoever though
It is mainly the EPA fuel efficiency formula. The bigger the truck, the less mpg they need to have to avoid a bunch of extra fees.
Nothing "dumb" about not buying something you can't legally register and drive unless it's at least 25 years old and already clapped-out. Change the laws so I can buy and drive a new one and I would in a heartbeat.
Don't tell the YT audience you want the laws changed - tell your politicians.
Oh, sorry.
I forgof.
That's the responsibility of 'they'.
You know.
As in "they orta do sumfin". 🤣🤣🤣
They are also incredibly dangerous. They are designed for Japanese roads, with much lower speed limits. Even so, the crash scenes even in Japan at low speeds are sometimes horrible when these are involved.
@@biggtomm2000utAnd yet, I could drive a 50's Beetle on public roads legally. Don't see why Kei trucks should be singularly unique for 25-year-plus import or registration- outside of regulatory capture or political pearl-clutching.
@@theAsteriskit's any import car that the law applies to. there have been attempts to get rid of the law but american automakers have deep pockets and pay for a lot of lobbyists and whatever else it takes to make sure they don't have foreign competition.
@@Btobebone Oh, I'm not moaning merely about the import age restriction, but rather that I can restore or import nearly anything else that old, and the state will register it for public roads without batting an eye- but, come the Kei truck, my state will suddenly get very worried for my safety, and refuse to title or register it, even though I can still import and own it just fine under the federal 25-year-rule.
That feigned sudden concern over safety- where **no** such concern is to be found for other vintage or collector vehicles- is my primary complaint. I don't buy their justification- that a Kei truck *specifically* is too dangerous to allow, where they have no issue with- say- an MG roadster, or a vintage 1940's motorcycle being registered and used on public roads.
Bear in mind you can still- and many do, due to simpler mechanicals- operate a tractor-trailer from the eighties or far earlier, often lacking ABS, in interstate commercial use, without ABS and so forth, up to an 80K-pound gross. The amount of ire states afford Kei trucks in particular, ostensibly over safety, is laughable. Hell, I'd even be amenable to a restriction of no controlled-access roads for them, given their handling and size, but instead we just get a petulant, total refusal to title and register.
They'll generally even let you title and register *other* Kei cars if they're old enough- just not a Kei *truck*. (In inquiry before deciding whether or not to purchase, they even said they would be able to register a Kei van based on the same core design, but not a Kei truck.) It's utter nonsense, capricious regulatory whimsy.
Government: It's unsafe in crashes
The vehicle: has 40hp
regardless of the power figure you are almost guarunteed to pass away after 35mph
Yeah it turns out that the horsepower and speed of the other guy still matters in a crash, genius
Ya the only issue is that you are the crumple zone
Statistically, these are actually safer than large trucks. Lobbying got them banned in the US because corpos wanted to get around emissions regulations.
@Minurz No they're not. Don't be delusional. A front end collision in this will likely destroy your legs. Probably also lack airbags. A crash between this and a Corolla, you'd likely die in this.
Only thing I'm worried about driving a Kei truck is getting into an accident in it.
These types of trucks are available in whole asia in china, india, japan, Korea every country have their own mini-trucks! But the problem is they don't have much power for which american Thurston a lot of money!
Lookup CAFE regulations. There are dumb laws pushing the trucks to be bigger to avoid fuel economy targets based on the number of sq feet in a rectangle between the four wheels. We used to have small trucks like Tacoma and Ranger (in the 90's), and they cannot make them that small anymore due to US laws. This also impacts Canada since they are not going to make a vehicle for such a small market.
This. Several videos done on this topic. That said the bigger vehicles do leave room for more impact safety I’d hazard a guess
It's more a loophole the car industry was able to weasel in and nobody closed it. The car industry always wants to sell bigger cars as they're easier to make people believe are worth more. People will always pay more for a bigger car even if the value wasn't actually there.
@clockworkbadger2363 Bigger cars aren't actually safer, what they do is they just change the dynamics of a crash. If two cars crash the smaller one will take the bigger impact and forces, but in reality two larger vehicles hitting each other is just as bad or possibly worse than two small vehicles doing the same.
The laws you refer to would be the emission standards that a small truck does not have to meet and this is the reason for these so called trucks being pushed onto the public, they also have an awful safety record
bingo!
In India Kei trucks are fully commercial trucks. We have many small grocery stores in neighbourhoods and these trucks are used to transport goods in those small stores on daily basis. In our local language we call them "Chhota hathi" means "Small elephant"
Kahaka chota hati
@@9amfunny302 Maharashtra mein chota hathi bolte hai
@@adityaunde4134This was due to an ad in 2005-06 or earlier if you remember. The marketing campaign for Tata Ace labelled it as chhota hathi.
@@adityaunde4134hamare yaha up , Delhi me bhi chota hathi bolte hai 😂
Chota hati hi bolte har jagah india me
I loved driving these in Japan! I wish they were more popular in the states
I'm happily car free but if I had to buy a truck, I would want that little one.
90% of Americans would gladly get the smaller truck. But there are some stupid things called regulations that mean it will never happen
No they wouldn’t, Americans like big trucks because it makes them feel safer
same reason why SUV’s are preferred over wagons in America
@@BrainFuck10it's a mixture of both. Americans want larger vehicles because there are larger vehicles. If you're driving a Corolla and pull up next to an f250, you'll see that the bumper is about your head height. And then you imagine yourself getting T boned at an intersection, and that bumper taking your head completely off.
@@BrainFuck10I will be willing to say I rather be hit in my 9,000lbs SUV than this tin can POS. And to boot, I don't need the extra expense of an extra vehicle on the insurance.
They are too fat to fit in one
@@BrainFuck10If you were right the regulations wouldn’t exist.
That Kei truck has the crash protection of a beer can.
just don't crash
You drive to crash? 😂
That's the moral of this story, without the ego trip of having a parking lot beauty, there will be smaller of the same.
@@ErdingerLino one plans for accidents. That's why they're called accidents, genius.
Well, true. However, if we would stop allowing people with room temperature IQs and similarly shit credit scores to drive, our roads would be a bit safer... and less congested.
Just depends on what you need. It’s nice to be able to have the option of hauling and packing a family inside too.
don't get into an accident in that stupid shit because you're legs 🦵 are gonna feel it ... 😮😢
I live in Japan these trucks are one step above riding in clown car. Super uncomfortable tin cans. I know a few people that own them specifically to haul large things that can't fit in our tiny cars. The roads here in japan are super narrow so trucks and cars are built a lot smaller than US cars.
Does the truck from Japan meet US safety and government standards?
@@MatthewSchrenk Nope. That's why you almost rarely see them here. Granted US import regulations are kinda ridiculous.
@@noco7243 My guy 😂 the biggest problem with these tiny trucks it they literally can’t go 60mph on a highway without blowing up speaking to a non American about our cars and roads is pointless they have zero knowledge and can’t comprehend America
this would make more sense if the larger truck in this video wasn't literally a japanese truck.
@MatthewSchrenk I mean it has breaks and seatbelts so maybe. Lol
Not entirely true, some Americans DO need a big truck to haul their ego around.
😂😂😂😂
I’d say it’s about half and half, everyone knows someone with a huge truck, if you asked them to help move furniture they’d have a cat! No way! Not going to scratch up my truck! While the other half have families and jobs that require hauling things and coworkers and pulling trailers. It really is crazy, if all I’m doing is driving to and from the office, I want a little sports car! Fun to drive, sporty and comfortable, good on gas. Why people who don’t need trucks buy trucks makes no sense, it’s hard to park, rides rough, much harder to wash and keep clean. I’m a firm believer in buying the vehicle for the purpose you intend to use it for.
"Some" is the keyword there.
Also they're big huge American balls
@@bojed offended? Obviously we can read that the OP wrote"some"...
In Germany we don't have those mostly because we have essentially bigger and meaner versions of these things ones. Basically regular truck engine which unfortunately means they aren't really fuel saving but they do have configurable beds, a rather big crew cabin can go pretty fast and are perfect trucks for the intents and purposes of hauling stuff. Granted I only ever saw these when on the construction site when I sat in the cabin to get there but they were incredibly good for carrying all the equipment. Honestly if anyone would suggest an American pick up instead of one of those probably everyone would just ask: Are you quite right in your mind?
Space inside the vehicle plays a big role but for me that k truck would definitely be a nice toy
Doesn’t the government restrict the sales of these because of lobbyists?
The problem isn’t really the American consumer
Yep and the bone head comments get 41k likes while this SMART comment gets 27. RUclips IS IN ON IT
The problem is NHTSA rigs the CAFE to keep the big 3 in business.
The "footprint" rule
Condo sized PUs get away with 16mpg
Small schtuff now required to get 55mpg
If a small Datsun size PU is imported there is a million dollar fine . . . But they have never clarified if that fine is per 😮 vehicle sold
@@dbpropertymaintenance8660Maybe the bonehead is you?
@@dbpropertymaintenance8660 you ok dude?
@@user-zx5gg8od6l it’s not “hate”…it’s money
Americans have told me that they need a big truck because it increases their freedom.
Dealers don’t have small trucks available
No one told you that 😂
Yall lie so much to push your agendas.. its sad..
They hold it right there in the back, you see.
@@jimjohnson4072Maybe try driving one of these big trucks in Europe?
Can’t argue with that. Now, if it wouldn’t reduce their freedom to control their car and ability to transport themselves per fuel unit with empty bed…
I only give one of my friends a pass for a big truck… he’s a tradesman
Thank your politicians for not allowing these small trucks. Look up the "chicken tax".
Government regulations prevent smaller trucks... that's why a Ranger is the size of an old f150.
You got that right- when I was younger we had a 94 Mazda B2300. It was 69 inches wide - the 2024 ranger is 79”. Then again, *I’m* 10 inches wider than I was 30 years ago, so I guess I have no room to judge 😂
That's not correct. In 49 cfr part 523 there is no minimum size limitation on light duty trucks. There are minimum safety and of course other requirements that make engineering challenges in making things tiny. Plus marketing dictates Americans like big trucks..
@skippynj1979 It's just based on the wheelbase and track; the fuel mileage minimum is so high they can't meet it or fall just short of it they have to be big to meet fuel economy standards and achieve the required gas mileage. The EPA standards require small trucks to have a minimum of around 44.5 miles per gallon, making it difficult for them to meet the requirements... so government regulations are preventing us from having trucks like the old courier or s10, because those would get around 30 to 35 mpg which then makes people by trucks that get 15 to 22 mpg. So to save gas they are wasting it. Bureaucracy at work.
@@stweasel
I wouldn’t blame it all on bureaucracy. The intention to make vehicles more efficient was “good” in theory; though arguably more aggressive than it should have been. A key problem is that manufacturers abused the hell out of loophole meant for bigger/taller vehicles. Trucks became huge. Sedans became bloated crossovers.
So why doesn’t government require “ALL” vehicles to shrink in size….? Say…by 3 feet.