Put your money where your mouth's been for the last 10 years, anons.
>offered only through a fleet-focused pilot program>660cc three-cylinder engine mated to a CVT>right-hand-drive>Its maximum speed will be 25 miles per houryes this is exactly what americans want
>>29147466The only way Toyota can get away with selling a new minitruck here is by selling it as a UTV.
depends on how much it takes to register one of these as a regular carJust like those Mahindra Jeeps
>>29147466why Scion?
So is this just Toyota retiring machine tooling so instead of throwing it away, they move it to the US?
>>29147475highly experimental move, they don't want to damage the toyota brand.>>29147473it is; it comes with a speed limiter (that can be removed with a screwdriver ;)) dont worry about it, no one wants to do that anyway, stockholders)
>>29147466If they just take the corolla engine and put it in a kei-ish car then I can see it as a good second car or a good young adult car
>>29147487cheap vehicles for young adults starting out their careers is communism
>>2914747425mph makes it an LSV under us law and thus not subject to crash testing or emissions regulations. if it's got a vin you should be able to register it as normal and bypass the speed limiter
The speed limit is because the weebs buying this thing double the weight of the vehicle.
>>29147466White men ovulating rn
>>29147491>if it's got a vin you should be able to register itNope.States are specifically banning kei trucks.Some even retroactively revoked registration on existing kei trucks.You can still register them in most states but every uear the list gets smaller.
>>29147466I can't imagine being American and driving something liek that. You might as well tell the entire world you have a small penis and get zero pussy.
>>29147466What does this have that the Jeetmobile (Roxor) doesn't?
>>29147466Nice link, you fucking faggot.https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-says-okei-to-america-introducing-the-scion-by-toyota-brand-and-kei-01/>Low-speed vehicle, limited to 25 miles per hourNothingburger.
lol have fun i'm gonna run you nerds over in my ZR2
>>29147496>this is what a confident straight male drives
>>29147466>Put your money where your mouth's been for the last 10 years, anons.lollmaoAs with everything retards spout on this board nobody here is going to actually buy one. It's always just empty talk.
>>29147508you're joking but that is just as bad just on the other side of the spectrum. there is a huge middle ground of normal half ton trucks that normal men drive.
>>29147498It is a fleet only meant to compete against UTV's and golf carts in places like farms, factories,shipyards, or colleges. A true consumer kei (highway speeds) won't be for some years because they would need to do r&d to pass federal safety guidelines. This is just Toyota testing the waters to see if there is demand
>>29147517>kei (highway speeds)retarded conceptkeis are for city environments
>>29147472Why does this always happenIt feels like they do it out of spite to make sure it fails
>>29147472They could literally put a motorcycle engine and a manual transmission and all problems would be resolved. Auto makers are tone deaf and out of touch, but the suckers who play free-PR for these terrible decisions should be thrown in a mental asylum for delusional antics
>>29147496I have a small penis and get zero pussy.
>>29147472>>offered only through a fleet-focused pilot program>>660cc three-cylinder engine mated to a CVT>>right-hand-drive>>Its maximum speed will be 25 miles per hourDeliberately planted as a horribly flawed vehicle so they can go>SEE! AMERICANS DON'T WANT THIS!and continue selling bigger, more expensive trucks that have a better profit margin.
>>29147466Faggot OP deliberately leaves out the important stuff to make a thread in bad faith.
Where are you my fellow Scion bros? Still dailying mine
>Built in North America>CVT>25mph hard limit>No private salesIt is quite literally the opposite of what people want in every single aspect.
>>29147508hell yea dude. thats why you drive big trucks like that. You let everyone know you are a big deal and stay out of your way. I like when people look at you and start wondering what else I have that is BIG
It's still useful, but that depends on the price.If it's cheaper than a UTV / side by side then it will have usefulness, if it isn't then it won't.These can be used on farms, ranches, ship yards, warehouses, etc. Where currently UTVs operate.The US just doesn't have the population density that would necessitate these and our agriculture is far removed from city centers.
>>29147519I took my Acty on the highway all the time
>>29147608i think i saw you a while back
>>29147508>>29147511>>29147598women prefer men with trucks and studies show it. kei cuck guys don't have kids.
>>29147640why did you reply to me, do you have shit for brains?
>>29147475Factory rice options.
>>29147496>Smoll car big penis
>>29147498Assembled in india. Nope
>>29147649because you're pushing the same narrative, despite the fact that you're wrong.
>>29147688no i'm not you just have shit for brains, which you would realize if you didn't have shit for brains.
>>29147689studies suggest otherwise, my reddit friend.
>>29147690link me to one study that shows you don't have shit for brains go ahead i'll wait.
>>29147691link me to your bus pass first.
>>29147692why would i ride a bus when i have a truck in my driveway you moron
>>29147693funny how you didn't post it. bus nigger.
>>29147694you literally have shit where your brain should be.
>>29147700you ride the bus, nigger. you don't have a job.
>>29147676>>29147581>>29147581this isn't built for weebs. if they are as useful as the shills claim, for the purposes shills claim they are, (i.e, a replacement for a side by side) then you should see sales there.
>>29147676https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-says-okei-to-america-introducing-the-scion-by-toyota-brand-and-kei-01/>KEI-01 will be Assembled at Toyota’s Indiana PlantIndiana, my illiterate friend
>>29147472yuppies out here in the pnw are gonna eat this slop up
>>29147724Sorry im drunk.
What's the point of building it in the US if it's not being sold as a "real car"?The (((chicken tax))) wouldn't apply to it in this case would it?
>>29147700I have shit in my pocket. Want some?
>>29147754why do you have shit in your pocket
>>29147472>>660cc three-cylinder>>maximum speed will be 25 miles per hourAnd everyone thinks toyota aren't in the globo homo cult!!
>>29147752toyota doesn't have to pay shipping or pass those cost onto the consumer, which would jack up the price.
>>29147764Instead they just have to ship an entire factory to the US
>>29147466We’ve had shit like this for literal decades. I keep up with our 1998 Cushman at work. It’s a Low Speed Vehicle and it is not for use on public roads. In reality it’s a 4cyl Mitsubishi powered kei van with a 5 speed manual transmission with 4th and 5th physically locked out plus a pretty gnarly ignition cut governor to limit it to 22mph.
>>29147770or just buy the plentiful cheap land and make use of the plentiful natural resources to build a factory in the US. or use one of the many existing and abandon factories in the US and just retrofit tooling, which is even cheaper, and is how Tesla made their own cars.
>>29147756no more room in his head
>>29147615Yeah, but I got away when the cops were forced to stop at McDonald's
>>29147472Considing what people pay for golf carts and razors Yeah it is
>>29147522Yeah really
>>29147718It's being made useless on purpose by Toyota. The CVT will shred itself if you try to actually use this thing for truck stuff, and it's not legal for road use in a lot of states due to the 25mph governor.Furthermore, Toyota hasn't listed a concrete price but best guesses put it at 2-3x what kei trucks cost in Japan, and in return you get something with worse build quality and worse component quality. Building it in the US already turns people off right from the drop, but to build it here right after publicly admitting that Toyotas made in the US have dogshit build quality is such a stupid decision.
>>29148033it's not meant to be used for truck stuff, it's meant to compete with a side by side. only weebs will be turned off by where its built because it's just a toy for them and not a work vehicle. those same weebs will then defend the yaris GR getting it's third engine replaced because of its impeccable build and component quality. toyota giving the middle finger to weebs and selling this to businesses who actually intend to use it is a good thing.
>>29148041It has a dump body and Toyota's own marketing show it with hay bales in the bed.
>>29147800Well that's a relief
>>29148049the dump body will be used for gardening shit, of which the CVT will handle just fine. no one will be using this to carry a thousand lb load. if a chinese EV can do it, this will be fine.if you want a kei vehicle to play with, go import one directly from Japan.
>>29148052>if you want a kei vehicle to play with, go import one directly from Japan.Yeah, see, there's the rub. The old ones from Japan are built better, use higher quality materials, are more utilitarian, are road legal, and are far less expensive.If Toyota wants this thing to do anything other than wither on the vine, they're going to need to rip out all the price bloating convenience bullshit, offer at least an optional manual, not have Shaniqua build it, and price it at $10k. If they can't do that then it's just objectively worse than its parent in every way.
Saw one of these for sale in Nebraska. Manual
>>29148061So the weebs can continue importing them from Japan to take their utilitarian instagram photos, and the fleets will buy the ones built locally as it makes more economic sense for bulk purchases.The two markets don't overlap and all you're doing is convincing yourself of what you personally want.
>>29147466Let me guess: automatic only, fwd, pigfag because of safety features, low-tension oil rings, ipad dash
>>29148068I get the feeling that you don't understand what you're actually arguing, you just hate kei trucks and are making up reasons as you go.Somehow you took the complaints of fragile, expensive, low quality, and poor utility and turned it into instagram.>>29148072Close, CVT only and simultaneously bloated yet not road legal in most areas.
>>29148084I get the feeling that you don't own a truck or know what "utility" actually means (if you've ever even done manual labor before), and are just an upset weeb crying about a product that isn't meant for you and have a hard time understanding different markets exist that want different things.Your assumption of a product's quality and use-case that doesn't even exist yet are the only things made up, made up by someone throwing a tantrum about what they wanted and didn't get.
>>29147519Kei trucks are for rural environments.
>>29147999You think there are a lot of people cross shopping between a 200 hp boosted SXS and a more expensive kei truck that goes 25 mph?
>>29148353It's much cheaper than a side by side and they have two completely different use cases. This is a work truck, a side by side is not a work truck and costs twice as much.
>>29148360>This is a work trucklol
>>29148364>I'm a retard that's never been on any job or logistics site in my lifeThanks for sharing
>>29148360It's going to be like $20k and has a 600 lb haul capacity. You can get a SXS with 1500 lb capacity and no speed limiter for less.
>>29148367No it isn't and no, you can't.It's $9k in Japan you retarded faggot, you can barely get a 30hp coleman side by side for that.
>>29148366I work for a logistics company and we don't use kei anything. the only kei trucks I see being used for work, is for landscaping, the same kind of thing a side by side is used for. a kei truck is just a better side by side.
>>29147466>automatic>gimped by 25 mph speed limtlater: turns out Americans dont want kei trucks!
>>29148370Indiana isn't Japan. Now here is the part where you flail and lash out because you can't handle being wrong. It will be at least 15k and more likely 20k. Nobody will buy it, especially not anyone who actually needs to haul anything. I have ATVs that can tow as well as this kei truck for fucks sake.
>>29148374no one cares what transmission their tool has.no one who actually wants to use this wants to take it on the road. it's good for coasting around farm land, which is what they will be used for.
>>29148370Nta but the 500cc SxS siting in front of Tractor Supply Company is rated at 1500lb towing capacity and does 50mph (unloaded). Its under $10k. And they have a 750cc version for $12k.>t. Have one (got mine for free because PO was a dumbass and couldnt figure out the electrical issue and just fucked it up more). Its made by Hi Sun so parts are cheap.
>>29148377It's awful for coasting around farmland compared to any other option. I doubt I will ever see one of these and I live in an agricultural area.
>>29148377They actually suck major donkey dick for farms.Extremely limited suspension travel and clearance.99% use 12" wheels so offroad tire selection is severely limited.99% are 2wd so they constantly get stuck in fields.Ive pulled out my neighbor's multiple times .
>>29148377>it's good for coasting around farm land, which is what they will be used for.you could buy a used one that has no gimped speed limit and is street legal for like $5000
>>29148379Forgot to add-That less than $10k SxS has e-lockers front and rear, tilt bed, a winch, about 12" of suspension travel.and 14" wheels which means any tire combo from BFG drag radials to Super Swampers.
>>29147501>muh bigger trugyou small peepee guys are why pickups are reaching $100,000USD these days and are almost twice the size of pickups from the past- but did not double its reliability or usefulness.>meanwhile kei pickups actually hauling shit
>>29148387damn, two whole logs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13hBEX0ANVkmeanwhile
>>29148394not everyone wants or needs a massive truck like you do. Is that difficult to understand or?
>>29148387lol my cock is gigantic why are you thinking about it
>>29148398>lets talk about my smol peepeenah
>>29148397Yes that is well understood.Nobody who needs a truck of any capacity will end up deciding a $20k fake kei truck with the haul capacity of a handcart is the way to go. Most people who use a truck for work need the truck to be able to haul and tow things.
>>29147598Ego?
>Part time 4WD>CVT only>Limited to 25 mphThey did not know the assignment.
>>29148399you're the one who brought it up lol
>>29147522>motorcycle engineGood luck hauling any kind of load with 20 lb-ft of torque
>>29147530>Deliberately planted as a horribly flawed vehicle so they can go>>SEE! AMERICANS DON'T WANT THIS!>and continue selling bigger, more expensive trucks that have a better profit margin.Seems like an egregious expenditure of funds just for that
>>29147676Indiana, not India.
>>29147472>cvt>25mphLmao it's useless. Farmers will keep buying manual 90's keis.
>>29147756For safe keeping
>>29147691
>>29148453As a farmer I will let the incels buy them new and drive them for a while and then buy one cheap used to fuck around with. Maybe do an engine/transmission swap. Will have to look into the drivetrain configuration some more to see if it would be worth fucking around with. >>29148387>>29148387Lol. It's like a wheelbarrow with a driver's seat!
>>29148377>no one cares what transmission their tool has.What? That is one of the first things I look at in any vehicle or piece of equipment... Autos and cvts are fucking awful for anything other than the lightest duty stuff.
>>29148453This is facts. I sold my 5spd Acty to a farmer.
>>29147466Perfect, it's ready to turned into a refrigerator.
>>29148387>t. Basement dwelling NEET whos never loaded a truck let alone driven a kei with a load on public roads when its struggling to hit 35mph
>>29147472If that's true. The cvt is a deal breaker. Woulda got one in manual.
>>2914863995% of US enthusiasm for Keis is having a cheap (because used) underpowered manual RWD that's fun to tool around in. I live on a farm and one would be more-useful than my shitty John Deere SxS but that's not the main reason I'd want one.
>>29147466This is great for everyone, cool
>>29148546nta but I have. It was interesting.
>>29148723What was your top speed in that condition?
>>29148737I could've probably hit 55 on level ground. I didn't go over 45. There was multiple hills that required downshifting to 3rd. I had it overloaded by a significant amount.
>>29148546>t. Basement dwelling NEET whos never loaded a truckwe do it all the time- as I am an actual zogbot. Unlike you, a real projecting NEET faggot. These Kei trucks are meant for in-town and farmland usage. You are a dumbass if you're going to take it to a freeway or roads with speeds that exceed what its capable of.
>>29147466Its limited to 25 MPH because of gay safety laws.
>>29148404>yeah anon just get the $100,000 fuckheug useless raised pickup>to hall smaller things around the countryside with a smaller footprint>and cost you an arm or a leg to maintain when the engine or drivetrain inevitably shits itselfare you slow or what
>>29147466>Put your money where your mouth's been for the last 10 years, anons.I was behind a street legal '90s Acty doing 65-70 on the highway the other day (blurry picrel), this thing is nearly completely DOA except for very niche buyers like university groundskeepers and whatnot unless I can legally do the same with this thing as a fully registered, legal vehicle.>but muh crash test laws and emissions an-I'll stick with the low mileage, 25 year old example I can buy for $5k, throw a plate on, and drive on highways legally with, thanks.
>Trump told some interns to make kei trucks happen.>Limited to 25mph-_-
>25mph limit>cvt>fleet only (at least at the start)wow another monkeypaw'd trend that the manufacturers will use as an excuse to claim that buyers don't buy the things they ask for.
>>29148903reminds me of this picture i haven't seen in 15 years
>>29148889You can get a truck that can carry more than 2 average Americans of payload for well under 20k. The problem isn't that this sucks cross shopped against $100k trucks. The problem is that this sucks cross shopped with other $20k vehicles.
>>29149285Left over 2025 inventory.This truck has 29 miles on it.
>>29147488Even worse, it's Nazism. VW Beetle.
>>29149395That's not 20k
>>29147472>selling a Kei Truck that meets the Kei Truck specWhat exactly were you expecting a Kei Truck to be?
>>29149547Manual, road legal and not governed to 25 mph.You know, like a Kei truck.
>>29149567Hell, I'd settle for a conventional automatic. But the other two are non-negotiable
lmao, did a seething janny delete all my posts showing these are $7500 brand new in japan? (MT, no speed limiter)
>>29150082Why does that matter?A brand new tultuk in kenya is like $2,500.How much is an AK47 in Iraq?How much is parmesan in Italy?
>>29150160>"this meme product is good because you can get it at a certain in a country you don't live in"
>>29147472they could at least have put a 1KR-DE2 engine in there.>25 miles per hourkek, no reason not to hit 80 mph in all but the most archaic car
>>29147472>give us KEI trucks>nooo not like that
>>29150178Correct, you facetious bastard.
>>29150178Correct. This is some intentional monkey paw shit. 25 mph limit? CVT? No RWD option? What a farce.
>>29150442Wait....Are you saying theyre 4wd only or FWD only??
>>29147508>blacked out windowsThey all look like this though, so what's the point?
>>29147640Link the studies or they don't exist.
>>29150495Just from quickly looking it'll be "part-time 4WD" which I assume in 2026 to mean RWD or FWD that engages the other side when the aids system detects slip. I assume it'll be RWD based but it's not the same, even for a farm cart.
>>29150521Ahh the "automatically engages 4wd after you get stuck" system.Brilliant.
>>29150517I dont wear baseball caps though.
>>29150160>>29150173>you could have this product too if your government wasn't in bed with incompetent automobile manufacturers - everyone>"nooo, stop telling me facts!!" - some retard on /o/
>>29150679Ive watched enough liveleak videos to know EXACTLY why these vehicles are banned.
