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November 9 2020

Little Lego Car: 1991 Honda Beat

DailyTurismo Modern Classic Beat, Honda, Japanese, JDM, kei-car, Keitora 4

The Honda Beat might not be the prettiest car to be styled by Pininfarina, or even the coolest mid-engine Pinin, or the most affordable with styling by the Young One (and his successors), but it is the smallest car to come from legendary design house. Regardless, they were never sold new in the USA and driving one will get you smiles and front row valet parking wherever you go. Find this 1991 Honda Beat offered for $6,500 in Seminary, MS via craigslist. Tip from Rramjet.

September 21 2020

Bread Loaf Van: 1993 Subaru Sumo Domingo GX AWD

DailyTurismo Modern Classic AWD, Domingo, GX, Japanese, JDM, Kei, kei-car, Keitora, Subaru, Sumo, Van 1

The Subaru Domingo was a slightly beefier version of the Subaru Sambar kei van. The Domingo (also called the Sumo, Libero, Combi, and Estratto depending on which market it was being sold) shared many of its components and chassis with the Sambar, but it had a larger engine that booted it from keitora (light truck in Japanese) car requirements, but allowed it to drive on the freeway at a reasonable clip and accelerate with traffic. Today’s example is not just powered by a 1.2 liter Subaru EF 3-cylinder that pushes out 66 horsepower into a 5-speed manual gearbox, but it is also equipped with all-wheel-drive. Find this 1993 Subaru Domingo GX AWD offered for $6,500 in Brooklyn, NY via craigslist. Tip from ME.

August 17 2020

Ravi, Enchanté: 1974 Mazda Chantez

DailyTurismo Malaise chantez, Japanese, JDM, Kei, kei-car, Keitora, Mazda, Right-hand-drive 2

This next car will need some kind of introduction, because unless you are the curator of a Mazda museum…you probably don’t know what this next car is…because I was totally completely unaware of the existence of the kei-sized, JDM only, ’72-’76 Chantez…wait…we’ve featured one of these Chantezes (Chantee?? Chanteux?) before…and here it is. The exact…identical, same Chantez offered for $6000 in PA back in 2016. Yup, and four years later and it still has the same skuzzy mummy skin steering wheel wrap…find this 1974 Mazda Chantez offered for $5,900 in Tampa Bay, FL via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

September 25 2018

Carry On My Wayward Son: 1985 Suzuki Every

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Carry, Every, Japanese, kei-car, Keitora, Micro-van, Suzuki 2

It isn’t every day that you find a sweet microvan offered for a reasonable price, but we’ll feature every one we find because life is too short to driving something lame. This might not make the best trans-continental road trip car, but it’ll certainly make a good city commuter and get smiles everywhere you go. […]

September 20 2018

Beat The Drum Slowly: 1992 Honda Beat

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Beat, Honda, Japanese, JDM, Kei, kei-car, Keitora 5

Another Kei-car? Yes, that is correct, they don’t call this site DailyKeismo for NOTHING. We’ve got a reputation and a revelation to maintain. Anyway, the next precious little keitora class machine we are going to feature is from Honda Giken Kōgyō KK and you can’t beat the price. Find this 1992 Honda Beat offered for […]

July 23 2018

MTREC Just Kicked In, Yo: 1991 Honda Beat

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Beat, Honda, Japanese, Kei, kei-car, Pininfarina 5

Juan Pablo Augustus Pininfarina put this mighty pen to paper many times over the years to design some beautiful cars..exotics, mid-engine things and the like…but few people know that old John-Pap-Pin (as his friends in the pub called him) designed the 1991-1996 Honda Beat. Find this 1991 Honda Beat here on eBay bidding for $1300 with $3,200 buy-it-now […]

October 7 2016

Coolest Car In Town: 1991 Honda Beat

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Beat, Honda, Japanese, kei-car, Microcar 2

What is the cheapest mid-engined, rear-drive, car with styling by Pininfarina? I’m not sure, but the Honda Beat is certainly the smallest, if not the most affordable, car with styling by Pininfarina. Find this 1991 Honda Beat offered for $5,995 near Seattle, WA via craigslist. Tip from BuickFan. The Honda Beat is supposedly the last […]

August 29 2016

Kei For Klown: 1990 Suzuki Alto Works Turbo

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Alto, Japanese, Kei, kei-car, Keitora, Suzuki, turbo, Works 3

The Japanese Kei car in basic form is barely usable on US streets a small caterpillar inching along in the slow lane, but get a turbo fancy-pants factory works edition and suddenly it becomes a beautiful butterfly darting through traffic. Find this 1990 Suzuki Alto Works Turbo offered for $7,500 somewhere in Texas via 6speedonline.com […]

February 11 2016

King of the Kei: 1990 Subaru Rex

DailyTurismo Uncategorized kei-car, Keitora, Rex, Subaru 5

This next car will cause some confusion when you tell people of your latest acquisition. I just bought a Subaru Rex. Oh nice, I had an 04 wagon, great cars but I had to replace the turbocharger twice. No, not a WRX…a Rex…like T-Rex. One of those three wheeled things? No…no, a Kei car from […]

January 29 2016

GoldWing Power: 1989 Daihatsu HiJet Van

DailyTurismo Uncategorized Daihatsu, HiJet, kei-car, Keitora, Van 3

The Daihatsu HiJet is Japanese built micro van that has been a solid entry to the Kei-truck scene since its introduction in 1960. Daihatsu was on their 7th generation by the time this Van was released into the wild, but they were still designed with city transportation requirements in mind and a top speed that […]

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