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Rboyett @ Jul 20th 2007 9:14AM
Most Japanese do not "enjoy" smaller cars. They buy kei cars because they don't have to prove they have a parking space to own one. They also get the tax breaks you mentioned.
Buyers Non Kei cars (a Mazda Miata is too big to be a kei car) have to prove they have a place to park them before they can buy one and they pay higher taxes. My father in law has an older Nissan Skyline which many Japanese drool over. Other extremely popular cars include the Toyota Crown which is about the same size as a Lexus LS460.