How small can you go

This morning's sight of a 1990s Honda Acty [top picture] reminded me that I also recently saw a Suzuki Carry [bottom picture.]

These miniature pickups, built by most manufacturers for service in Japan are being sold used in Canada now. How they can be considered safe, with no front crumple zone is beyond me, but they are here-and cheap.

Even in Japan they are building them bigger now, so these minis (called keis in Japan) are small by any standard.