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The Kei super small cars in Japan with 40% of the market in 2013, and government efforts to discourage sales in 2014

06/08/2014

"Kei" cars are not being exported because of a lack of safety features. The kei cars are very popular in Japan to the point of taking 40% of new car sales in 2013. This hurts Japanese automakers in gaining the economies of scale in the home market for other larger cars. The government response is to increase taxes by as much as 50% to reduce the price differential with regular small cars and discourage sales.

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