According to the news-makers at Japanese auto magazine Best Car, Honda is working on returning the Beat name to the streets of Tokyo after a 13 year absence.

The original Beat ran on a rear-wheel-drive platform and was powered by a 47kW 660cc engine, putting it in the ‘kei’ category – a class of car so [...]

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No doubt your first question is “Oh damn, where’s my wallet?”. Alright, probably not. Perhaps your first question is “What the flying fridge is a kei car?”, and that would be a reasonable query.

Kei cars are a Japanese phenomenon specified by law as having no bigger than a 660cc mill, and being no [...]

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