The is a
kei car
Kei car (or , kanji: , "light automobile", ), known variously outside Japan as Japanese city car or Japanese microcar, is the Japanese vehicle category for the smallest highway-legal passenger cars with restricted dimensions and engine capacit ...
produced by
Suzuki
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between 1998 and 2009. Originally only available as a three-door hatchback, a five-door version arrived in the third quarter of 1999.
The car received a
facelift
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in late 2000, when the three-door version was also dropped, and another facelift in 2001, including a newer dashboard.
From 1999 to 2006, Suzuki also produced the as
Mazda
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In 2015, Mazda produced 1.5 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly one m ...
's
rebadge
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d version of the Kei.
Gallery
;Suzuki Kei
File:Suzuki Kei 1998 3door.jpg, 1998–2000 Suzuki Kei 3-door
File:2000-2006 Suzuki Kei (cropped).jpg, 2000–2006 Suzuki Kei 5-door
File:Suzuki Kei 005 (cropped).JPG, 2000–2002 Suzuki Kei Sport 5-door
File:Suzuki Kei 006.JPG, 2000–2002 Suzuki Kei Sport 5-door
File:Suzuki Kei 003 (cropped).JPG, 2002 Suzuki Kei FIS
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Freestyle World Cup Limited version
File:Suzuki Kei 2006.jpg, 2006–2009 Suzuki Kei 5-door
File:Suzuki Kei 004 (cropped).JPG, 2006–2009 Suzuki Kei 5-door
File:Suzuki Kei interior.jpg, Interior
;Mazda Laputa
File:Mazda Laputa.jpg, 1999–2000 Mazda Laputa
File:Mazda Laputa 2000.jpg, 2000–2006 Mazda Laputa
References
Kei
Kei may refer to:
People
* Kei (given name)
* Kei, Cantonese for Ji (surname), Ji(姫)
* Kei, Cantonese for Qi (surname), Qi(奇, 祁, 亓)
* Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
* Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Kor ...
Cars introduced in 1998
2000s cars
Kei cars
Kei sport utility vehicles
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
All-wheel-drive vehicles
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