Editing Car classification (section)

=== Microcar / kei car ===
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Microcars and their Japanese equivalent— kei cars— are the smallest category of automobile.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan Seeks to Squelch Its Tiny Cars |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/business/international/japan-seeks-to-squelch-its-tiny-cars.html?_r=0 |access-date=17 February 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 June 2014 |last1=Tabuchi | first1=Hiroko |author-link=Hiroko Tabuchi}}</ref>

Microcars straddle the boundary between car and motorbike, and are often covered by separate regulations from normal cars, resulting in relaxed requirements for registration and licensing. Engine size is often {{convert|700|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on}} or less, and microcars have three or four wheels.

Microcars are most popular in Europe, where they originated following World War II. The predecessors to micro cars are [[voiturette]]s and [[cycle car]]s. Kei cars have been used in Japan since 1949.

Examples of microcars and kei cars:

* [[Honda Life]]
* [[Smart ForTwo]]
* [[Tata Nano]]

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