Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and other locations were awash with tiny "kei" trucks, cars and vans. These cities have thin, weaving side roads that would never be able to handle most American SUVs and trucks.

As it happens, a little over 137,000 examples of the Seltos and Soul have been manufactured with iffy piston oil rings that may result in a seized engine. The affected population is 137,256 ...

Well, specifically Japan – home of the Kei car, and a place where boxes on ... a couple of years in my youth and when I first saw the Soul here in Blighty it evoked a pleasant sense of nostalgia.