Japan Kei Models : 2018

Kei cars mean light automobile, a category created in 1949. By meeting certain criteria, the owner gets tax, insurance and in some cases parking benefits. They are mainly sold in Japan and only Japanese brands compete in the segment. In 2018, nearly 1.5 million were sold in Japan so the Kei car remains popular today.

In the chart, blue is down and green is up. Total sales were up 2.5% in 2018. The Honda N-Box (pictured above) has just over 16% of the total sales, so that's impressive. Many sell in small numbers but it seems that some models are shared in some way between makers.

Rk	Brand	Model	2018	2017	+/-		Japan
1	Honda	N-Box	241,870	218,478	11%		32 models
2	Suzuki	Spacia	152,104	104,763	45%		100%
3	Nissan	Dayz	141,495	137,514	3%
4	Daihatsu	Tanto	136,558	141,312	-3%
5	Daihatsu	Move	135,896	141,373	-4%
6	Suzuki	Wagon R	108,013	114,711	-6%
7	Daihatsu	Mira	107,283	95,772	12%
8	Suzuki	Alto	77,241	88,394	-13%
9	Suzuki	Hustler	65,291	72,600	-10%
10	Honda	N-Wgn	63,009	75,591	-17%
11	Mitsubishi	eK	45,062	42,486	6%
12	Daihatsu	Cast	42,495	45,540	-7%
13	Daihatsu	Wake	28,637	28,466	1%
14	Toyota	Pixis	25,627	22,284	15%
15	Suzuki	Jimny	20,942	13,487	55%
16	Suzuki	Every Wagon	17,507	16,830	4%
17	Mazda	Flair Wagon	13,284	7,213	84%
18	Mazda	Flair	8,883	10,216	-13%
19	Daihatsu	Atrai	6,628	4,467	48%
20	Subaru	Stella	6,560	7,037	-7%
21	Subaru	Pleo	5,852	6,249	-6%
22	Mazda	Carol	5,662	6,347	-11%
23	Subaru	Chiffon	5,211	7,242	-28%
24	Nissan	NV 100 Clp Rio	4,358	3,816	14%
25	Mazda	Flair Cross	3,601	4,458	-19%
26	Daihatsu	Copen	3,170	2,853	11%
27	Honda	S 660	3,003	4,074	-26%
28	Mazda	Scrum Wagon	1,443	1,695	-15%
29	Honda	Vamos	1,135	3,626	-69%
30	Mitsubishi	Town Box	782	744	5%
31	Subaru	Dias Wagon	595	407	46%
32	Mitsubish	iMiev	85	191	-55%