Getting a kei truck from a Japanese listing to your driveway: eligibility, cost, customs and state registration.
Work out the true landed cost of importing a kei truck, starting from the measured Japanese price rather than a guess. FY2026 customs fees, duty classification and freight, itemised.
California will not register an imported kei truck — not for road use, and per the DMV’s own procedures manual, not for off-highway use either. The rules quoted, and what to do instead.
Florida titles and plates kei trucks as mini trucks, then limits them to roads posted 35 mph or less. The statute, what that means in practice, and the rust problem explained from Japan.
Texas registers kei trucks as miniature vehicles under SB 1816 — effective June 20, 2025, not September as most sources say. The law, the steps, and the Japan-side price.
What a Japanese mini truck actually is, what one really costs landed in the US, and the disadvantages nobody selling them will tell you — measured from inside Japan across 394 trucks.
How the 25-year rule actually works — build month, not model year — plus the 2026–2030 unlock calendar and why newly-eligible kei trucks are the best deals.
Kei truck legality in all 50 states, verified August 2026: 8 states register them like any car, 13 refuse road use, and the rest sit in the conditional middle.
What a kei truck really costs in 2026: measured Japan prices for all five models, the exact US duty and fee math, and three real builds priced end to end.
Real 2026 prices measured from every 25-year-eligible kei truck listed in Japan, the full import process step by step, the 25% duty question, and how to avoid scams — written from inside Japan.