The first kei (lightweight) vehicle that Caterham Cars Ltd. exported to Japan has been raced at Fuji Speedway, Shizuoka Prefecture, to determine Japan’s best kei racing driver, Forbes reported on 12 February.
Having been banned from racing for being too fast, the firm put into its Caterham Seven a 0.6 litre Suzuki engine to cater for the Japanese kei market, of which the firm has a share of 40%.
Caterham is the first exporter of kei vehicles to Japan, which receives one fifth of the firm’s annual production of 500 cars, making the country by far the firm’s largest export market.