Like our old Monty, the Jimny has an absurdly short wheelbase—it’s around 92 inches for each. It’s so small that it’s actually considered a kei car in Japan from a dimensional standpoint.

Murilee Martin This generation of Jimny was sold in Japan for the 1998 through 2018 model years, undergoing several facelifts during that period. It was built with kei-regulation-compliant 658cc ...

Then there's also the Suzuki Jimny. When the uninitiated see it ... After all, the model that originally was part of the Japanese kei class has probably exceeded three million sales by now ...