Japanese needed to keep things smaller and compact for space reasons and gas reasons lack of their own oil. They also had stricter smog regulations. I remember when they used to be called bottle rockets or something, less roomy, objects getting stuck in between the front seats , still do, less leg room in the front seats and no leg room in the back seats. As things changed here with both space in inner city’s and sub divisions along with gas prices so did their choices. Bigger muscle trucks are still in use as needed. Still lots of outdoor camping and activities so they started making some bigger vehicles too. But commuting in busy traffic, gas prices, or finding parking spaces is a different story. I don’t care about electric windows, they can be a death trap. It would be nice if they made a simple car, cheap to buy, good on gas, safe for crashes, roll up windows with locks for toddlers in the back with out all the modules and electronics and has simple parts to fix, a head light goes out you don’t have to replace all the connecting parts with it, heat and air conditioning, fog lights, good breaks, a good emergency light system, maybe a good radio or music system if they teach the kids not to drive to the music instead of the road I think they might be in demand.
I found out what was going on in Japan with protesting migration too. It’s mostly because of the Chinese not assimilating, bringing their as everyone has them poverty population, not following the laws selling stuff on the streets like third world country’s, stealing from farms selling their produce and getting too many of them. Feral migrants is a pretty accurate word.
