So under what category....

would you put a Scion xA.....Toyota Ist.

1. K-Car

2. Wagon

or what....

As far as USA standards I'd say Kei Car since in Japan is stands for the smallest class of cars which in the US that just happens to be pretty true.  I mean it's not in that category in Japan, but for our sake and to make it easier...just say Kei Car...because it's certainly not a Wagon.  It's a Small Compact.

It's a sub-compact.

Kei has limits on displacement and dimensions that the iST doesn't fall within.

Yeah, i find it funny when people call their Echo/Yaris/Fit/Jazz/bB etc a 'Kei car' since kei cars are restricted to 660cc, 47kw and exterior dimensions that are more suited to a moped. Seriously, parking any of those cars next to a real kei car is like parking an F250 next to a Protege (sorry firelizard ;))
 
Funny enough, the wagon magazines of Japan seem to accept most of the hatchbacks and kei cars into their 'realm' so i would lean towards 'wagon' if i had to choose

Yeah as I go thru my stylewagons magazine i seem to find more IST...so we can keep it under wagon??? what you think Dominik

[QUOTE=bcherry;78257]Yeah as I go thru my stylewagons magazine i seem to find more IST...so we can keep it under wagon??? what you think Dominik[/QUOTE]
If you see them in there, then yes.  That category sounds right.  I never really look through Stylewagon so I hadn't known they put them in there.  I guess they consider it a wagon.

Wagon it is a very tiny one...

well we can all be happy on a tiny wagon.....