Honda
Acty
Honda's kei truck and van, now out of production and found only used.
Two lanes
Which Acty can come in.
The 25 year road truck
Built in October 2001 or earlier
A Acty at least 25 years old comes in for the road under the federal 25 year rule, declared to DOT and to EPA at the port, if its engine is the model it left the factory with. Your state then decides the title and the roads.
The two agesHow it worksThe newer off road truck
Governed, with a certified engine
A newer Acty comes in only as off road equipment, permanently governed to a top speed and with a nonroad engine certified by EPA before import. It is never a road truck under federal law, and it works farms, ranches and private land as your state allows.
What that engine needsTestingThe duty
The chicken tax, at every age
Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty, the one people call the chicken tax, whatever its age. U.S. Customs has ruled so for kei trucks built in 1990 and 1993, and the 25 year rule decides only whether a truck may come in, not what it pays.
The dutyHow it worksThe engines
Acty engines, generation by generation.
EPA admits a 25 year truck on age only with the same model of engine it was built with, so the engine is read before the truck is bought.
| Generation | Built | Engine | Stock power | Eligible from | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN-Acty 1st | July 1977 to April 1988 | EH 545 cc | July 2002 maker | Every unit is 25 or older | |
| Acty Van 1st | November 1979 to April 1988 | EH 545 cc | November 2004 maker | Every unit is 25 or older | |
| Acty Truck (550 cc) HA1/HA2 | May 1988 to February 1990 | E05A 546 cc | 25 kW | May 2013 maker | Every unit is 25 or older |
| Acty Van and Street (550 cc) 2nd | May 1988 to February 1990 | E05A 546 cc | 25 kW | May 2013 maker | Every unit is 25 or older |
| Acty Truck (660 cc) HA3/HA4 | March 1990 to April 1999 | E07A 656 cc | 27.9 kW | March 2015 maker | Every unit is 25 or older |
| Acty Van and Street (660 cc) HH3/HH4 | March 1990 to April 1999 | E07A 656 cc | 27.9 kW | March 2015 maker | Every unit is 25 or older |
| Acty Truck HA6/HA7 | May 1999 to November 2009 | E07Z 656 cc | 34 kW | May 2024 maker | Turning 25 from May 2024 |
| Acty Van HH5/HH6 | June 1999 to July 2018 | E07Z 656 cc | 34 to 39 kW | June 2024 maker | Turning 25 from June 2024 |
| Acty Truck HA8/HA9 | December 2009 to April 2021 | E07Z 656 cc | 33 kW | December 2034 catalog | Newer, off road only |
| N-VAN JJ1/JJ2 | June 2018 on | S07B, S07B turbo 658 cc | 39 to 47 kW | June 2043 maker | Newer, off road only |
Eligible from is the month the earliest units turn 25, counted from the start of the generation as the maker or a catalog gives it. Each truck's own date of manufacture decides, to the day, under 49 USC 30112(b)(9). Read 28 October 2026.
The engines and EPA
EH
Honda545 cc
No nonroad certificate foundNone in EPA data
E05A
Honda546 cc
No nonroad certificate foundNone in EPA data
E07A
Honda656 cc
No nonroad certificate foundNone in EPA data
E07Z
Honda656 cc
No nonroad certificate foundNone in EPA data
S07B
Honda658 cc
Not certified by nameAn unnamed family of the same size may cover it
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