Mazda
Scrum
Mazda's kei truck and van, built by Suzuki alongside the Carry and Every.
Two lanes
Which Scrum can come in.
The 25 year road truck
Built in October 2001 or earlier
A Scrum 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 Scrum 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
Scrum 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrum (van) DL51V/DM51V | October 1991 to December 1998 | F6A 657 cc | October 2016 catalog | Every unit is 25 or older | |
| Scrum Truck DJ51T/DK51T | June 1995 to December 1998 | F6A 657 cc | 31 kW | June 2020 catalog | Every unit is 25 or older |
| Scrum Truck DG52T/DH52T | January 1999 to August 2001 | F6A 657 cc | January 2024 catalog | Every unit is 25 or older | |
| Scrum (van) DG52V/DH52V | January 1999 to August 2001 | F6A 657 cc | January 2024 catalog | Every unit is 25 or older | |
| Scrum Truck DG62T | September 2001 to April 2002 | K6A 658 cc | September 2026 maker | Turning 25 from September 2026 | |
| Scrum (van) DG62V | September 2001 to August 2005 | K6A 658 cc | September 2026 catalog | Turning 25 from September 2026 | |
| Scrum Truck DG63T | May 2002 to August 2013 | K6A 658 cc | 36 kW | May 2027 catalog | Turning 25 from May 2027 |
| Scrum (van) DG64V | September 2005 to February 2015 | K6A 658 cc | September 2030 catalog | Turning 25 from September 2030 | |
| Scrum Truck DG16T | September 2013 on | R06A 658 cc | 37 kW | September 2038 catalog | Newer, off road only |
| Scrum (van) DG17V | March 2015 to April 2026 | R06A 658 cc | 36 kW | March 2040 catalog | Newer, off road only |
| Scrum (van) DG18V | May 2026 on | R06A 658 cc | 36 kW | May 2051 catalog | 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.
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