Japanese automakers score with new kind of downsizing _ minicars
TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese carmakers are once more proving that small sells big. After first pioneering the gas-sipping compact, then subcompact, the country’s auto companies are scoring again with another downsizing _ the so-called “minicar.” Tiny, cheap and super fuel-efficient, minicars are essentially motorcycle-sized engines on four wheels. But demand for these runty runabouts is…