Andrew Taylor wrote:

There are a few non bicyle vehicles that show up in other series. Most
notably smaller stuff such as the demons Vespa in UY, or similar small
vespa'ish delivery trucks. On the larger side of things Ranma 1/2 also
features at least one ussage of Japanese passenger trains, during the Herb
story arc.
 

Didn't tux-boy have a car and motorcycle he drove once or twice in 
Sailor Moon?  Then there's the race car in AMG, the van Tenchi&family 
took to the hot springs.  I know...there's another of those German 
Jeep-like things in Kokoro's Library...amphibious too...

But in truth, it really boils down to the fact that other than 
transforming robot-cars and battlesuit motorcycles basic transport is 
almost unheard of in anime...  There are more schoolgirls riding flying 
bicycles than moms with Honda hatchbacks...

You know there seems to be a lack of "moms" too...  Just about every 
anime character is missing a parent or two for one reason or another, 
sometimes they're dead, sometimes lost, sometimes just off doing 
adventurous things in China, and sending back magical artifacts 
containing strange goddesses...

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