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Toyota first revealed the concept version of the FT86 Coupe at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.  Since then there have been a lot of rumors, could this be the takeover of the Celica brand? As per usual in recession environment, the development of the FT86 is a combined work with Subaru.  The release date is… Continue reading Toyota FT86

Mitsubishi just announced an upgrade for it’s Lancer Evolution X (ten).   Now you can run your family around the rally stages with a maker option rear backing monitor.  Also, as you are coming around a gravel corner at 190kms/hr and you push both the brake and the accelerator at the same time, the brake… Continue reading Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X upgrade

We all saw the floods of the tsunami hitting all those cars and trucks.  So where are these vehicles now?  Could it be that they are being sold in the Japanese used car auctions?  Could a vehicle that you buy be one of these? Basically there are major barriers to companies slipping tsunami history used… Continue reading Tsunami used cars for sale?

The Euro-Focus has one, HUMMER has one, Mercedes has one, Porsche has a few of them, Nissan has one, so why shouldn’t Mazda have one too?  Introducing the Mazda Roadster black-tuned edition.  It went on sale in Japan this week.  So why isn’t the car black?  Perhaps it is just the roof that is going to be… Continue reading Mazda jumps on to the “Black Edition” bandwagon with its Roadster

BMW announced the sale of its compact coupé Mini “John Cooper Works” starting from December in Japan. 3 Models will be available:  Cooper Coupe, Cooper S Coupe and the John Cooper Works Coupe. The very style 2 seater is also the fastest factory Mini ever.  A 1.6L four cylinder engine paired with a 6 speed… Continue reading John Cooper Works Mini Coupe on sale in Japan from Dec.

Now this is a car I have had a personal relationship with, both the diesel and the petrol.  If you are a family man with one more child than the law allows you to have with a normal car (most cars are 5 seaters!)  you might have had a brush with this car/van/people mover /… Continue reading Nissan Serena 4 generations

Now this is something to excite the JPDM.  A new Toyota (that is enough excitement in itself).  Also a new Toyota that pushes the “E” or “ecologically friendly” extremes by making new in-roads into fuel efficiency. Toyota’s sports conversion series has a new addition, the Vitz G Sports.  Renamed from the RS.  Evolution has brought… Continue reading Toyota Vitz G Sports to be released in October 2011

Some vehicles you have absolutely no idea of their market value.  Today this vehicle appeared in the Japanese used car auctions.  My customers purchase price seemed reasonable and perhaps buyable in my opinion, I mean it was a 1990, simple 4WD.  It had a few modern looking cons, like push start (nowadays that is hardly… Continue reading How much is the value of a name? More than you think!

This truck was made for export to any country in the world.  After use in Japan, buyers from any country would want to purchase this truck, whether their country was left hand drive or right hand drive.  The incredible thoughtfulness of the maker.  Not only thinking of its first sale in Japan, but then its… Continue reading These trucks were made for international export

Anyone who doesn’t know now that there was a major earthquake, one of a magnitude not seen in modern history before, that hit Japan must be quite disconnected from information sources that flow around our globe!  If this little blog here is your news source for this earthquake, then there was a very big earthquake… Continue reading Japan’s massive earthquake impact on exporting used cars