Kei Trucks and vans

Last Saturday we canceled bidding for cars in USS Gunma auction after a hail storm hit the region.  Exposed vehicles are at the mercy of the environment and as the storm came through with hail the size of balls: there was not much mercy in this storm.  As this storm appeared over the auction, we… Continue reading Hail storms damage cars on auction day

Container shipping out of Japan for used cars, financially near impossible.

Re: Golden Week Holiday 2022 The end of April and start of May is the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.  We have set the following schedule to best serve the interests of our customers: Provide Cars’ Office The office will be closed from Friday April 29th, until Sunday May 8th. It will be open and… Continue reading 1 week auction “Golden Week” break

The auctions are on their winter break, starting Wednesday 29th of December and finishing Tuesday the 4th of January

Who would have thought that a virus would affect the price of a used car? In a Asahi Shinbum (major Japanese newspaper) article, the price change of used vehicles in Japan has increased by 18.8%, from a year earlier.

The Toyota Prius is the most imported car for 5 years in a row…

Summer holidays for both the Provide office staff as well as the auctions.

For a year now the cost of container shipping from Japan has skyrocketed, as has world wide prices.  Luckily until now that hasn’t had as much of an impact on RORO shipping out of Japan.

But it was a grade 4, it shouldn’t look like that!  As humans we like to generalize, simplify and put everything into a box.  A grade 4 should be excellent whether bought at a USS auction, JU auction, Honda auction or TAA  auction.

The following is the schedule for the auctions around the Golden Week annual holiday period in Japan.