Japanese Car Reviews

This section contains Japanese car reviews. They are to help raise your awareness of the cars available to import from Japan.

Some of the reviews are long and based on extensive ownership experience. Others are shorter and are designed to give you the key points about a particular car.

If you think I’ve missed something from any of the reviews, or you’d like me to review a particular car, hit ‘Ask a question’ at the top of the page.

Picture of 2 custom Toyota bB cars — Toyota bB 1st generation
Why bB? I hope you’re as much of a fan of boxy car styling as I am. You’ll […]

5 Nov, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / Practical box cars tagged 1NZ-FE / 2NZ-FE / bB / NCP30 / NCP31 / NCP35 / open deck / Toyota by Andrew

Picture of a white and a black Toyota Chaser JZX100 — Toyota Chaser JZX100 Tourer V
Introduction to the Toyota Chaser JZX100 The Toyota Chaser Tourer V is a manual transmission, rear wheel drive […]

26 Oct, 2015 in Saloons tagged 1JZ-GTE / Chaser / JZX100 / Toyota by Andrew

Picture of a Nissan Elgrand — Nissan Elgrand E51 Review
Key benefits of Nissan Elgrand E51 ownership Let’s start with a summary of the key benefits of owning […]

18 Oct, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / MPV tagged E51 / Elgrand / MPV / Nissan by Andrew

Front picture of a Suzuki Lapin SS kei car — Suzuki Lapin
What is the Suzuki Lapin? The Suzuki Lapin is a kei car available to import from Japan. It […]

6 Oct, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / Kei cars tagged Alto / kei / Lapin / Suzuki by Andrew

Honda Crossroad — Honda Crossroad
What is the Honda Crossroad? Launched in 2007, it is one of Honda’s bids for a piece of […]

3 Sep, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / SUV & off road tagged Crossroad / Honda by Andrew

Honda Mobilio Spike
What is the Honda Mobilio Spike? A 5 seater compact minivan with ‘interesting’ external appearance and superb interior […]

19 Aug, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / Practical box cars tagged Honda / Import / Japanese / Mobilio / Spike by Andrew

Subaru Forester STi
What is the Subaru Forester STi? A high performance, full time 4WD rally-bred estate car. For those with […]

29 Jul, 2015 in Fast estate cars / Japanese Car Reviews tagged 4WD / fast / Forester / SG9 / STi / Subaru / turbo by Andrew

Picture of the rear of a 2005 Toyota Voxy — Toyota Voxy
What is the Toyota Voxy? The Toyota Voxy is essentially the same car as the Toyota Noah. The […]

22 Jul, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / MPV tagged minivan / MPV / Toyota / Voxy by Andrew

Picture of the front of a 2004 Toyota Noah — Toyota Noah – the thinking person’s minivan
How I chose the Toyota Noah The impending arrival of my first child was a great excuse to […]

15 Jun, 2015 in Japanese Car Reviews / MPV tagged Noah / review / Toyota by Andrew