Why so many Toyota cars?
As you look through the car reviews section of this site, you may notice Toyota cars feature more heavily than cars from any other manufacturer. Why is this? Well, it could be because I’m a big fan of Toyota! Whilst…
About Japanese Imports
This section contains a whole range of posts about Japanese imports. Ways to buy a Japanese import car, parts, servicing, insurance and many more subjects will be covered in this section.
Japanese import car tax
Introduction – car tax, CO2 and a minor indiscretion from Volkswagen Apologies for mentioning a German manufacturer on a site about Japanese cars, but VW have been in trouble recently over their use of clever ECU programming to cheat emissions…
Price and Japanese import car colours
Hopefully it won’t come as too much of a surprise that the colour of a car affects its selling price. Car colours can be a big deal in the decision to purchase, and in the UK we’re in love with…
Imported Japanese cars = MOT failures?
For this post I’m going to write my own take on Honest John’s response to a reader’s question about importing a car from Japan. I have always found immense value in the information on his site and it has undoubtedly…
Kei cars – small cars from Japan
Introduction to kei cars Kei (pronounced kay) cars are a type/class of vehicle (pretty much) unique to Japan. They account for about 30 % of the Japanese car market. They are small cars with low ownership and running costs. As…
Do imported Japanese cars have isofix?
Reader question about isofix on imported Japanese cars I was asked recently whether imported Japanese cars have isofix? This post is the answer to that question. What is isofix? Isofix is an international standard attachment system for car seats for…
Japanese car acronyms
Explaining some of the commonly-encountered acronyms in the Japanese import car world
Imported Japanese Car Parts & Servicing
Advice about sourcing parts for vehicles imported from Japan. Also a parts enquiry form if you'd like me to supply parts for you.
Routes to buying a car imported from Japan
I’ve already covered why you’d want to buy a car imported from Japan. In this post I’ll deal with the how. There are a few different methods. I’ll describe them below, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each as I…