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.
What is it? The Mazdaspeed Atenza / Mazda 6 MPS is the high performance saloon that (almost) no one knows about. The owner of the car pictured here described it as ‘exquisitely underrated’ and having driven it I agree entirely.…
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…
Why bB? I hope you’re as much of a fan of boxy car styling as I am. You’ll need to be for this car. It even has box in its name – bB stands for black box. I know what…
Introduction to the Toyota Chaser JZX100 The Toyota Chaser Tourer V is a manual transmission, rear wheel drive saloon (sedan) with a turbo. You could consider it as a saloon version of the Toyota Supra. The Chaser featured in the…
Review of the E51 Nissan Elgrand
What is the Suzuki Lapin? The Suzuki Lapin is a kei car available to import from Japan. It is a 4 seater, 5 door hatchback and was introduced in 2002. About the Suzuki Lapin The full title is the Suzuki…
What is the Honda Crossroad? Launched in 2007, it is one of Honda’s bids for a piece of the lucrative ‘crossover vehicle’ pie. What is a crossover vehicle? Something attempting to combine the benefits of a car and a 4WD…
What is the Honda Mobilio Spike? A 5 seater compact minivan with ‘interesting’ external appearance and superb interior functionality and flexibility. The Honda marketing materials talk of ‘metal ingot styling’ and refer to the car as a ‘rugged toolbox.’ Several…
What is the Subaru Forester STi? A high performance, full time 4WD rally-bred estate car. For those with a family or lots of stuff to transport, who aren’t yet ready for full acquiescence to a standard family wagon. The version…