Subaru Forester STi
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…
How to convert kilometers to miles
Why you need to do this In Japan distance and speed are measured in kilometers, so the odometer and speedometer on your imported car will be in kilometers. There probably won’t be a smaller miles scale, similar to how most…
Flare?
Cars in Japan are required to carry a red flare. This is to be used to notify others of an emergency, such as a car being broken down on a level crossing. In most cases your imported car will still…
Toyota Voxy
About the Toyota Voxy MPV / minivan available to import from Japan.
How to import a car from Japan
How to import a car from Japan in 10 steps This is a quick ‘how to import a car from Japan’ guide. Here we go! Decide on the car you want. You could always have a read of my reviews…
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 buy another car and I went for a Toyota Noah. I wanted something more suited to family life than my bulletproof Toyota…
Why are imported Japanese cars better?
Short answer Higher quality, better design, more reliable, fun and different. Long, more considered answer Higher standards in design and manufacture I’m of the opinion that Japanese cars in general are designed and manufactured to a higher standard than cars…
Toyota Starlet GT Turbo – the car that started all this
This Toyota Starlet GT Turbo was my first Japanese import car and I regret selling it more than any other car I’ve owned. To the uninitiated, it looked like I’d bought a rubbish car and put a bodykit and big…