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…
Reader question: Honda Elysion MPG and reliability
Reader question about Honda Elysion MPG and reliability I was asked the following about Honda Elysion MPG / fuel consumption and reliability recently: “I am considering importing a 2006 Honda Elysion, the 3l VX model with 4wd. Information about it…
Japanese import car registration: MOT & IVA test
Applying for a Japanese import car registration number in the UK Before applying for a Japanese import car registration number, the DVLA (UK registration authority) require you to submit the car for some sort of test. Despite being in better…
Toyota bB 1st generation
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…
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…
Toyota Chaser JZX100 Tourer V
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…
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…
Nissan Elgrand E51 Review
Review of the E51 Nissan Elgrand
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…