Monthly Archives: November 2006

Honda Acura – the most valuable used car

Kelley Blue Book Co. – a US company providing information on new and used cars has picked the Honda Acura passenger car 2007 model as the potentially most valuable used car five years ahead in the US auto market. Used … Continue reading

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Buying used cars directly from owners

Many times prospective customers ask us why they should buy an used car from exporters like us and not directly from the owners. Well, yes you can definitely find many owners selling their vehicles directly on classifieds sites or on … Continue reading

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Toyota Camry – Car of the year 2007

The redesigned Toyota Camry, the hottest-selling car in America, has been declared as the Car of the Year 2007 by Motor Trend, the world’s automotive authority and part of  PRIMEDIA’s Consumer Automotive Group.  The award announced yesterday goes to the … Continue reading

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Nissan introduces new Skyline in Japan

Nissan introduced the new 12th generation Skyline yesterday in Japan. In Japan, the name Skyline has a history which dates all the way back to 1957, when the first Nissan Prince Skyline was introduced. Since then, Nissan has introduced steady … Continue reading

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Toyota ties up with Isuzu for diesel engines

As per the latest news, Japan‘s 1 automaker Toyota has bought a 5.9 per cent stake in Japan’s diesel specialist Isuzu. Auto industry analysts  predict that this will lead to more diesel models carrying the Toyota badge.  The stake cost … Continue reading

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Toyota Lexus – most popular imported car in Korea

Toyota Lexus is on its course to become the best-selling imported car in South Korea successively for the second year beating German automaker BMW. BMW had held the top position in South Korea for six consecutive years since 1999, but … Continue reading

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My friend’s visit to Universal Studios Japan

Last week my business associate from Laos Ms. Keo visited me in Osaka with her company staff. She owns a company which is the biggest used truck importer in Laos. I have known her for last four years and she … Continue reading

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Suzuki now third in Japanese Car Market

For the first time ever, Suzuki is in third place in the Japanese domestic automotive market trailing behind Toyota and Nissan, overtaking Honda  for combined sales of light commercial vehicles and passenger cars. As per the financial daily Nikkei Shimbun, … Continue reading

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Autumn foliage colors in Kyoto, Japan

It’s autumn time now in Japan after a humid summer. It is one of the best times in the year when one can enjoy cool weather, delicious food and great scenery. In any country, the yellow and crimson fall leaves … Continue reading

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Japanese Sports and Performance Cars

When it comes to Japanese Sports cars, people normally think of Mitsubishi’s Evolution, Subaru WRX STI, Nissan‘s reborn Z,  Mazda RX-8 and MX-5 (Miata). These are today’s best sports and performance cars come from the land of rising sun, Japanese … Continue reading

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