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Minitruck Options Part 2

In our first blog post here about Minitruck Options we looked at Scissors Lifts, Dump Beds, and the Four Wheel Drive systems that you can get on the Japanese kei trucks that you can import from Japan.

Now what about the available transmissions?

Transmission Options

Back in the day (wow! I’m old enough now to say things like […]

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Minitruck Options Part 1

Simple. Cheap. Capable. Reliable.

A simple, traditional, (ladder-frame) truck body. Low running costs (good on gas and inexpensive parts). Good load capacity and off road ability (you’ll be amazed what it can carry and where it can go). Reliability (just goes and goes and needs little care or attention). That’s the Japanese Kei Truck (or Kei […]

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Japanese Kei Sports Cars, Part 4

Two Really Fine Post-October-1998 Japanese Kei Sports Cars
You’ll recall that in our second post on Japanese Kei Sports cars here we talked about the changes in Kei Car specification rules after October of 1998: basically Kei cars all get 10cm (just less than four inches) longer, and 8cm (just over three inches) wider; and they do […]

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Japanese Kei Sports Cars, Part 3

The Pre ’98 Exotics
I’ve been singing the praises of the hatchback-type Japanese Kei Sports cars in the earlier posts (check out Part 1 and Part 2) about these vehicles on our blog here at Japan Car Direct, and, if my editor would let me, I’d continue on and on about how great these cars are. […]

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Buy Your Open-Top Sports Car in the Middle of Winter?!?

Buy Your Open-Top Sports Car in the Middle of Winter?!?
Yes.
And no, I’m not crazy.
It’s the middle of winter in Japan now. So why am I writing to you about the great, low mileage, good condition sports cars that are available in Japan for you to import to the USA, the UK, Canada, and the EU […]

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Suzuki Jimny (Part 2):

The True Go Anywhere Car
So one day I took my SJ10 Suzuki Jimny to one of those off road parks where you can go wild and bang around in your 4WD, doing all the extreme (and stupid) off road things that you would never do in the real wild country for fear of wrecking your […]

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A Classy Dominator on the Drift Track in Japan: The Toyota Mark-II

There is so much happening now in the world of direct car export from Japan, especially when it comes to performance and sporting machines like drift cars, that we are going to use our blog here at Japan Car Direct to tell you more about it.
Mark-II Tourer-V Exported Japan to UK
The first one that I’ve […]

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Suzuki Jimny

When I was a young, carless guy dreaming of what car I’d finally get when I was old enough, rich enough, and, more importantly, licensed to drive, I used to pour over car books and car magazines; studying data tables, reading driving reviews, looking at pictures, and just….dreaming about cars. (My parents thought I was […]

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New Ferraris have competition — used Ferraris from Japan.

There’s something about Ferraris that no other cars can match. Exquisite, exclusive and lightning fast, they make life more exciting in the world of motoring.
New Ferraris are fantastic
The current Ferrari lineup includes the F8 Tributo, 488 Pista and 812 Superfast, which are all stunning automotive achievements. One glance at their curvaceous bodies makes your heart […]

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