Car/Vehicle Shipping Cost from Tokyo to Manchester

Advantages of Buying an Imported Car One of the main reasons people buy imports is that it costs less. In many cases, especially with Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) cars, you can get more features and lower mileage for less money compared to the UK equivalent. Another appeal is specification upgrades.

Japan's "3-year car rule" refers to the mandatory, costly vehicle inspection called Shaken, where a new car's first inspection is due three years after registration, with subsequent inspections every two years, making older cars expensive to keep and boosting new car sales, often leading to trade-ins around the three-year mark. This strict system ensures high safety standards and creates a steady supply of well-maintained used cars for export, say www.alibaba.com and Japanese Nostalgic Car.

Japan has some of the most competitive new vehicle costs in Asia and the rest of the globe. This is due to Japan's vast economy, which allows for ``scale economies,'' as well as the fact that automobiles made locally do not need to be shipped as far for sale.