PNGCars

The Japanese car industry is very unique. Unlike many countries around the world, a Japanese vehicle is driven for about 10 years only. Most Japanese prefer to buy the latest model to keep up with new fashion, so they quite often change their vehicles every 5 or 7 or 9 years. A used vehicle in Japan does not have much appeal as most Japanese prefer to buy brand new vehicles. Therefore a used car dealer can only sell his stock at cheap prices in order to attract buyers, and some stock despite being only 7 or 9 years old just won't sell in Japan. Therefore a lot of these vehicles make their way to the auctions for sale to exporters who can sell them to overseas clients. There are over 72 million vehicles registered on the roads in Japan at any one time. There are over six million vehicles traded each year. Of this figure, just over 1 million used vehicles are exported from Japan. The rest are either sold in the domestic market, or scrapped for recycling. What a waste to scrap a vehicle that is only 10 years old. That is the main reason the used Japanese vehicle export industry started around 1988. Initially, a small group of wise people realised it was better to export the used vehicles to countries where the life of the vehicle could last for another 10 to 20 years. In other words, a complete recycle of the used vehicle.