why cars from japan are such low milage

[russ78]

not gonna lie guys just copy and pasted but very interesting something i did wonder about...

Why do cars from Japan have low miles ?

It is very expensive to own a car in Japan. Gasoline, Highway tolls, Labor, cost of repairs & insurance cost up to 4 times more than UK. One needs parking permit before they purchase a car, average parking in a commercial area is over £500 per month. Japanese vehicles have less miles in comparison to the UK. So, a 10 year old car in Japan might have 30,000 miles on the engine compared to 150,000 miles on UK engine. There are no after-market parts, very few body shops and no Salvage yards like in the U.K. Most people use their cars on weekends & take shin-kansen (bullet train) or subway to work. It only makes sense because one can travel from Osaka to Tokyo for just £100 by bullet train with no hassle of parking and expense on fuel. Moreover all Japanese cars go through a stringent bi-annual inspection called SHAKEN. The cost of complying with these tests can run as much as 30% of the vehicle value. Cars with minor body damage are considered unsafe. There are few cars over 6 years old in service. Cars are recycled early. Compound these costs with propensity of Japanese consumers to drive only the latest models. The result is vehicles with tremendously low mileage are recycled. Vehicles in Japan suffer quick depreciation as cost of repairs is extremely high. In fact, this is the very reason why UK car owners are increasingly opting for Japanese engines in order to enhance the performance of their vehicles.

[daniel_g]

Hang on lol,

"There are no after-market parts, very few body shops and no salvage yards." Hmmm really !?

The rest sounds fair right enough.

[fremyjay]

Hang on lol,

"There are no after-market parts, very few body shops and no salvage yards." Hmmm really !?

The rest sounds fair right enough.

Yeah nearly 90% of japanese modifications come from japan and there are lots of tuning companies there too and no salvage yards with the hundreds off cars being taken off the road each year!! I think the bloke who wrote it isnt quite with it

[morgey]

Thats a load of bull.

The reason jap cars are lower milage is because their tax system goes by emmisions, the older the car the higher the emmisions generally becomes therefore the tax goes up.

This basically forces old cars thar are perfectly fine to be exported, this increases the car trade as new cars are constantly being bought (most cars in japan are japanese if you hadnt noticed), the export businesses running and people with old cars paying crazy prices to keep their cars.

[TrisK]

Thats a load of bull.

The reason jap cars are lower milage is because their tax system goes by emmisions, the older the car the higher the emmisions generally becomes therefore the tax goes up.

This basically forces old cars thar are perfectly fine to be exported, this increases the car trade as new cars are constantly being bought (most cars in japan are japanese if you hadnt noticed), the export businesses running and people with old cars paying crazy prices to keep their cars.

There is also serious incetives to buy a japanese brand car, and the taxations are much lower under 5 years old.

Therefore generally, everyone buys a new car every 5 years

[5e colin]

who cares aslong as they keep coming :) this way

best cars in the world come from japan !!!

Edited January 27, 2015 by 5e colin