Grading is the most important part in preparation of Inspection sheet of any Japanese used vehicle. Grading describes the quality of the used cars and its usage.

It is useful to all those importers who order used vehicles, trucks online and can’t visit Japan physically to check vehicle’s exact condition. It allows the buyers to decide how much the same used vehicle will cost in the market or how longer the same vehicle will now run further. These grading are always been done under very strict and standard way, so that importers can trust these grading and order them if it meets their requirement.

Below are the grades with their specification, which can help importers to understand the condition of the used vehicle they are buying:

Grades About Rust & Panel

• S1: Slightly rust.
• S2: Rust a little bigger than S1.
• S3: Rust needed to be repaired.
• XX: Panel has been changed.
• X: Panel need to be replaced.

Grading with descriptions:

• S: As good as new
• 9 to 5: Excellent Condition (Low mileage)
• 4.5: Good Condition and repair maybe unnecessary
• 4: Reasonably good condition but little repair needed
• 3.5: Some repair work needed
• 3: Repair work needed or high mileage
• 2: Condition is bad
• 1: Modified, Debased or Affected Car
• R: Accidental and repaired car
• RA: Higher Graded Accidental and Repaired car
• R1: Accidental damaged and had been repaired
• RA1: Accidental and not repaired car, cars for parts recycle use, non-drivable car.

Interior Grade:

• A: Excellent condition
• B: Very good condition, clean interior
• C: Average condition, with possible wear etc.
• D: Below average condition, much burn, break, Dirt that cannot be cleaned.
• E: Bad condition, some cracks or gaps on dashboard, dirt, break or Odor

Condition Details

• A1: Very light scratch
• A2: Light to moderate scratch
• A3: Deep scratch
• U1: Very slight dent
• U2: Small dent
• U3: Large dent
• Y1: Small crack
• Y2: Big crack
• B: Dents need to be repaired
• P: Needs repainting
• BP: Dents and paint repair required
• W1: Very light wave on panel
• W2: Small wave on panel
• W3: Large wave on panel
• C: Corrosion
• G: Stone chip

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Every country was having their own regulations while importing any type of used vehicles from Japan.

Due to increase in the volume of the import of these Japanese used cars, almost country’s like Kenya, Russia, Mauritius, Jamaica, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Australia, United Kingdom, Caribbean Countries, Philippine’s government strictly asks to follow some guidelines to avoid importing useless or vehicles, which are harmful to the environment of their country.

One of the most common restrictions from the government of any country was related to manufacturing year of the vehicle importing to their country.

Actually in Japan you can know the details of first registration easily but the manufacturing year is not written on the export deregistration certificate or on Car Registration Certificate and it is necessary to mention the year of manufacturing while importing any used car to some of the countries.

Why these importing countries do not accept this first registration?

It is because the first registration means the month and the year of the first ownership of the vehicle in Japan, which does not provide any information about when it was actually manufactured. This the main problem which an importer face while buying any used car from Japan as to match his country’s importing regulations.

Like if we take an example of Kenya country regulation related to year manufacturing restriction it is to maximum 8 years back, taking this year as 2009 then you can import the vehicles only after 2001, you can not import any used car from Japan before this year.

Most of the cases especially of well-known manufacturers of cars don’t having too much difference between the first registrations and manufacturing year of the car, it could be Upto 2 months but it can be longer in case of the less popular cars.

Now a day to sort these problems and to ensure the buyers about the manufacturing year of the car, lots of Japanese dealers are providing some online solutions to check and verify the manufacturing years & months of the used car they are going to buy.

These informations can be available with no charges; importers or buyers just have to enter the Chassis number along with you have to select the maker’s name, now click the submit button and you will have your information immediately available online itself.

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Japanese people are passionate about latest technology and their strong financial position leads them to buy this latest technology available in current market. In technology their first choice is always buying a new car with best quality & features. One of the major reasons to buy new cars in Japan is that people want to have the latest technology with them while they are driving on the roads of Japan.

To buy latest one they sell their current old cars to the local market and the same second hand cars mostly exported due to heavy demands in international markets and everyday thousands of used vehicles are exported from Japan to various countries around the globe.

Below are some reasons why these thousands of quality used vehicles are available for sale and exported from Japan:

1. Japanese people want latest models of vehicles with great features & best in quality.
2. Strong purchasing power, help them to fulfill their dreams to buy new cars.
3. Great car exchange offers from the Japanese vehicle makers against used cars to sale their new cars.
4. Time to time bulk purchasing from the corporate sectors to save corporate taxes.
5. Strict Testing regulations. When a vehicle registered first time in Japan that comes under 3-years “Shaken” and once its expired, owners must obtain testing certificate to use further and there after 2 years it was to be re-obtain the same certificate. This is most stringent test of this type in the world and expensive also.

Because of all these reasons thousands of quality used cars brought in domestic market for sale and export at 30-40% low prices comparing with other countries. Most vehicles are of low mileage, good conditioned, not many owners and high maintenance.

There are hundreds of website who have displaying these used vehicles stock, if you are looking for high quality used vehicles at best prices from Japan, please visit our Japanese Used Vehicles Portal