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\n\nBuying a car in Japan is a daunting task. Or, to be more precise,\nselecting a make<\/span>\/model of car to buy in Japan is a daunting<\/span> task.\nConsidering only domestic (Japanese) cars, there are nine major makers\n(Itsuzsu, Daihatsu, Honda, Suzui, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and\nSubaru) representing an incredible 217 models (a stunning<\/span> 69 from Toyota\nalone). Then there are about 15 major foreign makers, representing another\n120 different models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To go along with all those models are a lot<\/span> of different\nclassifications. In addition<\/span> to the normal sedan, SUV, wagon, minivan, and\nsports\/specialty classifications are super-mini and “2BOX”. It turns<\/span> out\nthat the cars Fumie and I were<\/span> interested in buying were in the “2BOX”\nclass, although I have<\/span> no idea what \"2BOX' means.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n With so many models, names are, uh, “creative”. Some of the\nones we initially considered included the Honda FIT<\/strong>,\nToyota Corolla SPACiO<\/strong>, Toyota RAUM<\/strong>, the\nToyota Corolla RUNX<\/strong>, and the Mitsubishi\nColt<\/strong> (unrelated to the Dodge vehicle by the same name).\nToyotas include a litany<\/span> of names that would bring the best spell-checker\nto its knees, including the Toyota ist<\/strong>, Toyota\nWISH<\/strong>, Toyota Opa<\/strong>, Toyota\nbB<\/strong>, Toyota Brevis<\/strong>, Toyota Crown\nMajesta<\/strong>, Toyota WiLL CYPHA<\/strong>, and the Toyota\nCami<\/strong>. The starting<\/span> price tag of these Toyota cars (before\noptions, etc.) range from under $9k (Toyota Vitz<\/strong>) to $100k\n(the Toyota Century<\/strong>). The ones we<\/span> considered were in the\n$17k-$21k range.<\/p>\n\n In the end, we bought a Buying a car in Japan is a daunting task. Or, to be more precise, selecting a make\/model of car to buy in Japan is a daunting task. Considering only domestic (Japanese) cars, there are nine major makers (Itsuzsu, Daihatsu, Honda, Suzui, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Subaru) representing an incredible 217 models (a stunning 69 from Toyota alone). Then there are about 15 major foreign makers, representing another 120 different models.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}entomology<\/s> etymology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"