Team journal
We make sense of cars.
We show our work and Japan from the inside.
The Mitsubishi Outlander under this name has been sold in Japan since October 2005: the brand's first crossover in the 2001 domestic market was called Airtrek, and the first-generation lines (CU0W) in the Outlander catalog refer only to export versions from 2002 to 2009.
Read articleThe Subaru Levorg arrived in Japan in June 2014 as a compact sports station wagon in place of the Legacy Touring Wagon and has since changed two generations: VM (2014-2020) and the current VN, from 2020.
Read articleThe Mazda Roadster has been sold in Japan since September 1989, and during this time four generations have changed: NA (1989-1997), NB (1998-2005), NC (2005-2015) and the current ND, since May 2015.
Read articleThe Honda N-WGN is a tall kei car from the same N family as the N-BOX and N-ONE: the same platform with a gas tank under the front…
Read articleToyota Harrier has been sold in Japan since December 1997, and to date, the model has four generations: XU10 (1997-2003), XU30 (2003-2013), XU60 (2013-2020) and the current, fourth, since 2020.
Read articleThe Toyota Alphard has been sold in Japan since May 2002 as the brand's flagship minivan, and during this time four generations have changed: H10 (2002-2008), H20 (2008-2015), H30 (2015-2023) and the current H40, from June 2023.
Read articleThe Suzuki Jimny has been produced since April 1970, and two different cars have long lived under this name in Japan.
Read articleThe Honda N-BOX is a popular Japanese kei-van: according to Honda, cumulative sales of the series in Japan at the end of April 2026 exceeded 3 million cars,…
Read articleThe Suzuki Swift has been sold in Japan since February 2000, and during this time five Japanese generations have changed, and the Swift Sport version appeared in four of them.
Read articleThe Corolla Fielder is a Corolla station wagon for the Japanese market, which was produced from August 2000 to the fall of 2025 (the end date is according to the catalog) and has changed three generations during this time: E120, E140 and E160.
Read articleThe Mazda Demio has had four generations since 1996, and in the Japanese market they are all five-door hatchbacks of almost the same length, so it is easy to confuse the generation from the photo in the auction sheet.
Read articleThe X-Trail is familiar on both sides of the border: it has been officially sold in Russia for many years, and therefore it is easy to confuse a Japanese car with a Russian, European or Chinese car under the same name in the ads.
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