Toyota IQ - Japanese Car of the Year

Toyota iQ won this prestigious award by a great margin over competitors such as Citroen’s C5, Audi’s A4 and Jaguar’s XF. This is a good news for Toyota, as it will help them to advertise the 1-liter iQ to boost sales amid slumping demand for new automobiles in Japan and the U.S.

The iQ micro car from Toyota, will be available in Japan from Nov. 20.  It can carry three adults and has additional space for a child or luggage.  It will be priced between 1.4 million yen ($14,300) and 1.6 million yen.  BMW’s Mini One is priced from 2.08 million yen, and Daimler AG’s twin-seat Smart For Two is sold from 1.76 million yen.

The Toyota iQ, is currently the world’s smallest four-seater car Measuring just under 3 meters. It is shorter than Japanese mini cars such as Daihatsu Motor Co.’s Move. and little longer than the 2.4-meter Smart ForTwo.

The iQ won this award mainly because of its space efficiency and design, particularly its ability to seat four people in a body less than three meter long, as well as its combination of safety and low CO2 emissions.

This car is currently not available in other countries. If you are interested, we can arrange shipment for you. It is a nice car for those who are looking for a compact, fuel efficient car for small family.

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We cannot live without products from overseas, especially in Japan, since we do not have enough nature resource and cost to produce them here, so we have to outsource and buy them from foreign countries. While we depend on them, lots of Japan based companies moved their factories to Asian countries, for example China, Thailand, Indonesia and so on, hire locals with inexpensive salary than Japan, and lecture the method to work. Our country, Japan, was the same in our old days, we could be developing with assistance of foreign countries. Now our position has been changed, developing to developed. We have to teach them not only how to work but also importance of hygiene, sanitation and safe for food production, the reason why so is, no one allowed to threaten the others health.

In Best Trading, we have no staff who got having that bad food, we are very fine. I have no idea when and where poison was into the foods, and who…in fact, it’s doubtful of deliberate accident, according to some newspaper. It is uncertain at this moment, however, I am looking for the truth coming out and the time we can eat anything with no worries.

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“Happy New Year”
it become Greetingfor annual event.
How do you all spend New Year in your country?

it is important and traditional than Christmas, not only Japan but also any other far east countries.

we will introduce one of the traditional we normally do then.
named “Kagami-mochi”, means rice cake with Orange on the top.
it is said that Kagami-mochi was given to the God when Boys go for the war and Girls have good health for a gift long time ago.

since then, it is custom of New Year to pray health at the beginning year.
after New Year passed by, we will cut and eat them so that we can get good luck for 1 year, named “Kagami-Biraki”

we hope we introduce our custom of New Year annually 

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We are going to have New Years Holidays from 29th December 2007 to 6th January 2008.

I know you are wondering why Japanese people take such long holidays at the ending and beginning of the year, and also I know people living outside Japan do have holiday on 1st January, New Year’s Day.

We’re very sorry if we are delay to answer you about inquires between holidays, however, I’m sure we will reply to you on 7th January 2008.

I look forward to meeting many customers around the world and talk about something in 2008.

And…we hope you have a lovely New Year’s Day!!

Best Regards,
Kenji Yoshimoto
President
Best Trading Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)

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I’m going to write about then in Tokyo Motor Show 2007 with some photos next Monday. Check it out!!

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It is being admired for its driving performance and mechanical technology from domestic and foreign auto industries.
2 types of package will be available, one is normal, and another is high-power package, they estimate it can reach 450HP. Nissan has already done its test driving at foreign test courses, especially at circular course in Germany, it recorded the best performance compared with all cars in the market. Nissan is planning to inform the public, to focus it on as Nissan’s flag ship model and connect it with image up of them and their products.

The previous model of GT-R had equipped its body based on Skyline, however, new GT-R has the original body. Therefore, new GT-R is distinguished from the latest Skyline, appeared in the end of 2006, and no description of “Skyline” in the name of new GT-R.

We always have received many inquiries about Skyline and GT-R from the world. It usually takes a few month or so until new model cars are lined up in Japanese auction market.
So…we can start suggesting and selling New-Used GT-R to you around the end of 2007 or the beginning of 2008.

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Moreover, we have heard that traders in Japan have been including lately, and some exporters do container vanning without its knowledge and then get many troubles.

We have got NEWS from U.S about a lot of the inferior trader.
Feel free and inform us if you have any trouble between you and trader.
We are pleasure to give you an advice as possible

It needs special technique to van in container. And also vehicles should be clean, otherwise it will get trouble and loss in an immigration.
We are highly recommend not only the price, you choose trader, have lots of experience and trust totally to export to the U.S.

We ashamedly have experienced various troubles as well. so far.
Besides, we have got some complaints actually.
It was sometimes our fault, however, we are not only trying to faith and our best, but also never forget and repeat what we fail for the work so that we can get trust back from valued customers.

We will inform an example by email which is east to misunderstanding between us.

We are obligated to check:
Corrosion and sink
Important equipment maintenance
Any light and plastics should not be broken
Painting rust
Engine should be No smoke and strange sound
Tearing the Drive Shaft Boots
Coating underneath and chassis black

Things we are not to do Inspection before exporting:
Tire is tearing or not
Running out of Lamp
Radio condition (example; not be able to turn on/off)
Luster of Painting
Fixing no matter the little scratch of the color adjustment does not much 100 % .
Wheel stain
Little chaps any glass of vehicles. ( hit by stone)

Things it will occur after shipping no matter good condition.
No Rotating Engine well (Especially Mitsubishi one)
Clutch plate might be settled
Oil or radiator requid will leak as head gasket is getting weak and make an opening.
Car condition will be worse when it is changed Oil
Water will leak when it is changed Cooling water.
Out of Order the switch, car and Electronic parts.
Oil pressure kit, like Dump
Out of the Switch

We basically accept each seven vehicles for one container(40feet).

Here is our stock list below.

http://www.best-minitruck.com/japanese-minitrucks.html
All price in stock are FOB price (Free on Board).

It costs maximum approximately US$ 6,000.00 from Japan to domestic in
U.S.(to your address) Moreover, it will change the cost depends on the place you would to send.
It is getting cheaper of course as you keep contruct.
We would like you to understand that it is not cheaper from frist time.
Just from Japanese port to Long Beach California CY is about US$ 2,800

Our main shipping agent :
EGL Eagle Global Logistics Japan,Inc.
Nagoya, Japan
Phone : (81) 52-231-2211
Fax : (81) 52-231-2285

Stock yard are in Nagoya (Japan) and Long beach (U.S) eventhough our company is in Tokyo.
Our agent in LA:
Name.: Mr. Jun Sawamura
Tel: 310-753-6568
jun@jtrading.net

They can handle all US import work and transportation work from Long Beach, California.
Now we can put normal 6 units of mini trucks and one mini van in 40ft container.
Please contact us through our website!!

(quotation from Yahoo!Japan)

A big typoon, named FITOW is approaching to Japan now.

We had cool weather these days…it is very nice for us because it was too hot this summer in Japan!! The Japanese record for the maximum temperature was broken, it was 40.9 degrees Celsius / 105.62 degrees Fahrenheit on 16th August in Saitama and Gifu (they are apart each other but both inland areas). In the other words, we experienced the hottest summer we had never had!

In Japan, approaching typoon is one of the phenomenons of getting Autumn every year. We usually have big typoons more in September and Octorber than in July and August.
Once it hit the city, it is hard for us to spend our daily life. Crazy wind makes our umbrella no more work, many things like Kawara, tiles on roof of Japanese house, fly away and vehicle, even if it is big one, overturn. Driving rain is also bad for us because it causes floods.
Soon it comes good season for harvest. I hope Kome has no damage!!
(Do you know what Kome is? The answer is terribly good rice in Japanese.)

It will be probable that cars in the ship from Japan cannot leave on time due to bad weather. With strong waves, it is danger for both PCC/RoRo ships and container ships.
We will thank you for your understanding about a little delay to arrive at your port because of safeness and protecting your cars from damages.

Estos dias el crima un poco frio,pero esta muy bueno porque este verano hacia muchisimo calor en japon.
Hacia un calor inusitado,renovo un recordo de tempratura.
Nunca tuvimos tan calor como este verano.

Ahora estamos epoca de tifon.Siempre vienen muchos tifones en septiembre o ocutubre.
a veces gran tifon da un golpe directo a la ciudad y nuestra vida.
El gran tifon trae viento muy fuerte y se lleva el tejado o a veces se lleva el auto tambien.
Hacemos auccion aunque tormenta,pero es muy duro examinar en ese situacion…
Despues de tormentas viene tiempo cosecha.Ojala que el tifon no le de un golpe a Kome…
(Sabe que es Kome?Kome es el mejor arros !)

Me parece que puede ser que haya unos probremitas del barco desde japon por el tema de tifon(las olas
altas etc..)
Es un peligro para barcos de PCC/RoRo y contenedor.
Muchas gracias por entender de aplazar unos dias para salir del puerto,eso para protejer y no danar
a sus autos. 

Hoy presentamos Auction en Kyushu,punta del extremo meridional de japon.
ahi se pueden comprar muy barato pero sale un poco caro por el tema del barco.

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