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Japanese vehiclesThe land of the rising sun, Japan is not only a country with intriguing art and culture but it is also the state of genius technologies. It is said that the Japanese vehicles are one of the world?s most demanded, most widespread and also the cheapest in addition. The Japanese auto industry has always fascinated the world with new inventions and achievements. If you only say that the Japanese auto industry is excellent perhaps you will be saying less about it.
According to many world vehicle surveys in respect of essential qualities, Japanese vehicles are the leading in the world. A recent survey in Washington has shown that the Japanese vehicles dominate the governments annual list of vehicles with the best fuel economy.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy has announces that the manual version of the hybrid Honda Insight has topped the list of 2005 vehicles and gives a mileage of around 61 miles per gallon in the city and 66 mpg on the highways. The cars like Honda and Toyota make eight of the top ten cars in the world with the best fuel economy; the other two are the Volkswagens.
Where reliability is a major concern, again Japanese vehicles take the first place according to the Consumer Reports\' annual reliability survey. The survey has found that vehicles from Japanese automakers had the least problems, say per one hundred vehicles with fifteen, while vehicles from American or European car makers had twenty three or may be twenty four problems per one hundred vehicles respectively.
The least problems say twelve per one thousand vehicles, was found with the vehicles built by the Toyota Motor Corp. and Subaru of America Inc. of the Japanese automakers. This was followed by American Honda Motor Company Inc. and Nissan Motors with around fourteen problems.
In terms of long term vehicle quality Japanese vehicles also continue to dominate the world market. Since long term quality has a big consumer impact, so this factor is vital from the point of view of auto sales. Fifty two percent of the buyers of new vehicles have pointed out that long term durability is the most important factor that is to be considered at the time of buying a vehicle. Moreover, it is found that forty two percent of the used vehicle buyers have pointed out that it is feasible to but a used vehicle instead of a new one, the reason being the quality of a used vehicle is in no way worse than of a new one.
Another striking and exciting feature of Japanese vehicles is that they have a constant innovation of new models and invention of concept cars. In fact it has been observed that every Japanese manufacturer creates concept cars and provides wholesome new designs and engineering ideas along with lot of clues of future production models. The Japanese concept cars not only enter the show exhibitions but also enter the mass production and popularity very quickly. This year the Mazda has presented many sport auto concept cars that are to be launched in Japan. The concept of Mitsubishi X2S - Zylmex has led to the successful U.S. built Diamond Star Eclipse, Talon and Laser models. The other Japanese brands are not an exception and each year they impress the crowds of Tokyo Motor Show viewers with new styles and designs.
The Japanese automakers have also started offering intelligent vehicles. In an attempt to reduce vehicle accidents, Toyota and its rivals have started rolling "intelligent" cars that can almost drive themselves on the highway. In a recent survey by the Tokyo-based Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data over a three year period, researchers have determined that human error was partially responsible for every accident. Only 10 percent were related to mechanical failures. So, to provide a safer ride, Japanese automakers are turning to technologies like laser radar and machine vision to replace sore eyes and wandering minds.
Another important factor that has lead to the growth of the Japanese vehicle industry or the increasing number of demand of Japanese vehicles is that, the Japanese vehicles have affordable prices. The unique design of the Japanese vehicles has always attracted the car buyers of the world. When the Japanese vehicles entered the world market, they immediately created a unique and stylish look which was very different from the traditional car line. Each car buyer always wants to have something special which would make him unique from the rest of the crowd or else would easily distinguish him from the others and Japanese vehicles has offered this facility to each buyer. As the Japanese vehicles are somewhat outside from the mainstream so, it has always attracted the young generation.
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