What do you call Japanese Import cars :p

[TTerbo]

I prefer the Term "Jap Taxi"
Because when people think they have an awesome JDM sweet ride. They dont realise that car is only a taxi in Japan.

Hiroshima Screamer and ricer are another term i have heard a few times.

Let me know what your favourtie terms for these new import cars are

Sorry if you drive a jap taxi... Ehhh i mean import car

[AC]

"Grey imports" last I heard
My old CBR was classified as such because it wasn't Australian release.

[TTerbo]

haha
I also like the phrase "That car has enough rice to feed a third world country"

[gtxb67]

nissans, mazdas, subi's, mitsubishi's - whatever the name plate says

let's not forget that our beloved fords have been taxi's for many years - and for that matter bmw's and merc's

there is no shame in building a car that the masses think are comfortable enough to pay to ride in them

Originally Posted by TTerbo

"That car has enough rice to feed a third world country"

if you are not a fan of rice, then your coupe cannot look like your avator pic


the rear spoiler?? and the wheels are rice aren't they. and no brake ducts either

[nstg8a]

lol, yes, you see a lot of wrx's, evo's, gtr's etc used as taxis...

heres an actual taxi from tokyo...


and you could use your same mis guided logic to refer to a hell of a lot of members on this site, cos really arent falcons just aussie taxis anyway.

[glavas]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

lol, yes, you see a lot of wrx's, evo's, gtr's etc used as taxis...

heres an actual taxi from tokyo...
image

and you could use your same mis guided logic to refer to a hell of a lot of members on this site, cos really arent falcons just aussie taxis anyway.

was in a grey evo 8 when i was in thailand in 2010

[dylancox]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

lol, yes, you see a lot of wrx's, evo's, gtr's etc used as taxis...

heres an actual taxi from tokyo...
image

and you could use your same mis guided logic to refer to a hell of a lot of members on this site, cos really arent falcons just aussie taxis anyway.

Isn't that a Toyota Chaser or Crown? Under that long hideous bonnet probably lurks a 2JZ-GTE (straight-6 toyota supra motor).

[cs123]

Originally Posted by dylancox

Isn't that a Toyota Chaser or Crown? Under that long hideous bonnet probably lurks a 2JZ-GTE (straight-6 toyota supra motor).

Crowns and Cedrics. Singapore has them too. Under that skin lies a diesel with a 5 speed manual box. Stripped out interior. They go forever.

[TTerbo]

Yeah but they are Aussie hahah.
I almost forgot Mazda Beta :p.

I love Ford <3

[FG_Frodza]

Pretty sure the thread is called 'What do you call Japanese import cars' not 'What cars do they use as taxis in Tokyo..'

I call them ricers :-p

[gtxb67]

Originally Posted by FG_Frodza

Pretty sure the thread is called 'What do you call Japanese import cars' not 'What cars do they use as taxis in Tokyo..'

I call them ricers :-p

in the 2nd line of the opening post, it criticises the said cars because they are "only" taxis

[TTerbo]

also as you can see from the photo its obviously turbo charged, its going pretty fast
hehehehe

[Mr Hardware]

Originally Posted by gtxb67

there is no shame in building a car that the masses think are comfortable enough to pay to ride in them

good point, well said.

[pottery beige]

slow news day.....

[letmeinplease]

Nothing wrong with them!
As said above our beloved falcons are taxi's here!
I dont mind some of the jap cars!

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Rice burners, ricers, buzz boxes off the top of my head.

[babyf6]

My Dad Calls Them Boys Toys

[MAGPIE]

In NZ they are called Jap Imports... funny that. Any make of car from anywhere in the world can have a rice affliction.


Christ the quality of threads has really taken a dive lately

[Nic85]

As above - Japanese Imports.

Calling a Japanese car a ricer, or some other pejorative term, is like someone calling your Aussie car a bogan mobile. At the end of the day it's not really that funny unless you're in a circle with friends.

[blue sleeper]

One word....

Fast...

[Nikked]

JDM basically refers to anything Japanese, while the use of "JDM" has been adapted to describe a particular style of car modifing.

For example, someone might have a Import S15, but done to a "sex-spec" style (big crappy chrome rims, wild aribrushing etc)...then on the other hand you might have a S15 that has the JDM look, using Japanese perfomance parts, and a bias towards perfomance...


Websites such as Speedhunters and Fatlace/hellaflush have tended to show JDM as a style,

[TTerbo]

I ave no hard feelings about these cars. Skylione is probably one of the most revolutionary imports so far, something that STI and EVO tried to replicate.
I just find it amusing at all the names that get thrown around.
The times i do not appreciate these cars is when people make them look retarded. Lowered with bad body kits and whale tails.
other than that they are kewl.

But i still like their nick names :p

[Grippy]

Ricer! I have nothing against them, would love an R32 GTR in the driveway.

[4.0i_SiX]

ricer or fast and furious cars

[Mr Hardware]

Close, it's actually a Toyota Crown Comfort.

Toyota did with the crown what Ford should have done with the falcon - kept producing the six-seat, hose out interior AUIII wagon for taxis, (Call it the Ford Forte, no Falcon in the title) and kept on actual development of the real Falcon (FGII etc), kept the I6 as basis for both, but keep the six-speed auto and irs for the private vehicles.

[basteve]

jap crap. TOY - ota Hon - DOH, sub - aROO. Rice crate. LOL sorry just dont like japanese cars or germ-an anything linked to the second world war........ "Lest WE Forget!

[Nic85]

Originally Posted by basteve

jap crap. TOY - ota Hon - DOH, sub - aROO. Rice crate. LOL sorry just dont like japanese cars or germ-an anything linked to the second world war........ "Lest WE Forget!

Errr... I think the whole, "Lest we forget" mantra is meant so people don't forget the lesson learned and the brave diggers that gave their lives for our freedom, not what a certain race of people did.

[AC]

I should have read the OP more before I posted, not just the title

Specially as after I posted I went out and cleaned my like new Japanese purchase, A 2003 Mitsubishi Mirage. It'll be our little commuter, with a claimed 5.7l/100kms.

[dylancox]

Originally Posted by basteve

jap crap. TOY - ota Hon - DOH, sub - aROO. Rice crate. LOL sorry just dont like japanese cars or germ-an anything linked to the second world war........ "Lest WE Forget!

haha sub - aROO. Funny that. Many years ago when subaru's were not common, I thought that subaru was an Australian car company because the logo looked suspiciously like the southern cross.

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by basteve

jap crap. TOY - ota Hon - DOH, sub - aROO. Rice crate. LOL sorry just dont like japanese cars or germ-an anything linked to the second world war........ "Lest WE Forget!

No exuse to be rasist...