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20 Years for Nissan Serena, 4 generations!
Now this is a car I have had a personal relationship with, both the diesel and the petrol. If you are a family man with one more child than the law allows you to have with a normal car (most cars are 5 seaters!) you might have had a brush with this car/van/people mover / coach, even if you didn’t own one, you probably thought about it!
New … well a bit expensive.
Used Nissan Serena? Value for money. Back when it all began, there wasn’t much choice from the Japanese market for a bigger family, alas, the average Japanese family was just under 3 people (not children silly, the total family number, that is Mum Dad and nearly a whole kid!). So to find a vehicle that would hold more than 5 people, there wasn’t much choice.
The main competitors back then were the Mistubishi Chariot: ok if you had short legs! Some expensive 4WDs like the Toyota Prado. But what if you had no plans of ascending a 40 degree muddy hill in low gear 4WD diff lock? What if you just wanted to drive to the next town, in un-cramped comfort? As far as I could remember you had the Toyota Hiace Van / Wagon or at a much cheaper price, yet no less quality, the Nissan Serena, diesel or petrol. I had more than one of them! Never regretted it, loved the journey!
So lets introduce the Nissan Serena generations:
Nissan Vanette Serena (1991-1994):
First Generation
First Generation Nissan Serena (C23, 1994-1999):
Second Generation
Nissan Serena 3rd Generation
Present Generation Nissan Serena
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Nissan Serena, car exports, japan, nissan, used car sales, used cars
Japan’s Earthquake … impact on exporting used cars
Anyone who doesn’t know now that there was a major earthquake, one of a magnitude not seen in modern history before, that hit Japan must be quite disconnected from information sources that flow around our globe! If this little blog here is your news source for this earthquake, then there was a very big earthquake that hit north eastern Japan that brought a lot of damage to buildings and infrastructure as well as a large loss of life. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the populations of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures who were affected the most.
How does this earthquake affect our used car export business? Will the auctions now be “flooded” with “Tsunami cars” or “radioactive cars”?
First of all, the majority of cars sold in the used car auctions in Japan are sold outside of the areas. I do not foresee a huge impact on these auctions (CAA auctions, USS auctions, JU auctions).
Secondly, the 3 main ports used by Provide Cars in Japan; Osaka (Kobe), Nagoya and Tokyo are still operating. Osaka and Nagoya were not affected at all by the earthquake or by the tsunami. Tokyo’s port reported some cracks but no major damage to the infrastructure. Cars and vehicles stored on the ports were unaffected.
I do see some impact on supply and demand in the auctions however. Used car exporters combined purchase up to 40% of vehicles sold in the auctions each day, a significant amount that affects the prices of vehicles sold. I do foresee a pulling back (fear factor) of demand from overseas as people’s bias towards “tsunami cars” reduces importer’s customer’s demand. This will reduce the number of purchased vehicles in the auctions, effectively balancing reduced supply also to the point of perhaps lowering auction prices.
What should you look out for? Buying from exporters stock. Unfortunately, some exporters will jump at this opportunity to purchase cheap “as is, where is” tsunami damaged vehicles and then sell them off as “good stock”. That creates even more incentive to buy directly from auctions, vehicles that have been carefully judged and accessed by the in-between auction. KNOW WHERE YOUR VEHICLE IS COMING FROM.
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auctions, car exports, news
Export results for January 2011
The winning countries this month for the number of used vehicles exported out of Japan:
1. UAE 4,710 cars
2. South Africa 4,588 cars
3. Russia 4,112 cars
4. New Zealand 3.429 cars
5. Chile 2,608 cars
6. Sri Lanka 2,491 cars
7. Kenya 1,577 cars
8. Thailand 1,492 cars
9. Mongolia 1,303 cars
10. Tanzania 1,297 cars
that is basically a draw between the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
11. Malaysia 1,207 cars
12. Philippines 1,201 (trucks?)
13. Uganda 1,148 cars
14. Kyrgyz 787 cars
15. Myanmar 610 cars (what happened to the embargo?)
16. Zambia 603 cars
17. Hong Kong 533 cars
18. Georgia 513 cars
19. Afghanistan 472 cars
20. Indonesia 468 cars
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car exports
Export Data … how did you country do?
Results are in for 2010. Russia again has come in as number one, Dubai as number two, Chile as number three and New Zealand as number four.
A more detailed report:
1. Russia 105,478 used vehicles
2. U.A.E 86,625
3. Chile 79,430
4. New Zealand 68,952
5. South Africa 66,575
6. Kenya 50,749
7. Bangladesh 29,155
8. Sri Lanka 27,029
9. Philippines 24,296
10. Malaysia 23,611
11. Uganda 22,429
12. Tanzania 20,979
13. Peru 20,378
14. Mongolia 19,639
15. Thailand 16,142
16. Hong Kong 12,411
17. Surinam 11,855
18. Pakistan 9,509
19. Kyrgyz 9,242
20. Georgia 8,888
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car exports
Japan Car Exports Top Ten - August Winners and Losers
The results are in and we can see which of the top ten destinations for Japanese used car exports are up and which are heading down.
Winners in the top ten export destinations for Japanese used vehicles in August:
- Thailand
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Kenya
- New Zealand
Losers from the top ten countries in the Japan used vehicle export market in August:
- UAE
- Russia
- Chile
- Bangladesh
- Uganda
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car exports