But so what if the Japanese cars are popular here?

Sales of Japanese cars continued to increase, while the domestic industry's fell by 16.5 percent.

Part of the reason was that Japanese cars tended to be small and light.

On their first date he drove up in a Japanese car that looked like a 1945 model.

"Compared with Japanese cars, it looks tough," a college student said.

"We'll still be running Japanese cars down them," he said.

Like a Japanese compact car, the nation's economy is built to go a long way on a little gas.

Japanese cars continued to be highly successful during the decade.

Maybe a small Japanese car, something a woman might drive.

Japanese cars account for over 90 percent of those on the road in Thailand.