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Originally Posted by JRL
A lot of Japanese supplied cars have no or minimal rustproofing. The Japanese tend not to use salt on their roads.
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This is very true...
When I worked in the motor trade in the 1990's there was a lot of debate at the time about buying UK spec vs Grey import cars. The company I worked for had two Japanese franchises, Mazda & Mitsubishi.
I've seen some Mazda MX-5 imports (Eunos Roadster...) with corrosion issues that you would not expect to see on a UK car, but a substantial number of Mitsubishi Shoguns (Pajero) & L200 with severe rot that was not seen on UK spec cars of similar age (including holed chrome bumpers).
There was also a period in time when the Eunos Roadsters had less crash protection than the UK spec MX5's of the same year (side impact bars, sill reinforcement). This was pointed out to my by an insurance assessor when we had a damaged one on the ramp... but you did get speakers in the headrests!