What is Japanese Used Vehicle Grading system ?
Grading is the most vital part in preparation of Inspection sheet of any Japanese used vehicle. Grading describes the quality of the used cars and its usage.
It is useful to all those importers who order used vehicles, trucks online and can’t visit Japan physically to check vehicle’s exact condition. It allows the buyers to choose how much the same used vehicle will cost in the market or how longer the same vehicle will now run further. These grading are always been done under very strict and standard way, so that importers can trust these grading and order them if it meets their requirement.
Below are the grades with their specification, which can help importers to know the condition of the used vehicle they are buying:
Grades About Rust & Panal
S1: Slightly rust.
S2: Rust a small larger than S1.
S3: Rust needed to be repaired.
XX: Panal has been changed.
X: Panal need to be replaced.
Grading with descriptions:
S: As excellent as new
9 to 5: Brilliant Condition (Low mileage)
4.5: Excellent Condition and repair maybe unnecessary
4: Reasonably excellent condition but small repair needed
3.5: Some repair work needed
3: Repair work needed or high mileage
2: Condition is terrible
1: Modified, Debased or Affected Car
R: Accidental and repaired car
RA: Higher Graded Accidental and Repaired car
R1: Accidental hurt and had been repaired
RA1: Accidental and not repaired car, cars for parts recycle use, non-drivable car.
Interior Grade:
A: Brilliant condition
B: Very excellent condition, clean interior
C: Average condition, with possible wear etc.
D: Below average condition, many burn, break, Dirt that cannot be cleaned.
E: Terrible condition, some cracks or gaps on dashboard, dirt, break or Odor
Condition Details
A1: Very light scratch
A2: Light to moderate scratch
A3: Deep scratch
U1: Very slight dent
U2: Small dent
U3: Large dent
Y1: Small crack
Y2: Huge crack
B: Dents need to be repaired
P: Needs repainting
BP: Dents and paint repair required
W1: Very light wave on panel
W2: Small wave on panel
W3: Large wave on panel
C: Corrosion
G: Stone chip
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P K Bansal was born on April 22, 1967 in Rajasthan one of the state in India, had done Post Graduate with Master of Commerce in International Trade.
Working since 1989 for worldwide export-import industry, international marketing, publishing news magazine on Japanese automobile industry & providing web solutions to the Japanese car dealers.
Regularly travelling to countries like Japan, United Kingdom, France, South Korea, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirate, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Myanmar for business promotion.
After developing more then 100 websites for different dealers in Japan and experiencing the problems & taking the feedback from these exporters they came up with an auto portal www.JapanAutoPages.com, which is one of the best portal in used car industry of Japan. Aiming to help all the dealers in Japan to get actual business with simple to manage way.
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