05/27/21 updated
Hope everyone is doing well.
We have been closely following COVID-19 case development Worldwide and locally and guidance from Federal, States and local authorities.
We are doing and we will do what we can to slow the impact of the virus and look forward to continuing to serve our customers.
Looks like we finally started going somewhere with it.
To maintain an open and safe environment for everyone and respect individuals, please use a facial mask if you prefer and maintain the social distance.
We operate with the regular hours. And feel free to make an appointment on weekend days or after hours if that will work for you better.
Check our current inventory and what are on the way on our website at www.jpnautoimport.com
anytime. Also latest information at our FB page https://www.facebook.com/minitrucksjapan/ @minitrucksjapan.
Email me at ik@jpnautoimport.com to make an appointment for any weekdays and weekend days.
Stay safe.
JPN Auto Import LLC
3455 US1 HWY, STE A
Franklinton, NC 27525
(919)728-8568
We would like to share some information about the current Japanese used car market and the Ocean freight with everyone.
Japanese Auction- When this COVID-19 thing started, auctions almost closed in 3/2020. They came back up in 4/2020 but far less vehicles were going through. And it seems like that is the way till the date. At the same time, prices of sold vehicles are soaring across the board and the trend continues. We see 30%-100% increase on prices. Hope this trend will end and goes back to the pre-COVID level.
Ocean Freight- It wasn't really bad till last few months. There was little longer lead time and 3-5 days extra time on the water. Now it is extremely hard to book them timely. Stay on the waiting list for 2-3 weeks and get booked on a ship departing 6 -8 weeks from the time of booking. Days on the water are 4.5-5 weeks. It takes 12-16 weeks total to get vehicles here. The rate increase is coming from June also.
Package Shipping - Japan post suspended their international EMS to US last year since they were relying on commercial flights. At the same time volume increased for other carriers such as DHL, FedEx and UPS. Their rate were increased. Getting small volume of parts are extremely pricier due to high shipping cost. Japan Post announced that they will resume their EMS service to US from June 2021 with the increased rate.
Hope everything will settle back down soon. Till then we will do our best to keep the impact minimum for the "fun ride".
There are many other vehicles in the world not sold within USA as a new vehicle. We import those from Japan and have them ready to be on the road. "25 years" rule allows us to import them legally and put them on the road legally. We do all the work for you. You just enjoy.
We stock our lot with unique imported vehicles. They are legally imported and sold with all import paperwork and/or NC title. Interested in our of our vehicles? Ask for a test drive!
We sell genuine Japanese parts for any JDM vehicles.
