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Article: UK car has what it takes to be big in Japan; The new Avensis is being shipped to the Land of the Rising Sun where quality counts. BILL CAVEN feels sure it won't disappoint.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Roadtest: Toyota Avensis
IT'S akin to selling ice cubes to the eskimos, sand to the Arabs or wine to the French.
These days, those huge container ships leaving Japan crammed with cars for British roads are meeting similar shipments heading in the other direction.
Increasingly, British-built cars - albeit bearing a Japanese badge - are setting off for the land of the rising sun.
Toyota have sent their first shipment of the all-new Avensis back to its homeland. Around 350 new cars left Southampton ...