Sentences with phrase «japanese econoboxes»

It has gotten so nice that it is hard for one to imagine that the Corolla started out as one of the cheapest and simplest of the Japanese econoboxes of the late»60s and early»70s.

Introduced in 1990 as General Motors» answer to the popular Japanese econoboxes of the time, Saturns were no - nonsense, affordable, economical and practical cars for people who view cars as merely appliances of modern life.

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As a «halo» car, the 240Z broadened the acceptance of Japanese car - makers beyond their econobox image.

It was the oil shocks of the 1970s, and the resulting gasoline price hikes and kilometre - long lineups at service stations that gave Japanese makers of «econoboxes» their first toehold in the North American market.