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Passenger cars, trucks and busses are generically called “automobiles;” passenger cars are further subdivided into ordinary cars, small cars and light motor vehicles. The criteria used for classifying passenger cars in Japan are shown in Table 20-1.1.
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Ifo Institute for Economic Research., Sakura Institute of Research. (1997). Automobile Industry. In: A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and German Economic Success. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65865-8_20
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