Chinese cars do remain an unknown quantity to consumers, who were also once leery of the first cars imported from Japan - and later, from Mexico and South Korea.

对于消费者来说，中国汽车仍然是一个未知数，不过大家一开始对日本进口的汽车——以及后来的墨西哥车和韩国车——也曾经有过疑虑。

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Most of the nation's cars are bought second-hand and imported from Japan.

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There are enough new cars (or at least second-hand ones imported from Japan) to gridlock Kingston's rush-hour traffic.

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