{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Episode #190 - Also Rans From Japan","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/episode-190-also-rans-from-japan","audioUrl":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1877345/episodes/17819710-episode-190-also-rans-from-japan.mp3","description":"Let's take some time, and pour some out, to a trio of Japanese car brands that came and went in the American market. Suzuki, Isuzu, and Daihatsu died off a while ago, but some of their cars and trucks are still driving around the U S of A. Are you ready for Axiom speak and Equator chatter? "},"annotations":[{"startTime":127.68,"endTime":134.8,"type":"car","title":"Suzuki Vitara","url":"/cars/suzuki/vitara","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/2024_Suzuki_Vitara_%284th_generation%29_DSC_6083.jpg","quote":"...ow have a not rebadged Suzuki product in the 2000 Vitara. 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