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You know, I'm not having a good hair day like you.
You must have gotten your hair cut or something.
Looking fantastic.
I'm having a bad hair day.
So I am wearing this 300Z hat, pretty stylish.
300ZX hat that I stole from you last time I was there because I'm from, you know,
I live in Florida.
He lives in Maryland.
And when I visit, it gets really cold.
I'm forever stealing his jackets, scarves, hats, gloves, et cetera.
And this one just made it.
This is such a hat I'm fond of.
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So it's really it's missing.
Beautiful, if not sneaky things.
See, exactly.
There it is.
But on enough banter, can are we ready to to introduce today's guests?
Or what else we have?
We are.
But given that you have a Nissan 300ZX hat, a Nissan from Japan, right?
Amen.
I think you got it.
I think it's only I think it's only appropriate that this episode is going to be
about JDM cars.
And with us today, we have Muhammad Azim.
Nobody knows JDM cars better than this guy.
He is a importer of JDM cars.
He spent some time in Japan and lives in Northern Virginia.
And I might be buying my first JDM car through him.
Maybe Christian, we can talk you into it.
But for those who've seen Fast and Furious franchise, this guy knows all that
all the numbers and codes and he's plugged in.
So without further ado, Muhammad, please introduce yourself.
Thank you for inviting me, Doug.
And so my name is as you have, I mean, everyone know my name is Muhammad Azim.
And I was born in Karachi, Pakistan, the economic hub of Pakistan,
the metropolitan city.
And in 2010, I got a job in a Japanese used car exporting company.
It was MDK Japan and they offered me if I can run their business as a as a
general manager. So I took over that company.
And then from 2010 till 2022, when I moved to USA, I was,
I mean, running their company and I was buying, I was bidding.
I was selling cars all over the world in South America, in Northern America,
in Russia, in Europe, in Africa.
So all the mostly all the third world countries who can not produce
their own cars and they have to import cars from Japan.
And mostly those car, those countries who import right hand driving cars.
So I was exporting cars and I was I mean, in my job,
dealing with the shipping companies, dealing with the exporters.
I mean, that was my job.
So that I mean, I came into this business of JDM cars and that's my intro.
That that's so and I know Doug has some more questions,
but I found it so interesting how with the company that you're running,
you found it very important to find to have representatives
that spoke the languages in the different company, different countries that you run.
Could you talk a little bit about that that that helps make things
easier, making inroads into those markets?
Yeah. So everyone who is listening and have been to Japan,
they know that when they go to Japan, they find it difficult that.
I mean, normally in Tokyo, you will find people who can speak English,
but you will you won't find people they even cannot say no.
If a Japanese has to say no, he will he will make this a style
of kind of no, that means no to them.
So most of the exporters in Japan, they find the salespeople in Karachi, Pakistan,
because they can speak a lot of languages.
You will find a Russian, you find a German speaker,
you find a Spanish speaker there.
So they make their call center, they make their sales office there,
and then they run their companies, the outsource their companies.
OK, and I'm sorry, Doug, I didn't mean to jump in here,
but Mohamed has this enthusiasm and energy that's infectious.
I mean, I was about to take a nap before this show,
but he's just got me so revved up.
It's fantastic. Over to you, Doug.
Yeah, no, no worries.
And yeah, Mohamed, my brother-in-law is Japanese.
So he and I were we're I'm sure you understand the phenomenon of living there.
He's actually lived in the US longer than he lived in Japan.
But I'm like, why are Japanese cars in such good shape like these cars?
Like Americans just beat the crap out of cars.
It just happens.
He said he just said the Japanese just take really good care of their cars.
They treasure them like a house, like furniture.
Is that your is that you're feeling as well?
Yes, that's my feeling as well in the schools, in the Japanese schools,
when the kids they arrive at the school, the first 30 or 20 minutes
is that they just, you know, do the broom and they just clean the school by themselves.
Even I've seen the bank managers in Japan that they when they came
and they just clean everything because when I was in my office,
there was no concept of an office boy in Japan.
So that is why it is their it is their habit that they keep their cars very clean.
But the only thing is that you will find in the Japanese car is the cigarette burn
because that's gotcha.
Yes, that's one downside, but that's the only one.
So speaking of Japanese cars and it seems like you've owned quite a few of them.
Your very first car was a 2016 Toyota vets manual.
If you would tell our tell our listeners how you got the car.
I know in America, it's called something else.
And you know all the internal codes.
But tell us how you acquired the car, how long you had it.
Any any great stories about it?
Yeah, so because I when I started with that company,
that company was not even under 10, like they're not in the top 10.
So we started the sales and gradually we took it to the top 10.
So the company's honored Mr.
Awan Arshad, he gifted me my first car and he. Oh, wonderful.
And it from Japan and I just receive it at the Karachi Port.
I cleared it and that was my first year is so for the listeners,
they know that the I mean, in North America, it's Yaris and they're in Japan.
It's vets. OK, wonderful, wonderful.
And you had that car for a while.
Yeah. And then I told it.
And then they sent another Yaris, sorry, Honda Insight, which was hybrid.
And Honda Insight is, by the way, in America also with the same on the inside.
Yeah, that was my second.
It's a sportish look. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of a sporty civic.
Yeah. In America, right? Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. And sorry, I didn't ask what what color was the vets
and what color was the inside?
OK, the both they were silver. Silver, my favorite color.
Yeah. True. True story.
Yeah. True story.
So, yeah, here's a guy, his company car is a company car, literally, right?
And then I think the car I think our listeners are going to be really
excited about is a car that you probably imported yourself, I think
into the United States.
Maybe it's your daily driver.
Can you tell us about it?
It's not my daily driver, but I just keep it for sometimes maybe
weekends for the car shows.
It's a Tegra, it's a non Type R
and it's but it is manual shift, but it's a two engine.
One of the greatest engine Honda has ever produced.
And that's a DC to you said, right?
Yeah. OK, gotcha.
Yeah. And what what makes it the greatest engine?
I'll take I was just I was just about to ask the same words
coming out of my mouth. Sorry, go ahead.
Yeah, because of the reliability, because of the performance
that makes the the greatest engine.
You know, but if you talk about in details about the JDM engines,
mostly Americans, since our audience is mostly Americans, they are listening.
They just love one JZ GTE engine.
It comes in three cars, Mark two, Crown,
Chaser and some other car it comes.
So this is normally the guy they do the drifting, the guy that do the racing.
They normally like that engine Toyota as per Toyota.
They say is that they have ever produced to greatest engine.
One of them is one JZ GTE.
And the second one is to JZ GTE, which comes in the Supra.
Right. Right. Yep. Yep.
Yeah, no, those are the those of the engines to have legendary, right?
And do you think those cars were legendary before?
I mean, I remember going to high school and I graduated in 1991
and a friend of mine had a Mark two Supra.
And then I just thought that was the coolest car in, you know,
big 2.8 liter inline six.
It was so cool. Yeah.
This could be the mid 80s.
It was, yeah, it was probably
86, 87. OK, OK.
You know what? I think 8788 is when Mark three super came out.
So it was a little bit before that, if I'm correct, at least over here.
Right. It's a little bit different.
And of course, some cars, right, you were telling us before before the show,
some cars stop being imported into the US or stop being made in the US.
But they they live out longer years
overseas, for instance, like I think
like the RX seven, right?
FD RX seven, which is also famous from the Furious.
Yes, one second. Yeah, sure.
And we we're going to have to pull in and talk about his website, the M.D.K.
Japan dot com.
What do you remember about that, your buddy, Supra from high school?
Ah, so it was Mike, Mike Supra.
Just remember he he got it used and.
Yeah, I'm back. It's it's no problem.
It's he was it's funny.
I think he was a smoker back then, but it was just.
It was just such a cool car.
It had a sunroof and pop up headlights.
It was real world drive.
It was a stick shift.
It was just such a such a cool car.
And I think we saw something similar when I was visiting you a few years ago
and that red Supra come to find out my middle son fell in with the
with the owner of that car, a young man who has it.
And he let my man.
He drove it, right?
He drove it.
And I said, son, that that is a really special piece of history,
the time capsule that you're driving.
And he'd never been behind the wheel of anything.
Behind the wheel of anything like that.
So a real treat. Go ahead, Muhammad.
I think you were going to say something.
Yeah, I think in my intro, I just left one thing that I mean,
people might think that I'm still sitting in maybe in Japan,
but I'm in USA.
I'm in Virginia and I came here in July, 2022.
And when I came here, I was also went in depression
that what I will do in America because I my skill set is not
as per the American market and the cars I see on the roads,
they all are left hand drive.
So then I search and some people I just searched the JDM cars
and I saw some JDM dealers.
They are doing business in all over America.
Every state I find two, three people, two, three dealers.
So someone told me that there is a JDM car policy here
that you can import 25 years old car in USA.
So I contacted my old company.
I still have very good contacts to them
because I ended on a very good notes and they said, OK,
we can ship you one car and let's see how it goes.
And I I I brought first first R32 white with a big rear spoiler.
And when it arrived on the Baltimore port, I started.
I just posted it on the Facebook marketplace.
And in just I mean, some hours I got a client from Tampa,
Florida, and the guy said, I need this car.
Don't sell it to anyone.
And I said, OK, no problem.
So I just gave him the prize.
And he said, OK, and and he was very happy with that car.
You know, that yeah, that so that's a good point.
And boy, you said something in several thoughts kind of hit me at once.
So you bring the the next steady state of things is for you to bring cars
in the port of Baltimore, huge port, but for the right customer
that gets a hold of you and sees a car on your site.
Can I give out your site at this point?
Mdkjapan.com you can have it shipped directly to them.
They don't have to wait for it to clear customs in Baltimore
and then make it to Port Arthur, Texas.
That's not the way.
So could you talk a little bit about that about that process
and how you meet that make that market? Yes.
So since after that first car, I have imported over 60 cars.
So now I'm experienced how to bring the car, how to find a broker,
how to clear the car, how to pay the custom duties
and how to arrange a transportation guy
who can bring your car from the port to your home.
So now from Japan, we have two shipment styles.
One is the container shipment and one is the Roro shipment.
Roro means roll on roll off.
Your car goes like a parking like when you go to the any parking plaza.
So your car your car goes in that vessel like in that ship.
It parks and then it comes to the America.
So it comes a scratchless car.
So you have I can ship the cars to the California.
I can ship to Texas.
I can ship to Savannah, Georgia.
I can ship to Jacksonville, Florida, and I can ship it to the Baltimore.
And then we have a port in New York.
So all the ports, you know, I can bring the cars.
And then if a customer needs the help,
I have very good, reliable people here who can clear their cars.
And I mean, then I have team here who can transport their car to their driveway.
Yeah. And that's a good point.
I remember when Doug bought his DeLorean a few years ago.
He I think he went to Chicago and checked it out and all this good stuff.
And then came back and then he had it shipped.
And I thought, oh, this is this is going to take forever.
And it was at his house very quickly.
And just like you said, roll on roll off,
which was a beautiful thing.
But, oh, and, Doug, I wanted to mention that this site,
you can you can peruse the available stock here,
but you can actually get in touch with Mohammed directly on Facebook.
And we'll probably we'll put all of this in the show notes, right?
So that our so that our viewership,
listenership knows how to get a hold of him.
Yeah. Lovely. Yeah.
Yes. So I didn't want to ask Mohammed.
And I think I know the story.
And by the by the way, Mohammed, I own a 1990 Nissan 300 ZX or not non fair.
Lady Z. But that was my dream car in high school that I got 30 years or some odd later.
But how how is it for customers finding parts for these cars?
OK, so if you can search in Google,
JDM parts dealer in in your state, you will find some some people.
But suppose if you don't have, then I I can offer this services to anyone
who wants to find any parts in Japan.
I have a team in Japan.
So normally, if I can find that part and I can I can ship it to you.
So that's not a problem.
Gotcha. And just just because
because it's Nissan Toyota and many of these cars were imported here anyway,
but they were left hand drive, of course.
There are a lot of the parts are interchangeable, correct?
Yeah. Yeah.
So there's a good source of parts for engines and those type of things.
Certainly things that are unique to left hand drive, right hand drive,
that that they're going to have to go to you or find another source.
So in Japan, yeah.
Yeah. Wonderful.
And so normally the cars which I import,
I go with the four and four point five good cars
because I don't have any mechanical team here in USA.
I mean, I don't bring accidental cars or any mechanical issue
engine check like car so that my mechanic team can do it.
And then I place it for sale.
Normally, I bring very clean car.
So for till now, I know customers has ever contacted me for any parts yet,
but it's still suppose if someone will contact me or anyone,
then they need any part, I can source it from Japan.
That's not a problem.
OK, gotcha.
Good to know.
And if you, oh, I just had to ask about in Doug is
we're in some mind meld today, Doug, because you're saying a question
that's on the tip of my tongue.
The opposite is happening.
But, Mohamed, I got to know what is your dream car?
OK, so when I came here and I when I imported the Skylines,
then my car eventually became the R34 Skyline.
It has the RB26 DETT engine,
which Nissan says one of the best engine they have ever produced.
Yeah, because of the reliability.
I mean, it's a man, it's a manly car.
Like, you can ask for your own style and everything
because of their performance and tuning.
You can do the tuning as per you.
So that is why I mean, whenever I bring any car,
I just do the test drive of all these Skylines.
RB, I mean, R32, R33, and now I'll be importing R34.
So I whenever I take a test drive, you know, I fall in love with the Skyline.
Talking to you is like talking to an odd Mohamed.
It's like talking to an automotive Wikipedia.
It is so beautiful.
All the details, you know, and your enthusiasm, it's fantastic.
But I got to ask you, what's it like driving that Skyline?
What's it like? What's it like sitting in there?
I mean, it's, you know, you can say that it's not that much automatic.
So it's a person who knows how to drive a manual shift.
It's a manly car.
Like when you get your road grip and I mean, if you can manage it,
if you can control it, that's that's the fastest.
I mean, I mean, engine and the I mean, everything like I mean,
I'm unable to explain the beauty of Skyline.
Yeah. Interesting.
Got it. Got it.
Oh, yeah. So so.
Oh, the cars and coffee.
So. Oh, yeah.
So you also have a really neat car that I've always thought was pretty
fantastic, the Integra, a late 90s Integra.
I had a three two TL, the same vintage, but talk a little bit about that car
Integra and do you like to go to cars and coffee and in habit as a conversation starter?
Yeah, I'm a little bit weak in that because normally I don't go
because I mean, a lot of people, they find me my cars on Facebook marketplace
and then they send me an invitation if I can come.
So I was thinking that I should go, but it's just my weakness that I've never.
Oh, I see. You just haven't been to one yet.
Oh, talk a little bit more about how somebody can reach you on Facebook.
Of course, we'll put that in the show notes to make it a little easier.
But we were talking earlier and you said some people
I would think that one of the biggest barriers in your line of work is,
hey, is Mohammed for real?
Is he for when I see him on Facebook, he kind of, you know, so forward
and all this knowledge and he seems like a scammer, but Mohammed is very real.
This is how he makes his living and talk a little bit about dealing
with people on Facebook and how you show that you're for real.
Yeah, so since I'm new, this is again my weakness that I've never
been able to make my TikTok or Instagram page.
I'm just, you know, a marketing all my cars on the Facebook marketplace.
So and I try to boost my ads.
Someone told me that you should go to the B80, bring a trailer
and cars, cars forbid there are some other websites.
They offer the auction live auction of your cars.
But I mean, they ask for a lot of, I mean, a lot of things
like more than 200 pictures than the title of the car and a lot of things.
So I just rather I try to post my cars on the Facebook marketplace.
And trust me, Facebook marketplace is one of the biggest right now
that all my car more than 45 cars I have been able to sell from Facebook marketplace.
So definitely I do not go to any second source that I should I should go with.
So, I mean, I just posted from my personal ID, Mohammed Azim.
I mean, I will share it with Doug.
And I mean, he can share it in the in the caption, you know.
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
Oh, go ahead, Doug. No, yeah. No, just to agree.
And in fact, that's how Mohammed and I found each other.
I saw he had a Honda beat, although I think I'm more interested
in Nissan Pal, PAO, really neat little car that you don't see many of them.
I actually have seen a few Honda beats in the US.
But yeah, that's how I found them on Facebook marketplace.
So that world that is fantastic.
And so as we ramp down here and get ready to close the show
and guide the car, guide the show gently to the off ramp,
I have to ask you, Mohammed, one last question.
Where do you get your energy?
I get my energy because I have a family.
So I just I see my kids, it automatically boosts me
and I don't need any, you know, the energy drinks to.
You don't need any of it, man.
But I tell you, talking to you is like drinking two Red Bulls.
You have this energy and this enthusiasm that I just love.
And I would love to have you back on the show every so often to hear
how your business is going.
But I love your style and enthusiasm.
Let me tell you something very interesting.
Those guys who works in the auction asked them that they cannot
they whenever they are sleeping, they are not sleeping.
Actually, they are I mean, they are just getting up.
So whenever when in Japan, you have the cars to bid,
it's just like it's just like a habit.
It's just like a passion you have.
So every day when you have to you select some cars
and you have to bid those cars.
I mean, that's really automatically energy comes in you.
And when you actually buy a car in Japan,
when you have when it was one hundred and ninety seven countries
of the world and more than I mean, a lot of companies,
everyone is bidding that car.
And when you buy that car, that this gives you I mean, kind of
what do you see energy that OK, a rush. Yeah, like a treasure.
It's almost like you've won a prize or you found the treasure.
You you you have to compete.
You have to eat what you kill.
You have to compete for everything you get. Yeah. Yeah.
So I mean, when I came here, so some of my customers in Guyana
and Suriname in South America, they approached me and they said
that we are looking for Tacoma from from USA.
And I approached one of the guy here who has the dealership.
I said, buy two Tacoma.
And and and when he bought and that gives me again, that energy.
So it's it's so funny that, Mohammed, now you're reading my thoughts.
I was going to ask you one last question.
So not only do you bring cars here and have them on offer,
you will look for a car for someone.
You'll keep an eye on somebody can reach out to you and say, hey,
I know this is your line of work.
This is kind of what I'm looking for.
So yeah, for everyone listening and watching on YouTube,
reach out to him because he can act as your broker.
He can keep his eyes out for you and he'll be aware of things
and find things that you never would have found on your own
because Mohammed thinks about this 24 hours a day.
Yeah, maybe 25.
I'm importing as well as I'm exporting cars here from from USA.
So, I mean, in future, I'm planning to export
a lot of pickup trucks from to Trinidad to Jamaica to Guayanan
because I have a customer base there
because I've been I've been involved in sales also in these four countries.
So I have my personal clientele in those countries.
So yeah, that's my future plans.
Well, I can't wait to see how it unfolds.
I want to welcome you here.
Anything we can ever do for you, let us know.
We're going to spread the word and Mohammed is so wonderful
and easy to deal with it.
Reach out to him.
Just shoot him a message to, hey, introduce yourself and go to that site.
I'm going to give it again, M.D.K.
Mary Doug K. Japan dot com M.D.K.
Japan dot com and you'll see so many interesting
well-priced cars and then you reach out to Mohammed
and it's it's it's really been wonderful to meet you.
Thank you for your time.
I had a blast.
Thank you. Thank you, Mohammed.
Yep. And I'll be in touch with you about the Nissan Pal.
I haven't forgotten.
Sir, I'm looking in the auction right now
and I'm sending you a personal link and honor for me to talk to you guys.
And it's honor for me.
I mean, I'm very happy that you took me for your show.
And you know, we're going to have you back.
This is too much fun.
We're going to have you back.
And Doug and I would talk to you about this all night,
but we know you have to go eat dinner and feed your children and shovel snow.
I know there are about 11 inches of snow right outside your front door.
So yeah, well, anyway, not here in Florida.
You guys can keep all that.
But, Mohammed, thank you again.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
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That's true around the world.
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Keep the rubber side down and we'll see you next time.
Thank you, Lucerland. Happy New Year.
About this episode
Dive into the world of JDM cars with expert Muhammad Azim, who shares insights from his extensive experience in Japanese car auctions. Discover the secrets behind importing iconic models like the Skyline GT-R, Supra, and RX-7, and learn why Japanese cars are revered for their quality and care. The hosts engage in lively discussions about the unique characteristics of JDM vehicles, the nuances of the import process, and the cultural significance of car ownership in Japan. With personal anecdotes and practical advice, this episode is a treasure trove for anyone interested in JDM imports.
Ever wondered how right-hand-drive icons like the Toyota Supra, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Mazda RX-7 and Acura Integra actually make it from Japanese auctions to American driveways? In this episode of To All the Cars I've Loved Before, hosts Doug and Christian welcome Mohammad Azeem, revealing insider secrets of JDM importing business.
From navigating USS Auctions in Tokyo to handling 25-year import regulations, shipping logistics, and building customer trust in specialty automotive import markets, Mohammad's expertise reveals the intersection of automotive passion and international business success. Learn about JDM market trends, challenges of international automotive commerce, and why certain Japanese domestic market vehicles command premium prices in North America.
Perfect for JDM enthusiasts, automotive entrepreneurs, import/export professionals, and anyone fascinated by Japanese car culture business. Whether you dream of owning a Skyline GT-R, Supra, or rare JDM model, understanding the import process reveals the dedication required to bring automotive dreams from Japan to your garage.
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