What is M3 (Cubic Meter) Size of a Vehicle ?

M3 size (cubic meter) of a vehicle is sum of length x height x width. Each and every vehicle have its own M3 size. The cubic meter of your vehicle is calculated by measuring the exterior dimension of the vehicle and multiplying width x length x height. Every vehicle maker mentions m3 size of a vehicle in specification.

The M3 of the vehicle is used by the shipping company for RO-RO shipment to calculate the cost of transporting the vehicle to the destination port. Importers or individual Buyers must know how to calculate freight charges while importing any used cars to their final delivery port from Japan or any other country.

Some of major car maker’s models M3 Sizes

Manufacturer Car Model M3 Nissan March 8.5 Toyota Starlet 8.5 Toyota MR2 9.0 Mazda RX-7 10.0 Nissan Sunny 10.0 Toyota Corolla 10.0 Toyota Sprinter 0.0

Some of M3 sizes by type of vehcle : M3=9 - small vehicles or sports coupes M3=10 - sedan/saloon passenger cars M3=12 - station wagons M3=13-14 - short wheel base 4WD or vans M3=15-16 - most long wheel base 4WD's M3=30 26 -seat high roof buses M3=36 29 seat high roof buses

Some of major car makers model by vehicle type and M3 size :

Type Car's Name (Examples) Cubic Meter (m³)

Small STARLET / MR2 / MARCH etc. 9m 3 Medium COROLLA / CORONA etc. 11m 3 Large CROWN / SOARER etc. 13m 3 Medium LWB RV Car HILUX / TERANO etc. 14-16m 3 Large LWB RV Car PAJERO / LAND CRUISER etc. 16-18m 3 Wagon HI ACE / CARAVAN etc. 16m 3 Van HI ACE / CARAVAN etc. 15-19m Freight Calculation formula is : M3 size x Freight Rate per M3 = Freight Cost.

Example:1 If you want to find out FREIGHT for a sedan car which want to ship at Austalia Brisbane Port. Size of Sedan Car = 09.5 M3 Freight Charges = US$ 63 Per M3 Calculation will be 09.5 x 63 = US$ 598.5 Freight Charges of Sedan for Brisbane Port will be US$598.5

Example 2: Nissan March shipped to Australia 9m3 X US$70.00 = US$630.00

Example 3: Mitsubishi Pajero shipped to Karachi, Pakistan 16m3 X US$70.00 = US$1120.00

P K Bansal was born on April 22, 1967 in Rajasthan one of the state in India, had done Post Graduate with Master of Commerce in International Trade. Working since 1989 for worldwide export-import industry, international marketing, publishing news magazine on Japanese automobile industry & providing web solutions to the Japanese car dealers. Regularly traveling to countries like Japan, United Kingdom, France, South Korea, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirate, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Myanmar for business promotion. After developing more then 100 websites for different dealers in Japan and experiencing the problems & taking the feedback from these exporters they came up with an auto portal www.JapanAutoPages.com, which is one of the best portals in used car industry of Japan. Aiming to help all the dealers in Japan to get actual business with easy to manage way.

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