Japanese Domestic Market once meant cool machines that the world wanted, today it means vehicles built overseas and delivered back in Japan.

Some of these foreign station wagons are more well-known than others. The Honda Orthia, especially the range-topping 2.0GX-S grade, is an estate that's extremely obscure but worthy of a thorough look.

The Honda Element is in a class of its own. There simply aren't many competitors to this oddly sized SUV. To shove it into a ...