Arising from the lingering bitterness over the Japanese invasion, South Korea both respects and hates Japan, so that up until today South Korea is one of the very few countries that imports virtually no Japanese auto mobiles. When South Korean automobiles were able to compete in the international market, Japan repaid them in the same fashion.
由於日本侵略結下的歷史宿仇，南韓對日本又敬又恨，至今南韓是極少沒有進口日本車的國家之一；而在南韓汽車有能力到國際市場競爭時，日本也給與同等回報。