Rice doesn't have to be an import by any means.
Take for example the 98-00 Pontiac Sunfire I saw a few weeks ago that had a 14-16" tall windshield banner that said
"SVT" 
I'd consider a 74 Nova 4dr with no exhaust and racing stickers plastered all over the windows yet the stock I-6 under the hood a form of Rice...
We've all seen many cases of this form of Rice disease in our lifetime... We just called it by other names (insert expletive deleted here) before the term Rice became the term to call it by...
