The Greatest Japanese Cars Ever Built, According To You

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I conscionable sewage backmost from a week-long activity travel to Japan for nan Mobility Show, and ohio my God. It was perfectly incredible. The food, nan culture, nan people. Everything — conscionable a beautiful time, but 1 point that really stuck retired to maine was nan cars I saw. Shocker, I know. Some of nan astir outlandish worldly I'd ever seen was conscionable casually driving down nan streets of Tokyo, and it sewage maine reasoning astir the question I posed to you each past week.

What is nan top Japanese car of each time? For specified a mini land nation, Japan judge has made heaps of astonishing cars, but surely 1 stands retired supra nan rest. Well, aft reasoning astir it myself and reference your submissions, I'm not wholly sure. There are countless highly compelling contenders for what could beryllium nan top Japanese cars ever. Whether it's low-volume supercars, democratizing sports cars aliases immoderate of nan best-selling system cars successful nan world, Japan conscionable has a knack for making immoderate genuinely awesome vehicles.

That's capable retired of me, though. Why don't you each scroll down beneath and cheque retired what your chap Jalops see to beryllium nan top Japanese cars ever built? Did your prime make nan cut?

Miata is ever nan answer. It's a car that mightiness beryllium responsible for an wholly caller demographic buying a JDM car. It besides azygous handedly brought backmost a conception that was chiefly owned by nan older procreation coming backmost from WWII and buying unreliable British sportscars. There was now an affordable, reliable, nosy 2 spot sportscar that astir group could bargain and support without wondering erstwhile it would time off them stranded. It besides gave group an introduction constituent into section racing without costing a mini fortune. Even arsenic nan generations went on, it became nan go-to utilized car for nan younger generations to beryllium capable to bargain their first sportscar that they could easy activity connected themselves, and pinch precocious accumulation volumes, location were plentifulness of parts disposable to thief them study really to activity connected a car. I do not deliberation nan sportscar, nor Mazda, would beryllium wherever they are coming without nan Miata. Who knew a car that primitively was disposable successful only 3 colors, and 1 trim, would ever spot nan occurrence that it did. Today for astir group who deliberation of Mazda, nan first different connection they deliberation of is Miata.

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The reply is ever Miata. The God-tier cars are awesome, but they are besides astir unattainable for astir people. The Miata, however, is astir nan astir nosy conveyance conscionable astir anyone tin buy. It's a akin justification to calling nan AK-47 nan champion limb ever. It's not because it retired performs each different weapon. It's because it's cheap, reliable, easy to manufacturer/copy/modify and it's everywhere.

Submitted by: Andrew William & Chase

It whitethorn beryllium boring but I person to springiness nan information to nan Toyota Corolla. If you want reliable applicable transportation, there's nary amended prime and nan numbers show it. It's nan champion trading car worldwide pinch complete 50 cardinal units sold crossed each generations.

Submitted by: Giantsgiants

Honda Super Cub! It has done much pinch 49cc motor than anyone thought imaginable and it has done much to springiness group mobility than possibly immoderate different conveyance ever made. Though not a "car", it was a family conveyance and a transportation motortruck successful SE Asia.

Submitted by: RW

It showed that Toyota could build a decently beautiful and sporting car to compete pinch nan 'best' nan world had to offer. It was a changeable crossed nan front of nan Italians and nan British, who astatine nan clip dominated nan sports coupe market.

The prices they now waste and acquisition hands for are akin to collectible Ferraris, truthful nan well-heeled aficionados besides agree.

Toyota built it arsenic a statement, and past built 50 cardinal Corollas, taking complete nan American marketplace pinch nan Camry and now nan RAV4, and dominating globally pinch nan Hilux and different market-appropriate vehicles.

But nan declaration they made erstwhile they launched nan 2000GT was that Toyota knew really to build greatness arsenic well.

Submitted by: potbellyjoe

1969 to 1973 Datsun 240z. I person loved those since I was a kid. Really bully looking car that somewhat reminds maine of a Jaguar XKE. I wish I could person picked 1 up erstwhile they were still affordable.

Submitted by: Pabst302

The Honda Civic is my pick. It tin beryllium each things to each people. It tin beryllium reliable, economical family carrier each nan measurement up to nan fundamentally way day-ready Type R.

Submitted by: Give Me Tacos aliases Give Me Death

While not a "car" nan Toyota Hilux pickup has to beryllium mentioned. This legendary motortruck is cognize for its durability nan world over. It's nan VW Beetle of trucks.

Submitted by: Matt Malone

The 1990-96 Eunos Cosmo luxury coupé, while not being a commercialized occurrence pinch less than 10000 units produced, is 1 of nan astir eager cars ever built by Japan. Some highlights:

Only tri-totor motor ever offered connected a accumulation car

First Japanese car pinch sequential turbocharging (2 years earlier nan FD RX-7)

First accumulation car to person GPS navigation

It offered a CRT colour touch-screen controlling ambiance control, mobile phone, navigation, NTSC TV, power and CD player.

Submitted by: GTO1962

I americium going to flip successful nan Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. Just arsenic a rolling portion of technology, it was up of its time. Too expensive, but a awesome car.

Submitted by: JDS

That was astir apt nan astir overbuilt car ever to exist. It was conscionable arsenic comfortable navigating a metropolis halfway arsenic it was nan Dalton Highway arsenic it was nan Amazon arsenic it was nan African deserts. There's a logic they costs what they cost, particularly mill triple locked versions.

Submitted by: cintocrunch1

Better build value than a comparable balanced Mercedes 420 SEL, astatine astir half nan value ($35k and $60k respectively).

Submitted by: jalopyJames