Best car to EVER come from japan?

[Clark]

 

[cc203]

nsx r, r32 or my favorite car, the integra type r

 

[nizmo_bro]

Not to jump on the bandwagon, but the R32 Skyline IS probably the best car to come out of Japan overall.

 

[Ru-fus]

a few possibles like mentioned R32/R33/R34 GTR, Mits Evo, Honda NSX would be prob on of my choice anyway

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> This is the BEST VEHICLE EVER to come out from Japan, bar none:

Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser

^ People from all races around the world adore this.

-> If its a 'car' were talking about, I'll be back for that.

 

[Bones Brigade]

Porsche Carrera GT

I am not agreeing, nor disagreeing with anyones views, but I want to confirm this point:

The Lexus LFA cannot be a classic because another car has a V10?

 

[AndroidJdm]

There are quite a few japanese cars that i really like
Honda NSX Type R (and other Type R models like Integra and Civic)
Mazda Rx7
Mazda Mx5
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo's
Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32-R35)
Nissan Silvia(S14/S15)
Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti's
Tommy Kaira ZZII (Sadly it never went beyond just a single prototype)
Toyota Supra
Toyota Sprinter Tureno aka AE86 (Classic)

I hate how california has really strict laws for the automobiles,which means i would never get to see almost all of my favorite cars , i would love to move to Japan someday

 

[eight6er]

The '86 Toyota GT apex(AE86), the last car of its kind to be made, I wish they would make an affordable, practical, lightweight FR again.

 

[Skython]

2002 Honda NSX-R, it's a mid engined japanese car, and looks great... Enough said

 

[CarreraGT]

You beat me to it 👍 By far the most amazing Australian touring car of all time and one of the best R32 touring cars in the world. Those were the days...

Otherwise I would have to say this:

 

[Crumpet]

The '86 Toyota GT apex(AE86), the last car of its kind to be made, I wish they would make an affordable, practical, lightweight FR again.

This

 

[Spacegoat]

One the best touring cars ever. 👍

 

[Grayfox]

AE86 took a while to be said.

I would think

Toyota GT-apex AE86

Honda S2000
Honda Civic 6th gen
Honda Intregra 3th gen Europe
Honda NSX 1st gen
Honda CRX
Nissan GT-R
Nissan Silvia S13
RX-7 RC and FD
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1st gen.
Toyota MR2 AW11
Toyota Supra 3rd gen

 

[AMCNUT]

The Lexus LFA cannot be a classic because another car has a V10?

Whoa! Since when do V10s automatically not become classics????? The Dodge Viper would like a word with you!

 

[GT'S BiG FaN]

Gotta be the R32

 

[Bones Brigade]

Whoa! Since when do V10s automatically not become classics????? The Dodge Viper would like a word with you!

Read it again.

 

[lalosoda]

 

[Eric.]

I would not say the AE86 is anything special to come out of Japan. No more special than any generation of Civic.


From the perspective of "putting Japan on the map for performance vehicles", any generation of the Skyline GT-R (and even the current GT-R), as well as the NSX are high on the list. I wouldn't count the LFA, since its such a low-production car.

The Miata deserves a mention for how many of them are raced every weekend.

 

[sanmusa]

Sunny/Pulsar GTi-R. Compact performance rocket.

One of my favorite cars, sorrily missed on the latest GT offerings...

 

[GT_Prologue5]

The MX-5. I still like to call it the Miata, whatever. Still, the best car that's come from Japan to me. It's been the same formula for 22 years, and it still kicks major ass in the way it connects drivers, apparently. They're lightweight, amazing fantasies from a time when baby roadsters were cool.

And they still are, thanks to the Miata.

2nd place would probably go to the 1960's Honda S models.

 

[sanmusa]

If sales are the utmost measure of success then the best Japanese car ever is the Toyota Corolla...

 

[Danny]

N14 Nissan Almera. In it's day only the Focus beat it for handling and I don't think anything has ever beat it on reliability. It's ugly as 🤬 but as a tool to get you to work/school/shops without fuss, C'est Magnifique.

Consider yourself reported

Subaru Forester STi, before the design went all fun-house mirror.

The best car nobody ever bought.

 

[Famine]

The MX-5. I still like to call it the Miata, whatever. Still, the best car that's come from Japan to me. It's been the same formula for 22 years, and it still kicks major ass in the way it connects drivers, apparently. They're lightweight, amazing fantasies from a time when baby roadsters were cool.

And they still are, thanks to the Miata.

More importantly, the MX-5 and the Subabishi Imprevo are the only Japanese cars which have inspired a modern automotive niche - though both were themselves inspired by earlier forms - as opposed to being merely derivative of other cars in their class.

The Corolla is just a three box sedan/hatch. The Civic too. The R32/R33/R34 Skylines are just three box sedans with, in the GT-R variants, a fast flagship that went racing occasionally - like all top-end sedans since 1955. Yes, it was good at racing (at least as the R32 anyway), but race team budgets are no indicator of the road cars. The LF-A is just a lot of money thrown into making a supercar. The GT-R too. The NSX almost painfully so - it was a Ferrari made to beat Ferrari at Ferrari's game, with Honda's money.

The Impreza and Lancer, helped by WRC rules, formed a rebirth of the family supersleeper - the much rarer Escort Cosworth too, though through limited production numbers and a body-only relation to the lower models, I'd class it as a different type of car (a homologation special). The car beaten crapless through the forests Wales on Sunday could be driven to work by cool dads on the Monday.

The MX-5, on the other hand, drew from the classic British convertible days of the 1960s and relaunched it with vigour. Almost every (if not actually every) convertible you see on the road today - of any kind (roadster, speedster, cabriolet, coupe-cabriolet, 2 seat, 4 seat, sedan, coupe) owes its very existence to the MX-5 smashing into the market in 1989. Arguably, the lightweight convertible trend the MX-5 relaunched saved Porsche - through the Boxster - and Lotus - through the Elise - from going under.


I'd say the MX-5 has had more influence on present car design and sales than nearly any other car since the 80s. And while it may not be the fastest, or prettiest, or quickest, or most expensive, or most special Japanese car ever, the effect it's had makes it the best.

 

[Liamdude 00]

Nissan gt-r for me. The Spec-v version.

 

[skubaben]

Whene i was younger i loved the skyline, Thene i liked the 300 zx, Thene The supra with the AMEZING SOUND! Now at days i like the impreza mainly becuse it handels on snow. Since i live in a country fill with snow

 

[C-ZETA]

The quite obvious choice for this is the Skyline GT-R - all 3 of them. The Lancer Evo is not far behind though, and the Silvia certainly deserves a mention.

 

[AMCNUT]

Arguably, the lightweight convertible trend the MX-5 relaunched saved Porsche - through the Boxster - and Lotus - through the Elise - from going under.

I personally have a hard time believing that Porsche would've gone under without the MX-5. Lotus being Lotus I could accept that argument with the Elise, but trying to convince me that the MX-5 saved Porsche is a hard sell. They already had gobs of heritage and the 911 would keep the bank account healthy. I don't think the Boxster was a sink-or-swim car for them...

 

[Famine]

911s weren't selling - Porsche had been in decline for years as their one-model line-up was failing to attract new buyers and I believe they were on the verge of a buyout by Volkswagen. The Boxster turned it all around for them, followed by the 996, followed by the Cayenne - and now they are the major shareholder in Volkswagen!

Porsche Sales: 1994-2004
1994 - 21,124
1995 - 19,262
1996 - 32,383 (Boxster released)
1997 - 36,686
1998 - 43,982 (996 911 released)
1999 - 48,797
2000 - 54,586
2001 - 54,234
2002 - 66,803 (Cayenne released)
2003 - 76,827
2004 - 88,379

Porsche had been in the red for each of the three years before the Boxster was launched - and they turned a profit for the 1996 financial year... The Boxster sold out its entire first year production run before it was even launched...

Had the MX-5 not brought open-top to the masses again, the Boxster might never have entered production - never mind the 996 that they were then able to release, or the Cayenne which is one of the most profitable cars ever made (which also means that the MX-5 is responsible for the Cayenne. Bad MX-5! Bad!) and Porsche would no longer exist as an independent entity.

 

[AlexGTV]

I will go with the GT-R (R35). There are about 10 other cars I highly value (NSX, Supra, RX-7, Evo, Impreza, R34 etc.) but the GT-R has that little extra something that does it for me.

 

[sumbrownkid]

The Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic which brought much mayhem to the American auto industry in the 70s as oil did.