Sports Cars - Top 6 Japanese Sports Icons - Sports Cars

Sports cars are divided into three groups: muscle cars, European sports cars and Japanese sports cars. Japan has always built solid, concrete sports cars, perhaps not pretty (by our standards), but charming, sexy, and certainly exotic. Cars like Honda integra, Toyota Sprinter Trueno, Lexus LFA и Mitsubishi 3000GT. A car with thoughtful mechanics, meticulous tuning and impeccable aesthetics.

Some of them were good cars, others became real icons. Here's our list of the best Japanese sports cars of all time.

6 – Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution

Only "Evo or Mitsu, friends: Lancer is a real rally queen, as well as a cult car. All wheel drive, 2.0 turbo engine and 10 generations on the shoulders, complete with special editions in tow (remember the glorious Tommi Mäkinen). The Evo is not only a weapon capable of attacking any type of road at any time of the year, but also a fun, exciting and exciting vehicle, just like some other sports cars.

5 – Subaru Impreza

Sworn enemy of the agesShow It enjoys the same reputation as the rally replica, but its blue color with gold accents and the sound of a turbocharged four-cylinder engine make it truly unique. It won't be as sharp or edgy as the Mitsubishi, but it has a well-defined character and offers endless fun. We hope that this will continue for a long time.

4 - Toyota Supra

In Italy Toyota Supra there are almost no, if not rare, imported specimens. This car, however, is a real myth among Japanese sports cars, a myth fueled by video games (Gran Turismo telling you something?) and cult movies like The Fast and the Furious. Rear-wheel drive, 6 V3.0 engine and two large turbines - that's the recipe for victory. Engine power was limited to "only" 276 hp. (as with all jeps of the time), but given the ease with which it was crafted, nearly everyone produced a few hundred more.

3–Honda S2000

Few cars retain their appearance as well asHonda S2000. The Honda barchetta is very modern and also quite rare. And here the recipe is simple: rear-wheel drive, light weight and excellent manual transmission; but instead of two turbines, we find a 2.000 240cc naturally aspirated V-tec with 9.000 hp, capable of developing XNUMX XNUMX rpm. This vehicle is challenging to drive (short wheelbase requires attention), but the bike's offset and low center of gravity make driving extremely rewarding.

2 – Nissan Skyline R 34

La Nissan Skyline R34 in the late 90s, it was at the forefront: in-line six-cylinder 2,6-liter twin-turbo engine producing 340 hp, four-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering and advanced electronic traction control system (Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for all: electronic split torque). He has won all the winners in Japanese travel competitions and, like Supra, has become famous outside Japan for video games and movies. Unfortunately, it only exists with right-hand drive ...

1- Honda NSX

It could only be she, there Honda NSX, the best Japanese sports car. Central naturally aspirated 6-liter V3,2 engine, rear-wheel drive, aluminum chassis and racing suspension. Not only that, Ayrton Senna contributed to fine-tuning the chassis and tuning, so much so that the car's tuning was too extreme for less experienced drivers. In translation: noticeable oversteer when entering a corner.

All this caused a stir around the Honda supercar, turning it into a true legend. And that's beautiful too.