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Japanese sports car models

All the Japanese sports cars on the site so far, grouped by brand. Each page covers every generation in its history, and goes deepest on the 90s cars: sourced specs, tuning information, body kit options and documented builds.

Tuned white Toyota Supra A80, front three-quarter view at night

Toyota

Toyota Supra

The Toyota Supra A80 is the car that made the 2JZ-GTE famous, and the engine returned the favour.

Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour graded.

Red Toyota MR2 SW20 G-Limited, front three-quarter view

Toyota

Toyota MR2

The Toyota MR2 put the engine behind the driver at a price ordinary buyers could reach, across three generations: the AW11, the SW20 and the ZZW30.

Photo: FotoSleuth, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour graded.

Red 1991 Honda NSX (NA1), front three-quarter view at the Toyota Automobile Museum

Honda

Honda NSX

The Honda NSX took on the mid-engine supercar with an aluminium body, a VTEC V6 and the idea that such a car could be driven every day.

Photo: ε…ˆεΎ“ιš—ε§‹, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour graded.

Silver Mazda RX-7 Spirit R (FD3S), front three-quarter view at the Mazda Museum

Mazda

Mazda RX-7

The Mazda RX-7 is the rotary sports car: three generations, all powered by an engine nobody else would commit to.

Photo: Aos.1905, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour graded.

Red 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, front three-quarter view

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi 3000GT

The Mitsubishi 3000GT, sold in Japan as the GTO, was the car that got everything: twin turbos, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering and aero that moved on its own.

Photo: Cutlass, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Colour graded.

More are on the way. The brand pages show which cars are next.