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mAdD INDIAN

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The best overall Japanese sports cars?? So we include fun-to-drive, power, reliablility, handling prowess, and ability to handle more power??


Simple. It ain't a Nissan nor a Toyota. Only one car is a true sports car out of those options, the Mazda Miata. It is the purest sports car available from Japan.

EDIT: I would add the original 240Z, but thats not in production anymore.
 
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IMO it's a toss up between the NSX and the Skyline. Both have their points. The Z has the best lineage probably though.

Anyone who's seen the new Rx-8 knows it such a sweet car for the price.

Oh ... wait for the next gen NSX.
 
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definitely a toss up between the skyline gt-r and the toyota supra. i think the supra is the overall better car though.
 
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Mrfrog840

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1993 rx7 TT with the veilside body kit=ownage

nissan skyline... please have to gut em out just to get them here. or you can pick up an rx7 thats really light and beat all these cars
 
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WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
6) Best looking car on that list (S14 and S15 at least). Not ugly like Skyline!
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whooooooooooa there buddy!


gtr > fd3s > supra > nsx > s2k > z > silvia!
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Are you kidding me? The latest Skyline GTR is ugly as hell. Boxy like a Volvo. The one before was beautiful, but it looked like an S14 anyway. I don't know what an fd3s is. Supras look very nice though, NSX is not pretty by any stretch of the imagination, and neither is the S2k. Current Z doesn't look nice, previous Z looks good but not that good, and the older ones looked like crap.


http://velocity.isfaster.com/drift/cars/s15.gif
 
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BruinEd03

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Ford Pinto...of course it's neither Japanese, sporty, nor really much of a car for that matter.

-Ed
 
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Kelvrick

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Skyline GTR or the RX-7. The RX-7 was engineered to beat the NSX in every way possible.
 
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UNCjigga

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NSX. The standard by which V6-powered sports cars were judged all throughout the 90s.
 
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LeeTJ

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240zx. there were same bad incarnations (280zx for example) but the original was SWEET>
 
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psteng19

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
you could add Mitsu Evo...
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Do they have a 2 door version?
I would think of it as more of a rally bred car than pure sports.
 
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Kelvrick

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Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Skyline GTR or the RX-7. The RX-7 was engineered to beat the NSX in every way possible.
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except on reliability.
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:) You got me there. With the price difference though, you could easily afford a few engine rebuilds. They're both very find cars and I would personally choose the NSX if I could get either one for free, but I'd say that the RX-7 is the better sports car.
 
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mAdD INDIAN

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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Skyline GTR or the RX-7. The RX-7 was engineered to beat the NSX in every way possible.
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except on reliability.
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:) You got me there. With the price difference though, you could easily afford a few engine rebuilds. They're both very find cars and I would personally choose the NSX if I could get either one for free, but I'd say that the RX-7 is the better sports car.
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Aren't used NSXs in the 20k range? How much are RX-7s? Either way, if it was my money, I'd prefer a Miata.
 
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Kelvrick

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Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Skyline GTR or the RX-7. The RX-7 was engineered to beat the NSX in every way possible.
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except on reliability.
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:) You got me there. With the price difference though, you could easily afford a few engine rebuilds. They're both very find cars and I would personally choose the NSX if I could get either one for free, but I'd say that the RX-7 is the better sports car.
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Aren't used NSXs in the 20k range? How much are RX-7s? Either way, if it was my money, I'd prefer a Miata.
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Yea, for like a 91 or so with a whole lot of miles, you could get it in the upper 20's.
 
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isekii

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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Skyline GTR or the RX-7. The RX-7 was engineered to beat the NSX in every way possible.
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except on reliability.
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:) You got me there. With the price difference though, you could easily afford a few engine rebuilds. They're both very find cars and I would personally choose the NSX if I could get either one for free, but I'd say that the RX-7 is the better sports car.
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Aren't used NSXs in the 20k range? How much are RX-7s? Either way, if it was my money, I'd prefer a Miata.
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Yea, for like a 91 or so with a whole lot of miles, you could get it in the upper 20's.
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93's with like 70-80k miles are like 24-26k
 
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Salvador

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The 240 and 260z's were nice. The rest was down hill after that IMO.

I had a friend with a modded 260Z that had a reworked head, cam and exhaust that was pretty nice. Nice lightweight, good handling, quick car with styling robbed from a Jag E Type or Ferrari GTO.

I also liked the early Z's that had the small block V8's transplanted in them. :p

my friend still has his early '80s Datsun 240z!!
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Huh? That would be the 280ZX, not the 240z. Those were early 70's.

Sal
 
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Ns1

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
6) Best looking car on that list (S14 and S15 at least). Not ugly like Skyline!
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whooooooooooa there buddy!


gtr > fd3s > supra > nsx > s2k > z > silvia!
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Are you kidding me? The latest Skyline GTR is ugly as hell. Boxy like a Volvo. The one before was beautiful, but it looked like an S14 anyway. I don't know what an fd3s is. Supras look very nice though, NSX is not pretty by any stretch of the imagination, and neither is the S2k. Current Z doesn't look nice, previous Z looks good but not that good, and the older ones looked like crap.


http://velocity.isfaster.com/drift/cars/s15.gif
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fd3s = rx7

mmmmmmmmm gtr
uNF uNF uNF
nice interior to boot


always nice ;)
 
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mAdD INDIAN

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Are we basing this only on looks? If so, I vote the R33 GTR and the RX-7 as the best looking sport cars (or just cars in general) from Japan.
 
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magomago

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Always have loved the Supra - always will love it

I personally think the Supra looks the best out of all of them.

I LOVE the "ass" of the supra....its sooo awsome.

Though they are remaking it the ass of it doesn't look as appealing as before.


haha sorry for using 'ass" but I just can't think of the right word at this moment
 
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