The 3.0 V6 VTEC equipped motor (variable valve timing was virtually unheard of back then) still only made around the same horsepower as the other JDM cars, but it was reliable and silky smooth. Honda wanted the NSX to be known as the first, true everyday sports car … that would be equally at home cruising on the highway, as it was showing the competition a clean tail as it disappeared up the road, all without needing big bucks spending on it every time you wanted to use it (unlike some of the Italian competition).īack in the day that they came up with this, Honda were a major player in the F1 circus, so they borrowed some of the tech, some of the knowledge and the odd facility to create the best non-European super car available. If you’re on the lookout for one, then it has to be in triple-five colors. The flat-four motor has a distinctive sound, and the big turbo just aided that, especially when the dump valve whooshed & whistled. The WRX stands for World Rally eXperimental, which gave you just a hint at the history behind it. Standard road going trim saw them knocking out between 247 – 276 hp, enough for most types of fun, but the WRX STi came with upgraded and tuned engines, better transmission and uprated suspension.
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These cars were made famous by the likes of Colin McRae and Richard Burns, two outstandingly talented WRC drivers that seemed to be able to make them fly. What can you say about these legendary Scoobies? The WRX STi (Subaru Tecnica International) was purely JDM only and not available outside of the country, although other versions eventually made it across to our shores. Thanks to some pretty lightweight engineering, the RX7 could push through 0-60 mph in just under six seconds, and go on to a max top speed of 155 mph. Added to that was some outrageous styling – all swooping curves, big rear wing and purposeful stance, the RX was more … different … than most of its contemporaries, even today, a nice example can still catch your eye. Thanks to the compact size, Mazda could fit the motor behind the front axle line, which gave the car near perfect 50:50 weight distribution, which of course helped to make the RX a great handling car. For a start, it used a rotary engine which was tiny (both physically and displacement) – just 1.3 liters, but it made some serious horsepower thanks to the twin turbos (the RX7 used the first ever mass produced sequential turbo system) between 247 – 276 hp depending on the exact spec. Produced between 1991 – 2002, the RX7 was different. Now … where did I leave my loan application form? Mazda RX7 If you’re in the market for one, don’t wait around too long because before you know it, your budget will have been blown, or your neighbor will have snapped it up.
The only real difference is that their prices are constantly and consistently rising – pristine examples of early JDM cars are beginning to fetch big money – partly down to rarity value, partly because of the their cult status among gearheads. The Best JDM Cars of The Ninetiesĭespite getting close to nearly thirty years old, you can still find a great number of these cars for sale. The other reason that the JDM cars found popularity is that they would cover around half the miles of their European and American cousins, so when the cars became available on the used market, you could find yourself with an excellent low-mileage example, and cars were traded quickly and often in Japan. Either because it was still in its infancy and not quite perfected, or as a way of keeping home market customers entertained and loyal whatever the reason, the cars generally had toys-a-plenty. Part of the reasoning behind the JDM cult is that these cars were quite often fitted with early technology that the manufacturers weren’t yet willing to release to the wider world. Many of the models may have gone on to be exported as a model variant, but the true definition of JDM means Japan-only, and they’re usually different (albeit only slightly) to the models that went on to be exported. To clarify, JDM cars were purely for the Japanese market, they weren’t exported, although there were private imports (when the cars reached a certain age).
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