Classic Japanese Sports Cars

I came across an interesting car on (Phoenix) Craigslist and thought I would post it up here. The ad: Up for sale: 1978 Datsun 280Z. It’s a great car and I’m sad to have to sell it, but got bills

I have obviously covered quite a few of the Z cars in the past. There was this incredible 280z, and the whitewashed Shiro Z31. The 280zx was slotted inbetween the S30 cars and the Z31. It was code-named the S130,

I know, I know – I called it a Nissan and it’s really a Datsun. That’s definitely a conversation for another day. At least for now, let’s pretend like Datsun and Nissan are the same thing. Most of the classic

You know what was an amazing car? The Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. You could even argue this was the best Japanese car of the decade. After all, back in 1990, Mitsubishi set out to make this the JDM on everyone’s mind.

The second-generation Toyota Mr2s are known as being the “poor man’s Ferrari”. The 2nd gens were sold during the 10 year period from 1989-1999. For the US market, there was a normally aspirated version making 130 hp, and a turbo