What's the quintessential Japanese car?

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 05/23/2015 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

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What car do you immediately think when you think about the JDM?

I think of the S15 Silvia.

The way I see it, JDM culture revolves around drifting, and the S15 is arguably the king of that scene. Another thing I think about is a car we, in the US, only see in pictures or video games, but never in real life. The S15 is also that.

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LongbowMkII > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:08

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:11

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RX7

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:11

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R34 GTR

mwoodski > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:12

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Honda Civic.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:14

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duurtlang > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:17

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A Kei car.

AM > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:19

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RX-7

TheHondaBro > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 05/23/2015 at 12:20

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Hnnng!!

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:28

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R34 GTR for a proper answer.

But I have a debatable answer, the Camry. Since it’s made in Japan and I’m sure it has a bigger presence than anything else you people will write on here.

Cé hé sin > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:36

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FTO.

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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 05/23/2015 at 12:37

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Actually the Camry is number 9 on the most American built car on sale right now, IIRC. So it’s higher than most “American” cars.

Burrito de EJ25 > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:39

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Nissan Skyline R34 GTR.

Japan is known for affordable cars that can taken on challengers typically assumed to be above their punching weight that are rarely ever bespoke. The GTR is built upon the quasi luxury Skyline platform, the STI, an Impreza, and the Evolution, a Lancer. These are laptops on wheels. But there is none more iconic than an R34 in Bayside Blue. There is no car that is more coveted by enthusiasts, either.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 05/23/2015 at 12:39

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Curses, foiled by facts.

not for canada - australian in disguise > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 12:57

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Steve in Manhattan > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 13:21

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GF’s late father (a Nissan mechanic) had one - a Nissan Bluebird:

carcrasher88 > duurtlang 05/23/2015 at 13:33

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Pretty much. Especially since pretty much every time a kei car is offered outside of Japan, it’s either got a larger engine stuffed under the hood, the body is stretched outside kei regulations, or both.

Milky > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 14:17

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Really, no one has said this yet?

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 14:31

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R34

SaveTheIntegras > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 14:52

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R34 GTR...

ReaperChief > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 05/23/2015 at 15:49

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I was thinking of this, the original Nissan Skyline, the Datsun Fairlady Z or the Miata..

MultiplaOrgasms > TheHondaBro 05/23/2015 at 16:19

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To me, Japan is a quintessentially quirky country, even more so than France perhaps. Inherently progressive yet very conservative at the same time, with just the right amount of tentacle porn. So the essential japanese car has to be progressive, advanced but also conservative, almost boring even and properly weird at the same time.

Enter the Toyota Sera.

It is a very unique and futurisic piece of design thanks to the McLaren F1-esque doors and the extraordinary amount of glass. You could even get it with a banging Super Live Surround Sound system and a pefume dispenser. But peel away that glorious body and the perfume dispensers and you’ll find that it is nothing more than a sleep-inducing Tercel underneath.

boxrocket > TheHondaBro 05/25/2015 at 14:41

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Autozam AZ-1.