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The Lexus IS badge simply didn't exist in Japan when this car launched in October 1998 — Lexus itself had no Japanese de...

The Toyota Aristo and the Lexus GS300/GS400 share the same platform and bodyshell — identical panels and chassis underne...

The first-generation Nissan Cefiro (chassis code A31), built from 1988 to 1993, was marketed as a rear-wheel-drive luxur...

The Nissan Pulsar GTI-R exists purely because of motorsport regulation: to qualify the N14 platform for Group A World Ra...

Enthusiasts often describe the first-generation Stagea (WC34) as a "Skyline estate," and the description is more literal...

Long before Junction Produce body kits and slammed suspensions became synonymous with Japan's VIP (bippu) scene, the Nis...

No manufacturer has won the Dakar Rally as many times as Mitsubishi, and the Pajero — sold in some markets as the Monter...

The Mitsubishi FTO never got an official export badge campaign the way the Eclipse or Lancer Evolution did, which left i...

Few pairings capture Honda's early-1980s engineering playfulness quite like the City Turbo and its optional companion, t...

The Honda Prelude occupies an interesting spot in JDM history: less mythologized than the NSX or Civic Type R, but genui...

Most enthusiasts credit the Impreza WRX STI as the car that put Subaru's motorsport division on the map, but the groundw...

Before it was simply the "Miata" or "MX-5" worldwide, the car that revived the lightweight roadster as a viable modern c...

Before the RX-7 made Mazda's rotary engine famous worldwide, the Savanna RX-3 had already made rotary history in Japan: ...

Where the AE86 built its legend on low weight and modest power, the Nissan Fairlady Z32 — sold overseas as the 300ZX — t...