What's your favorite 80s Japanese a e s t h e t i c car? Mine's the Starion/Conquest.
Same.
>>17564493
Celica Supra
>dat straight 6
>>17564493
R31 Skyline hardtop sedan
>>17564588
Is there really no B-pillar?
ソアラ
This really needs to come back. The accord coupe has been axed for 2018 and the type R isn't really competing against the BRZ or the 86.
スカイラインハッチバック
ソアラとレパード
>>17564493
>>17564509
Same as fuck famalam
Soarer Aerocabin. Because if you go to the height of the Japanese car industry, you gotta go luxurious and you gotta go rare features.
>>17564648
I never knew how much I wanted that until I knew it existed.
>>17564596
Yes there really isn't. My friend owned one when I was in high school.
>>17564696
id give my left nut for one of those. I think they came in auto only, but im sure an r154 manual tranny swap would be possible.
>tfw R31 GTS-R
>tfw Subaru XT
>tfw popup Ludes
>tfw S110 Silvia hatch
>tfw Pulsar EXA
Nigga, you just can’t make me choose
My family used to have a cressida wagon when i was younger with the holo dash. It was something else. Always wanted to get one and put a 2j in it.
>>17564806
>S110 Silvia hatch
Literally the only S chassis I would want to own.
>>17564806
>Subaru XT
Why can't I find one of these anywhere? Were they not sold in North America? Wikipedia says they were, but I've never seen one for sale.
>>17564912
nigga that's a 90's car
>>17564900
I want a 4wd xt so fucking bad
>>17564493
don't know much else other than that it was supposed to compete with the corvette
The real question is, MR2 or Mk2 Supra
>>17564790
I don't know, to me it's a comfy cruiser. Would rather add the equally rare air suspension.
I really like the first gen Legend
A60 Celica.
well heres all 3 in one pic
Id say SA/FB RX-7 but I consider that a 70s car
>>17566693
ayy I had a 83 GT same color
know what
fuck Skylines
this shit right here is where its at
Either this or a 3000GT.
>>17564900
They were sold here they are just super hard to find. I almost bought one a couple of years ago for $1400, FWD, N/A, manual. I have seen some others on Craigslist occasionally.
>>17564900
They're one of those cars that are rare but also don't hold too much value to the people who have them who aren't trying to flip them to le vaporwave teens. I saw one in my area for $1000 that the guy was dailying as a beater.
Just need to be patient and look, also be prepared for a complete lack of any kind of aftermarket or other cars to cannabalize.
The Impulse was peak 80s Japanese aesthetic.
>>17566840
Very few of these were sold here back in the day
I've always wanted to see one but i think they're all gone
Beep beep
>>17566866
Indeed, at least in the US and Canada they were sold but are SUPER rare. If I ever found a decent one I'd buy in a heartbeat to restore: it's a far-future classic. Super under-appreciated car.
May make more sense to import JDM and graft on a LHD steering assembly and dash.
>>17566884
I'm from Paraguay, the official Isuzu importer sold only a handful and now all of them disappeared
>>17565350
Well the Z cars in general are more like the Japanese answer to Corvettes and Mustangs. Been around for ages, sold well, sold as sports cars, but they aren't particularly fast.
>>17566881
<<<SUPER TURBO>>>
>>17566905
ALTO WORKS
I really like the AE86 since before it was a meme.
*overtakes everyone in this thread*
Behold the rotary Kei van godmachine.
>>17566894
Is it true that Paraguay is a free for all for vehicle imports?
I'm in Peru with a bike from Canada, and while I don't think I'll have trouble selling to a tourist in Bolivia, I've heard it's an option to sell anything from anywhere in Paraguay?
>>17566954
Yes
There are a lot of JDM cars coming in from Chile, with LHD swaps
Vitzes, multiple Corolla variations and many weird things are sold for less than 3000$
The Corolla successor, while wrong wheel drive, should've been Shinji's car instead of yet another AE86. It would be symbolic of their age differences, and how the AE86/RWD is dated compared to the newer AE92/FWD.
I love the MZ20 Soarer, there is just something about the design that I absolutely love.
GOAT inc
>>17567810
Bimmerfags should stay in their containment thread
>>17567904
Older Mitsubishis are handsome as fuck.
>>17566902
they're not meant to be fast, they're meant to be cheap, reliable, low-maintenance and fun to drive
>Favorite 80s jap aesthetics
All of it.
>>17567016
I feel like an aw11 would've been a way waaaaaaayyy better and more interesting matchup due to similar weight, identical engine, and contrasting drivetrain layouts
so 80s and so perfect without needing any body kits
>>17568151
It's weird having grown up when these cars were still on the road. Most of the cars posted in this thread are fuck ugly with some exceptions. Honda hit a low after the 70s designs for the most part, and in general, all these cars look like cheap shit in person.
>>17568219
>all these cars look like cheap shit in person.
Compared to what?
>>17568232
The cheap shit made in the 70s and the cheap shit today. They feel like they're made of paper and the interiors are ass. It's not even endearingly bad like a british roadster.
>>17564493
>>17566530
I have no problem with the auto, I was just speculating that a swap could be done. im just happy the had the 7m-gtte engines.
>>17568192
gonna have to agree with you there
>>17566840
muh nigga
>>17568243
80s cheap shit is relatively good looking compared to 90s and 00s cheap shit.
>>17566828
This, however the aftermarket isn't completely barren. The neat thing about Subaru is they didn't really change parts much in between the EA82 and the 1G Legacy/Impreza so it turns out a lot of suspension goodies and drivetrain components can be retrofitted fairly easily, at which point you have all the performance aftermarket of an Impreza with the A E S T H E T I C of an XT.
Should you go this route, be patient and wait for a 4WD/AWD XT to pop up, makes retrofitting a lot easier.
>>17568528
>Toyota optioned enkeis
MY
FUCKING
NIGGA
>>17564493
Z20
Shame these were never sold in the US, love those strong lines
>>17569511
>>17568180
Yeah except for the fact that there were already two MR2s driven by Kai, and they both *snappu*d, just like the NSX. So the race would basically go "huh he's as fast as I am, this is close, OH LOOK THERE ARE SOME LEAVES YAY I WON".
>>17564843
fuck you
>>17569583
zzw30 was such a useless race lol and tfw takumi won BECAUSE OF LEAVES. I feel like the sw20 race was legitimately one of the ones he should've lost
Cosmo
>>17566752
This guy knows
>>17567904
hhnnnngg
Younger brother is also good
>BRO
>>17570718
Some guy on /o/ theorized that all the stories are told by Itsuki, and he comes up with asspulls as to why Takumi won.
>there was this dude with an mr2 that was kicking dagumi's ass!
>but dagumi won because he also did jampu and the other guy snap oversteered on leaves
I'd say stage 3 was the last of the canon battles and everything after was Itsuki's fan fiction.
kinda want a mark 3 zoopra. are they good and reliable or shitty? what should i look out for?
>>17572913
They are extremely heavy and extremely weak, and the turbos (maybe all of them, but the article only mentioned the turbos) are prone to suffer from premature head gasket failure as the engine block wasn't torqued down tight enough.
>>17564493
90's jap cars have an unredeemable economy shitbox look to them. Everyone knows Germans owned 90's in terms of design aesthetic. America owns it now.
>>17573463
oh my god i had no idea those cunts weigh that much. the fucking autos can be 2 tons apparently.
what is a different cheap wedgemobile then?
>>17573664
the A70 is the reason "poopra" is a word. Even the A80 is extremely heavy, and I need to ask why? There's no way the 2JZ is that heavy. There's no way an RWD drivetrain is that heavy. A fucking Crown Vic weighs less than it.
As for cheap wedges, Z31. They can be had for a few grand for non-turbos, and despite being very rare, the Shiros go for around 5-6 K. Like the poopra, they are heavy and underpowered, but unlike the poopra, they aren't *that* heavy and they aren't *that* underpowered. For instance, a Shiro is 200HP at 3000 pounds, an A70 is 230HP at 4000 pounds.
>>17573498
But it looks like a Z32
>>17570886
Isn't the Mazda Cosmo a better RX-7? Tri-rotor engine with a body that weighs roughly the same? And for a chance, this rotary could actually produce torque, 280 foot pounds at only 1800 RPM?
>>17572289
I like this theory. I will use this theory.
>>17566821
I finally found one of these in my area in pearl white and want it so bad. I just have to call my insurance company and see how much they will rape me for it.
>>17573694
>The 2JZ isn't that heavy
Nigga it's a fucking cast iron block. It weights somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 pounds.
>>17573849
That generation of the Cosmo didn't have an option for a 3 rotor engine, the jc Cosmo is the one that had the 20b. While the jc Cosmo had the 3 rotor it only came with an automatic transmission and the fuel economy was late 60's muscle car bad.
>>17564493
why would you want the asian ripoff of knight rider?
Probably the ra65 celica notchback. I need one so bad.
>>17568612
>>17574465
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/d/subaru-xt-turbo-awd-coupe/6222472265.html
>>17570886
>>17574600
>not posting the stereo
Here is my 1982 Mazda 626. Only 126,000 original miles on it and its got some rust spots but its still a good running little puddle jumper. Sorry for the driving lights, I work nights and in rural areas so extra light is needed.
>>17568192
>>17568528
I love the look of the car.
>>17574809
Everything in this image is pure sex
I love Japanese cars from the 80s, but I'm completely fucking sick of the word "aesthetic."
>>17564493
Inb4 plebs think this is an R31
>>17567560
This thing IS the japanese foxbody
>>17570158
Sorry you disagree mate.
S10's are just too obscure and underpowered, S12's look too weird, S13 coupes are alright, but S13 hatchbacks are too weird.
S14 and S15 are way too boyracer for me.
>>17576542
Pulsar?
you cant beat this design