What is your favourite japanese car maker?

[freakonaleash1187]

definitely nissan for me, of course i love all the Z cars, they also make some pretty sporty sedans. toyota is a good fwd reliable company, same with honda. mitsubishi ruined the eclipse and the lancer is ok. mazda ruined the rx-8 and they really have nothing else sporty (unless you count the miata).

[blk_srt]

Originally Posted by Filthy Sanchez

My only problem with Mitsu was their lack of a good rear drive platform. Other than that I think they were pioneers in front biased all wheel drive platforms. I like that you mentioned the Galant, though it never came with a souped up version in the US, I think it was a good looking car until recently.

There is the early 90s galant vr4 that was in the us, awd 4g63t, not a slow car, basically an evo. I would have to say my favorite is mitsu as well

[twospirits]

Between the Japanese makers I would asy, Nissan (the Z, Xterra, Murano) and Subaru (Baja, Outback, Impreza WRX).

TS out

[YukiHime]

WHERE IS MY MITSUOKA?!
You can't just skip it because it is a small company that only makes hand made cars...!!

[Filthy Sanchez]

Originally Posted by YukiHime

WHERE IS MY MITSUOKA?!
You can't just skip it because it is a small company that only makes hand made cars...!!

Nobody skipped it, just most people like Nissan more that's all. Obviously you like them. All good. Even I listed Nissan, not so much for anything they make now as I think the G35, 350Z, Titan, Frontier, Armada, Murano, all are uglier than hell. Though the older Nissans I love all z cars up to the 300Z my ATF, hardbody trucks, older Skylines, yeah I love older Nissans.

[blakscorpion21]

1. toyota when they still had the supra, celica and mr2
2. nissan 350z's are badass

[Filthy Sanchez]

Just a side note yesterday I saw a Nissan Moreno parked in front of an AMC Gremlin, both facing the same way. And I'll be damned if they didn't have the same lines!

[Thepeug]

While I have tremendous respect for cars like the 300zx, S13, Supra, 2nd-gen Eclipse and early Miata's, I'm a Honda fan, mostly because I prefer all-motor to forced induction. The ability to build a high compression, high hp/liter motor that winds out to 9000 and still manages to be reliable is impressive.

[dimefury]

Originally Posted by slideways...

nissan
they have so many cars with such huge potential.
skylines/stageas
silvias/240s
Z-cars
sentra/g20/primera
who else has that many cars spanning so many years filling nearly every performance niche that exists, outperforming other cars in every category for a fraction of the price

You forgot the 510

By far i prefer nissans, but after that i would put them like this
1 Nissan
2 toyota
3 subaru
4 mitsubishi
5 mazda

and some where down here at the bottom, after isuzu
honda



72 Datsun 510
built L20b race engine
dual Dell'orto DHLA 40's

[BNaylor]

Nothing like the Nissan Z.

[RickwithaTbird]

Lexus

[HandofDoom]

Lexus baby.Some of the most well built and most technologically advanced cars on the on the market.So obviously I like Toyotas too.Then you got Nissans,gotta love the Z and the Maxima.

[Crazer]

Hard for me to decide between Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota.

[89Sunbird]

Toyotas, cause they are well-built, dependable vehicles that will last you forever...had an 86 Celica GTS that went to 200k before the engine blew...

[slideways...]

Originally Posted by dimefury

You forgot the 510

By far i prefer nissans, but after that i would put them like this
1 Nissan
2 toyota
3 subaru
4 mitsubishi
5 mazda

and some where down here at the bottom, after isuzu
honda



72 Datsun 510
built L20b race engine
dual Dell'orto DHLA 40's

sorry 510s are badass too, they are the precursor to the sentra/primera line. same with fairlady roadsters, precursor to the Z cars.

my rank
1. nissan
2. toyota
3. honda
4. (tie) subaru/mazda
5. tommy kaira (only this low because they have 2 cars)
6. mitsubishi (nothing they make, or have ever made, really excites me, apart from the evo)
7. ASL (only one car)


also who could argue with the r390 road car? no other japanese automaker comes close. even today nothing is close. when the new skyline and new lexus "supra" supercar comes out thats the first ones thatll even come close.