I think the millenium, brought about deaths for us all. The declining popularity of the high-end japanese sports-car market killed off alot of the cars people long for and worship today. I have to say the 'supercars' we all came to love and know were mostly the:
-Mitsubishi 3000GT
-Toyota Supra
-Nissan Skyline GT-R's
-Honda/Acura NSX
-Nissan 300ZX
-Mazda RX-7
and even if you think about it,
-Subaru Impreza WRX STi's and
-Mitsubishi Evolution's
But even though that now, every second car we see is a friking Dodge Caravan, some of these giants are still around... But all the cars that are back again, i have come to notice --except the ones with a rally background-- are all... TURBOLESS! as i'll tell you now:
-Mitsubishi 3000GT - gone
-Toyota Supra - gone, but all concept rumours are N/A
-Nissan Skyline GT-R's - R34 stopped production mid 2000, but skylines are back in their non- GT-R models as what we know to be the Infiniti G35 with its N/A V6.
-Honda/Acura NSX - are still here even after megere sales with their N1 quality 291 hp N/A V6s.
-Nissan 300ZX- Back as the 350Z feature another N/A 280 hp V6
-Mazda RX-8's (new RX-7 name)- with the new generation rotary engine - RENESIS a new N/A ver with about 220 hp
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And as I mentionned, the only 'supercars' of the 90's that have stayed true to their Turbo heritage are the new:
-8th gen WRX STi witha heathy 0-60 in just below 5 seconds, turbocharged boxer-4 DOHC with a nice 300 hp.
- and the new Mitsubishi Evolution (its really the evo VIII but they took the numeral's out of the name for this gen) with a suprisingly low, but still respectable turbocahrged Inline-4 DOHC 271 hp.
I have to say, these cars have struggled to survive, but will never be the same. The japanese supercars will never again be like those we used to know, especially without their boost.