Originally Posted by dannyroz
Dude, they are trying to compete with worlds best sports cars. Japan are very loyal to themselves and have a history of copying the best car designs and making it their own. Now that there are no HP restrictions in Japan, they are able to develop their cars to beat the M3s and AMGs of the world.
GTR was the first, fine...Ill agree that it has all the hypes first, but Japan is in a Sports car revolution just like we were 15 years ago. Plus, with the world economies getting very strong (India, China, Russia), more people can afford them. Honda and Toyota have gone way too long without a serious sports car and its about damn time.
I don't like Nissan designs but I have to say, at least they know there customers and give them what they want, when it comes to sport cars at least. Honda too now that I think of it, but Nissan is def sports car numba won  |
i second that, however I think the japanese manufacturers are over the blatant copying days, they're more about obsessive competition, and I think they're really coming into their own these days especially in terms of styling, eg. the rx-8, nobody saw that coming, the GT-R, the new EVO and its hatch, of course there is the exception of the impreza...