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The 10 Greatest JDM Cars of All Time

Our countdown of the Japanese cars that shaped driving culture.

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SIMPLE 10 / THE FEATURE

Your dream garage probably starts an argument. So does ours.

SIMPLE 10: THE 10 GREATEST JDM CARS OF ALL TIME.

10. Honda S2000 9. Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno 8. Nissan Silvia S15 7. Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5. Honda Integra Type R DC2 4. Mazda RX-7 FD3S 3. Honda NSX 2. Toyota Supra MK4 1. Nissan Skyline GT-R R34

The NSX could win on the car alone. The Supra owns a huge part of the tuning conversation. The R34 gets our top spot because it captures the dream.

We weighed cultural impact, character and lasting desire. This is our editorial ranking, built around the Japanese performance cars that shaped JDM culture. Photographs show representative cars, including export-market examples and modified cars.

One garage. One key. Which car are you taking, and what did we leave out?

Photos: Andrew Akabane / Unsplash (cover). Wikimedia Commons credits appear on each slide. BY 2.0: free photos & art, Jeremy, Liz Jones (crop by tmaull). BY 3.0: Pws. BY 4.0: ElHeineken. BY-SA 3.0: TTTNIS, Tennen-Gas. BY-SA 4.0: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, C0rbin99. CC0: TTTNIS, Guillaume Vachey. Public domain: IFCAR, X-Ray91270.

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