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Japanese cars still waiting for consistent concours recognition
Amelia Island concours d’elegance founder Bill Warner called it “a coup for us,” the featuring of a Japanese car on the show field back...
Japanese classics showcased at Long Beach show
Tyson Hugie - 2
The Japanese Classic Car Show, known colloquially as JCCS, has established itself as the nation’s largest and most-renowned annual event centered specifically around vintage...
Fast and Furious: Film franchise ignited America’s interest in JDMs
It’s been about 20 years since the premiere of The Fast and the Furious, when we saw Vin Diesel in a classic Dodge Charger...
Drifting: Heritage and collectibility
(Editor’s note: During the month of January, the ClassicCars.comJournal presents a series of stories related to and perhaps explaining the recent increase in interest in collecting cars...
America’s largest inventory of JDM cars
(Editor’s note: During the month of January, the ClassicCars.com Journal presents a series of stories related to and perhaps explaining the recent increase in interest in collecting cars...
My addiction to classic Acuras
Tyson Hugie - 3
This month, I’ve put a “historic” Arizona license plate on my 1996 Acura TL since it was built in December 1995 and is hitting...
2000GT, Cosmo were early Japanese exotic sports cars
(Editor’s note: During the month of January, the ClassicCars.com Journal presents a series of stories related to and perhaps explaining the recent increase in interest in...
Interest, values boom as Datsun 240Z passes half-century mark with style
Bob Golfen - 15
The Datsun 240Z was a breakthrough for Japanese automakers, and just as it raised appreciation of performance cars from Japan a half century ago, it is leading the charge today for vintage Japanese collector cars.
How and why did Japanese cars become collectible?
Historians tell us that although Torao Yamaha built a steam-powered bus as early as 1904, the first made-in-Japan passenger car was the gasoline-fueled Takuri, produced by Komanosuke Uchiyama in 1907.