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Supra TT
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RX-7 TT
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300zx TT
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5.19%
3000GT VR-4 TT
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5.19%
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18.18%
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Best Japanese SPORTS car in the mid-90s

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Old 09-25-06, 01:48 AM
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Default Best Japanese SPORTS car in the mid-90s

Just seeing what everyone thinks. Thier all turbo'd and were really king of the streets back then, and now none of them are even made, sad sad sad!

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Old 09-25-06, 02:01 AM
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What no NSX? That is my pick by the way.
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Old 09-25-06, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CK6Speed
What no NSX? That is my pick by the way.
I had to read the poll list three times to convince myself there really was no NSX listed!
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Old 09-25-06, 04:13 AM
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The R33 was a nice car but was never really on US shores. The NSX should be in that spot.
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Old 09-25-06, 05:04 AM
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you fawkers forgot the NSeX
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Old 09-25-06, 05:41 AM
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Who is the monkey who forgot the NSX? To say nothing of the shame of including the hopeless R33 GTR whilst forgetting the legendary Godzilla R32 GTR.
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As an early-to-mid-90's Japanese supercar it was hard to beat the Mitsubishi 3000 GT VR4. It had almost very conceivable gadget hung on it that the engineers could come up with. Folding metal roof, 4-wheel steering, 4-wheel discs with ABS, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin Turbos...even a dash-mounted switch that changed the sound of the exhaust coming out of the muffler. Needless to say, reparing this car after a significant accident was like working on a supercomputer. ( The Dodge Stealth Twin-Turbo was similiar but not quite as complex )
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Old 09-25-06, 06:09 AM
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N-S-X yeah, baby, yeah....
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Old 09-25-06, 06:37 AM
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I said Supra, probably RX7 would be next, then 300ZX then the 3000GT, but the 3000GT was way ahead of its time when it came out.
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I had to go with the 300zxtt. I was around 12 or 13 when i 1st saw that car I told everybody I was getting me one of those cars 1995 I got my 1st true car a Black 300zxtt with black leather t-tops and chrome wheels that was my 1st love. Plus the 300zxtt in 1990 came out whupping every bodies azz from the corvette to porsche.
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For me, it's got to be the Supra 6 speed TT, but the RX-7 has the best steering of the lot. Hey come over to England sometime, you will find the streets full of these monsters. I went to a show where they had around 250 Supras in a row. People are still importing these cars from Japan (used of course).
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No NSX????
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One more vote for the NSX
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The NSX should definitely be on there.

mmarshall is right, the 3000 GT was filled with technology, but is a pig to drive compared to an NSX. The NSX is in a different class; aluminum body & suspension, mid-engined, titanium connecting rods... a fabulous car.

A nice set of wheels really makes the NSX look great. Here is ours with 17"/18" 5Zigen FN01-RCs in machined aluminum finish. Even my Mom loves driving this car!!!!
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Old 09-25-06, 09:14 AM
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hahhah I was going to say NSX, also.

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