ERA 01
1960s
The Beginning of an Icon
名車の誕生
Expressways, a first generation of sports cars, and the confidence to look outward.
Permanent collection / Hall 01
01 / 04 — Headlight
日本車、その革新の歴史。
Landmark machines, engineering, design and motorsport — tracing the Japanese car culture that travelled the world.
Scroll to drive through the eras
002 — Prologue
One carcan definean era.
This archive collects cars born in Japan not as products, but as records of their time — from sports cars to sedans, kei cars, commercial vehicles and hybrids.
Years, chassis codes, engines, outputs — every figure shown is tied to a source; anything unverified is left out. Every photograph carries its own licence.
056 machines catalogued — the collection keeps growing
005 — In the collection
Hover to slow · click to open
2000GT
MF10 · 1967 · Toyota
MrWalkr / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Sports 800
UP15 · 1965 · Toyota
Ethan Llamas / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Celica (first generation)
A20 · 1970 · Toyota
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Corolla Levin / Sprinter Trueno (AE86)
AE86 · 1983 · Toyota
SprinterTrueno1985 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Supra (A80)
JZA80 · 1993 · Toyota
Falcon® Photography from France / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
MR2 (first generation)
AW10 · 1984 · Toyota
Joost J. Bakker from IJmuiden / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Century (first generation)
VG20 · 1967 · Toyota
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Toyopet Crown (first generation)
RS · 1955 · Toyota
先従隗始 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Land Cruiser 40 Series
J40 · 1960 · Toyota
Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Land Cruiser 70 Series
J70 · 1984 · Toyota
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Prius (first generation)
NHW10 · 1997 · Toyota
先従隗始 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
LFA
LFA10 · 2010 · Lexus
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
LS 400 (first generation)
XF10 · 1989 · Lexus
crash71100 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Fairlady Z (S30) / Datsun 240Z
S30 · 1969 · Nissan
Dllu / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Skyline 2000GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10)
PGC10 · 1969 · Nissan
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Skyline GT-R (R32)
BNR32 · 1989 · Nissan
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Skyline GT-R (R33)
BCNR33 · 1995 · Nissan
Charles from Port Chester, New York / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Skyline GT-R (R34)
BNR34 · 1999 · Nissan
Erik Drost / CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
GT-R (R35)
R35 · 2007 · Nissan
Pangalau / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Silvia (S13)
S13 · 1988 · Nissan
TKOIII / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
180SX
RS13 · 1989 · Nissan
Vauxford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
President (first generation)
H150 · 1965 · Nissan
Jones028 from Hong Kong / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Leaf (first generation)
ZE0 · 2010 · Nissan
EurovisionNim / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Patrol 60 Series
60 · 1960 · Nissan
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
S500
S500 (1963–1964) · 1963 · Honda
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
S800
S800 (1966–1970) · 1966 · Honda
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
N360
N360 (1967–1972) · 1967 · Honda
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Civic (first generation)
SB1 · 1972 · Honda
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
NSX (first generation)
NA1 · 1990 · Honda
Charles from Port Chester, New York / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Integra Type R (DC2)
DC2 · 1995 · Honda
先従隗始 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
S2000
AP1 · 1999 · Honda
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Beat
PP1 · 1991 · Honda
Guyon from Richmond, VA, United States of America / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Cosmo Sport (110S)
L10A · 1967 · Mazda
Aos.1905 / CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
RX-7 (first generation)
SA22C · 1978 · Mazda
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
RX-7 (third generation)
FD3S · 1991 · Mazda
Erik Drost / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
MX-5 (NA) / Eunos Roadster
NA · 1989 · Mazda
Vauxford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
RX-8
SE3P · 2003 · Mazda
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
787B
787B Group C prototype (1991) · 1991 · Mazda
victor miyakawa / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
360
Subaru 360 (1958–1971) · 1958 · Subaru
This picture has been taken by Oleg Yunakov. Contact e-mail: yunakovgmail.com. Image can be used in accordance with the terms of the СС-BY-SA license. Other photos can be seen here. / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Legacy (first generation)
BC · 1989 · Subaru
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Impreza WRX (first generation)
GC8 · 1992 · Subaru
MrWalkr / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Lancer Evolution VI
CP9A · 1999 · Mitsubishi
Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Pajero (first generation)
L040 · 1982 · Mitsubishi
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
GTO (3000GT)
Z15A · 1990 · Mitsubishi
Jacob Frey 4A / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Colt Galant GTO
A53C · 1970 · Mitsubishi
先従隗始 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
i-MiEV
i-MiEV (2009–2021) · 2009 · Mitsubishi
OSX / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Jimny LJ10
LJ10 · 1970 · Suzuki
Alexander Migl / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Cappuccino
Cappuccino (1991–1998) · 1991 · Suzuki
Oleg Yunakov / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Copen (first generation)
L880K · 2002 · Daihatsu
先従隗始 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
117 Coupé
PA90 · 1968 · Isuzu
TTTNIS / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
006Permanent collection
日本を象徴する、十台。
An editorial selection chosen for what each machine came to represent — not a ranking. Ten cars across different decades and categories.
N°01
Toyota
2000GT
MF10 · 1967–1970 · Sports car
N°02
Nissan
Fairlady Z (S30) / Datsun 240Z
S30 · 1969–1978 · Sports car
N°03
Nissan
Skyline GT-R (R32)
BNR32 · 1989–1994 · Sports car
N°04
Honda
NSX (first generation)
NA1 · 1990–2005 · Supercar
N°05
Mazda
RX-7 (third generation)
FD3S · 1991–2002 · Sports car
N°06
Toyota
Supra (A80)
JZA80 · 1993–2002 · Sports car
N°07
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution VI
CP9A · 1999–2001 · Sedan
N°08
Subaru
Impreza WRX (first generation)
GC8 · 1992–2000 · Sedan
N°09
Lexus
LFA
LFA10 · 2010–2012 · Supercar
JB64W · 2018–
Jimny (fourth generation, JB64)
N°10
Suzuki
Jimny (fourth generation, JB64)
JB64W · 2018– · Kei car
007 — Timeline
1950年代から、いまへ。そして未来へ。
ERA 01
The Beginning of an Icon
名車の誕生
Expressways, a first generation of sports cars, and the confidence to look outward.
ERA 02
Design Meets Engineering
デザインと技術の出会い
Long-nose coupés, compact economy cars and engineering shaped by emissions and oil.
ERA 03
The Technology Boom
技術の爆発
Turbochargers, electronic control, four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering — engineering became the headline.
ERA 04
The Golden Era
黄金期
An editorial name, not a verdict: the decade many enthusiasts associate with Japan's high-performance cars.
ERA 05
A New Century
新しい世紀
Hybrids went mainstream, luxury marques matured, and production spread across the globe.
ERA 06
Electric Beginnings
電動化の始まり
Mass-market EVs, a carbon-fibre V10 and the return of compact sports cars.
ERA 07
Today — and Tomorrow
現在、そして未来
Electrification, software and heritage: the archive continues to be written.
0081960s / Origin
高速道路と、最初の名車たち。
Motorisation began, and Japanese makers built their first cars that were meant to be talked about for how they drove.
Japan's first expressway, the Meishin Expressway, opened its first section near Osaka and Kyoto on 16 July 1963.
Source: Meishin Expressway — Wikipedia (English)In Japan, motorization progressed from shortly after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, as affordable mass-market cars spread to ordinary households from the late 1960s into the 1970s.
Source: モータリゼーション — ウィキペディア日本語版The Toyota Corolla went on sale in 1966, the same year the Nissan (Datsun) Sunny was introduced.
Source: トヨタ・カローラ — ウィキペディア日本語版The Tomei Expressway opened its first sections in 1968 and was completed in 1969.
Source: Tomei Expressway — Wikipedia (English)0091980s / Technology boom
技術そのものが、主役になった。
Turbocharging, four-wheel steering, electronically controlled AWD and variable valve timing — each dated from a cited source.
1979
The turbocharged 2.0-litre L20ET engine appeared in the Nissan Cedric and Gloria in 1979, the first turbocharged engine offered on the Japanese market.
Nissan Cedric — Wikipedia (English)1985
Nissan's HICAS rear-wheel steering was first fitted to the R31 Skyline (Japanese Wikipedia gives 1985; English Wikipedia cites the 1986 Skyline GTS).
HICAS — ウィキペディア日本語版1987
The third-generation Honda Prelude, released in Japan on 9 April 1987, offered a mechanical four-wheel steering system, described as the first of its kind in a mass-production passenger car.
Honda Prelude — Wikipedia (English)1989
Honda's DOHC VTEC was introduced in Japan in the 1989 Honda Integra XSi with the B16A engine.
VTEC — Wikipedia (English)1989
The R32 Skyline GT-R, launched in 1989, used the RB26DETT engine together with the ATTESA E-TS all-wheel-drive system and Super HICAS four-wheel steering.
日産・スカイラインGT-R — ウィキペディア日本語版010 — 1990s / Golden era
黄金期、と呼ばれる十年。
Skyline GT-R (R32) BNR32 — Calreyn88 / CC BY-SA 4.0
“Golden era” is an editorial label, not an objective verdict. Under the manufacturers' voluntary 280 PS limit, makers competed on engineering and character — traced here car by car.
Japan's automotive industry overtook the United States as the production leader during the 1980s and 1990s, producing up to 13 million vehicles per year.
Source: Automotive industry in Japan — Wikipedia (English)The Mazda 787B won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first Le Mans victory by a Japanese manufacturer.
Source: Mazda 787B — Wikipedia (English)The Toyota Prius, the first mass-produced hybrid car, went on sale in Japan in December 1997.
Source: Toyota Prius — Wikipedia (English)A new kei-car standard took effect in October 1998, and manufacturers introduced revised lineups simultaneously.
Source: Kei car — Wikipedia (English)After Nissan held its 1989 Fairlady Z (Z32), Skyline GT-R (BNR32) and Infiniti Q45 to 280 PS under administrative guidance, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association adopted 280 PS as the voluntary upper limit for domestic cars.
Source: 自動車馬力規制 — ウィキペディア日本語版XF10
LS 400 (first generation)
1989–1994
BNR32
Skyline GT-R (R32)
1989–1994
RS13
180SX
1989–1998
NA
MX-5 (NA) / Eunos Roadster
1989–1997
BC
Legacy (first generation)
1989–1994
NA1
NSX (first generation)
1990–2005
Z15A
GTO (3000GT)
1990–2001
PP1
Beat
1991–1996
FD3S
RX-7 (third generation)
1991–2002
787B Group C prototype (1991)
787B
1991–
Cappuccino (1991–1998)
Cappuccino
1991–1998
GC8
Impreza WRX (first generation)
1992–2000
CD9A
CD9A · 1992–1994
Lancer Evolution (first generation)
Lancer Evolution (first generation)
1992–1994
JZA80
Supra (A80)
1993–2002
BCNR33
Skyline GT-R (R33)
1995–1998
DC2
Integra Type R (DC2)
1995–2001
NHW10
Prius (first generation)
1997–2003
BNR34
Skyline GT-R (R34)
1999–2002
AP1
S2000
1999–2009
CP9A
Lancer Evolution VI
1999–2001
011 — Acceleration
000
Decorative readout — not vehicle performance data
走った記憶が、文化になる。
Hiroki_Hieda / CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
012Sports cars
走るために、つくられた。
From 1960s lightweight coupés to a carbon-bodied V10 — sports cars across the decades, in order. Scroll sideways.
All sports cars →1963
Honda
S500
S500 (1963–1964) · 1963–1964 · Sports car
1965
Toyota
Sports 800
UP15 · 1965–1969 · Sports car
1966
Honda
S800
S800 (1966–1970) · 1966–1970 · Sports car
1967
Toyota
2000GT
MF10 · 1967–1970 · Sports car
1967

Mazda
Cosmo Sport (110S)
L10A · 1967–1972 · Sports car
1969
Nissan
Fairlady Z (S30) / Datsun 240Z
S30 · 1969–1978 · Sports car
1969
Nissan
Skyline 2000GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10)
PGC10 · 1969–1972 · Sports car
1970
Toyota
Celica (first generation)
A20 · 1970–1977 · Coupé
1970
Mitsubishi
Colt Galant GTO
A53C · 1970–1977 · Coupé
1978
Mazda
RX-7 (first generation)
SA22C · 1978–1985 · Sports car
1983
Toyota
Corolla Levin / Sprinter Trueno (AE86)
AE86 · 1983–1987 · Sports car
1984
Toyota
MR2 (first generation)
AW10 · 1984–1989 · Sports car
1988

Nissan
Silvia (S13)
S13 · 1988–1993 · Sports car
1989
Nissan
Skyline GT-R (R32)
BNR32 · 1989–1994 · Sports car
1989
Nissan
180SX
RS13 · 1989–1998 · Sports car
1989
Mazda
MX-5 (NA) / Eunos Roadster
NA · 1989–1997 · Sports car
1990
Honda
NSX (first generation)
NA1 · 1990–2005 · Supercar
1990
Mitsubishi
GTO (3000GT)
Z15A · 1990–2001 · Grand tourer
1991
Honda
Beat
PP1 · 1991–1996 · Kei car
1991
Mazda
RX-7 (third generation)
FD3S · 1991–2002 · Sports car
1991
Suzuki
Cappuccino
Cappuccino (1991–1998) · 1991–1998 · Kei car
1992
Subaru
Impreza WRX (first generation)
GC8 · 1992–2000 · Sedan
1992
CD9A · 1992–1994
Lancer Evolution (first generation)
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution (first generation)
CD9A · 1992–1994 · Sedan
1993
Toyota
Supra (A80)
JZA80 · 1993–2002 · Sports car
1995
Nissan
Skyline GT-R (R33)
BCNR33 · 1995–1998 · Sports car
1995
Honda
Integra Type R (DC2)
DC2 · 1995–2001 · Sports car
1999
Nissan
Skyline GT-R (R34)
BNR34 · 1999–2002 · Sports car
1999
Honda
S2000
AP1 · 1999–2009 · Sports car
1999
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution VI
CP9A · 1999–2001 · Sedan
2002
Daihatsu
Copen (first generation)
L880K · 2002–2012 · Kei car
2003
Mazda
RX-8
SE3P · 2003–2012 · Sports car
2007
Nissan
GT-R (R35)
R35 · 2007–2025 · Supercar
2010
Lexus
LFA
LFA10 · 2010–2012 · Supercar
013Sedans
もうひとつの主役、セダンという文化。
Japanese automotive history is not only sports cars. Official state cars, family saloons and rally-winning sedans all belong here.
Luxury & state
Century (first generation)VG20 · 1967–1997Executive & family
Toyopet Crown (first generation)RS · 1955–1962Sports sedan
Skyline 2000GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10)PGC10 · 1969–1972Compact & hybrid
Civic (first generation)SB1 · 1972–1979014SUV / Off-road
道の、その先へ。
4×4 — 01
Toyota
Land Cruiser 40 Series
J40 · 1960–1984 · Off-road
Ladder frames, two-speed transfer cases, part-time four-wheel drive — machines designed to work in mountains, deserts and snow.
015Kei cars
小さな規格が、大きな文化になった。
The kei class is a vehicle category unique to Japan. Within fixed limits on size and displacement, it has produced sports cars, SUVs and working vehicles alike. The diagram traces the upper limits over time (sourced).
Subaru
360
Subaru 360 (1958–1971) · 1958–1971 · Kei car
Honda
N360
N360 (1967–1972) · 1967–1972 · Kei car
Suzuki
Jimny LJ10
LJ10 · 1970–1972 · Kei car
Honda
Beat
PP1 · 1991–1996 · Kei car
Suzuki
Cappuccino
Cappuccino (1991–1998) · 1991–1998 · Kei car
Daihatsu
Copen (first generation)
L880K · 2002–2012 · Kei car
Mitsubishi
i-MiEV
i-MiEV (2009–2021) · 2009–2021 · Electric
JB64W · 2018–
Jimny (fourth generation, JB64)
Suzuki
Jimny (fourth generation, JB64)
JB64W · 2018– · Kei car
016Engines
心臓部を、ひとつの展示として。
Engines are catalogued as exhibits in their own right, not as a line in a spec sheet. Codes, layouts and displacements are all sourced.
017Special engine stories
四つの技術、四つの思想。
01 / 04
ロータリー
Principle
A triangular rotor turns inside an epitrochoid housing; each flank completes intake, compression, combustion and exhaust as it sweeps around — no pistons, no valves.
On record
The Mazda Cosmo, produced from 1967, launched Mazda's Wankel rotary engine and was, along with the NSU Ro80, one of the first production cars with a two-rotor Wankel engine.
Mazda Cosmo — Wikipedia (English)The Mazda 787B No. 55, driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot, won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans; it was the first Le Mans win by a Japanese manufacturer and remains the only win by a car without a reciprocating engine.
Mazda 787B — Wikipedia (English)02 / 04
水平対向
Principle
Cylinders lie flat in two opposed banks, pistons moving towards and away from each other. The layout is low and short, keeping mass near the car's centre line.
On record
Subaru released the four-wheel-drive Leone station wagon in September 1972.
Subaru Leone — Wikipedia (English)Subaru won the WRC manufacturers' championship in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and its drivers won the drivers' title in 1995 (Colin McRae), 2001 (Richard Burns) and 2003 (Petter Solberg).
Subaru World Rally Team — Wikipedia (English)03 / 04
可変バルブタイミング
Principle
Two sets of cam lobes per cylinder: mild profiles for low-speed tractability, then a hydraulic pin locks the rockers onto a high-lift profile as revs rise.
On record
Honda's DOHC VTEC was introduced in Japan in the 1989 Honda Integra XSi with the B16A engine.
VTEC — Wikipedia (English)04 / 04
ターボチャージャー
Principle
Exhaust gas spins a turbine that drives a compressor on the same shaft, pushing more air into the cylinders than atmospheric pressure alone.
On record
The turbocharged 2.0-litre L20ET engine appeared in the Nissan Cedric and Gloria in 1979, the first turbocharged engine offered on the Japanese market.
Nissan Cedric — Wikipedia (English)018Japanese Domestic Market
国内仕様という、ひとつの市場。
JDM originally means the Japanese Domestic Market. It is not a synonym for every Japanese car, nor for a tuning style.
The term 'Japanese domestic market' (JDM) refers to Japan's home market for vehicles and vehicle parts; it is also used, inaccurately, for Japanese-built cars sold abroad. [Japanese domestic market]
This archive distinguishes domestic, North American and European specifications, and records names and specs per market rather than mixing them.
| JDM | Export names | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nissan Fairlady Z (S30) | ExportDatsun 240Z / 260Z / 280Z | Wikipedia (English) |
| Eunos Roadster / Mazda Roadster | Most marketsMazda MX-5United StatesMazda MX-5 Miata | Wikipedia (English) |
| Honda NSX | North AmericaAcura NSX | Wikipedia (English) |
| Toyota Celsior | ExportLexus LS 400 / LS 430 | Wikipedia (English) |
| Mitsubishi Pajero | North America, Spain, Latin AmericaMitsubishi MonteroUnited KingdomMitsubishi Shogun | Wikipedia (English) |
| Nissan Silvia / 180SX (S13, S14) | North AmericaNissan 240SXEuropeNissan 200SX | Wikipedia (English) |
| Mitsubishi GTO | GlobalMitsubishi 3000GTNorth AmericaDodge Stealth (1991-1996) | Wikipedia (English) |
| Subaru Legacy | AustraliaSubaru Liberty | Wikipedia (English) |
| Mazda Savanna RX-7 (later Efini RX-7) | ExportMazda RX-7 | ウィキペディア日本語版 |
| Honda Integra | North AmericaAcura Integra (later Acura RSX) | Wikipedia (English) |
| Toyota Celica XX | ExportToyota Celica Supra | Wikipedia (English) |
| Nissan Skyline (V35) | North AmericaInfiniti G35 | Wikipedia (English) |
019Export
日本から、世界の道へ。
Toyota showed the Toyopet Crown to U.S. dealers and media in August 1957; U.S. sales began on 10 July 1958, and 287 Crowns were sold by the end of that year.
Source: Toyota Motor North America — Wikipedia (English)From 1958 to 1986, Nissan's exported vehicles were identified by the Datsun brand; Nissan phased out the Datsun name in March 1986.
Source: Datsun — Wikipedia (English)Honda began selling passenger cars in North America in 1970 with the N600 sedan, through 32 dealers in the western United States.
Source: American Honda Motor Company — Wikipedia (English)In 1982 Honda began producing Accord sedans in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the first Japanese automaker to build cars in the United States.
Source: American Honda Motor Company — Wikipedia (English)Honda launched the Acura brand on 27 March 1986; it is described as the first Japanese luxury car brand.
Source: Acura — Wikipedia (English)Toyota's Lexus brand was launched with the LS in 1989; Lexus did not exist as a brand in Japan until 2005.
Source: Lexus — Wikipedia (English)Nissan's Infiniti brand began on 8 November 1989, initially in North America.
Source: Infiniti — Wikipedia (English)020Motorsport
競うために、生まれた。
Every win, title, driver and year is cited. Road-car specifications and competition-car specifications are kept separate.


The NSX GT1 and GT2 cars raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans were built from factory NSX-R shells.
Honda NSX (first generation)Won the inaugural Suzuka 1000 km in 1966.
Toyota 2000GTWon the 24 Hours of Fuji and the Fuji 1000 km in 1967.
Toyota 2000GTIn 1968 Mazda entered the Cosmo in the 84-hour Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring, with engines limited to 130 PS for durability; it was the Cosmo's only racing outing.
Mazda CosmoThe Mazda 787B No. 55, driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot, won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans; it was the first Le Mans win by a Japanese manufacturer and remains the only win by a car without a reciprocating engine.
Mazda 787BTook the overall win at the 1991 Spa 24 Hours.
Nissan Skyline GT-RA 787B driven by Johnny Herbert, Volker Weidler and Bertrand Gachot won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mazda 787BGazoo Racing entered LF-As in the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2008 and 2009; in 2009 car No. 14 finished 4th in the SP8 class.
Lexus LFAToyota won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row from 2018 to 2020 with the TS050 Hybrid, and again in 2021 and 2022 with the GR010 Hybrid.
Toyota GR010 HybridIt was the first Le Mans win by a Japanese manufacturer (the only one until Toyota in 2018) and remains the only win by a car without a reciprocating engine.
Mazda 787BMitsubishi's Dakar record with the Pajero totals 12 overall car-class wins and 150 stage wins.
Mitsubishi PajeroA Datsun 240Z driven by Shekhar Mehta won the 21st East African Safari Rally in 1973.
Nissan Fairlady Z (S30)Shekhar Mehta won the 1973 East African Safari Rally (WRC) in a Datsun 240Z.
Nissan S30Mitsubishi's Dakar Rally record, begun with a Pajero class win in 1983 and ending with its final wins in 2007, totals 12 overall wins in the cars category.
Mitsubishi PajeroAndrew Cowan won his class in a Pajero at the 1983 Paris–Alger–Dakar, beginning the Pajero's Dakar Rally record.
Mitsubishi PajeroCarlos Sainz won the 1990 World Rally Championship drivers' title in a Toyota Celica, Toyota's first world championship title, and won again in 1992.
Toyota in motorsportIn 1993 Juha Kankkunen won the WRC drivers' title and Toyota won the manufacturers' championship, the first Japanese manufacturer to do so; Toyota repeated the manufacturers' title in 1994 with Didier Auriol as drivers' champion.
Toyota in motorsportColin McRae scored Subaru's first overall WRC win in a Group A Legacy at the 1993 Rally New Zealand.
Subaru ImprezaCarlos Sainz gave the Impreza its first WRC win at the 1994 Acropolis Rally.
Subaru ImprezaSubaru won the WRC manufacturers' championship in 1995, 1996 and 1997, and its drivers won the drivers' title in 1995 (Colin McRae), 2001 (Richard Burns) and 2003 (Petter Solberg).
Subaru World Rally TeamThe Impreza won Subaru three consecutive WRC constructors' titles (1995–1997) and the 1995 drivers' title for Colin McRae.
Subaru ImprezaTommi Mäkinen won four consecutive WRC drivers' titles from 1996 to 1999 in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Mitsubishi won the manufacturers' title in 1998.
Tommi MäkinenToyota won the WRC manufacturers' title in 1999, its final season before withdrawing from the series.
Toyota in motorsportAfter returning to the WRC in 2017, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT won the manufacturers' title in 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; its drivers' champions were Ott Tänak (2019), Sébastien Ogier (2020, 2021) and Kalle Rovanperä (2022, 2023).
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRTKaoru Hoshino won the 1985 Division 1 class championship of the All Japan Touring Car Championship in a Corolla Levin.
Toyota AE86Chris Hodgetts won the British Touring Car Championship in 1986 and 1987 driving an AE86.
Toyota AE86In 1986 the AE86 won the European Touring Car Championship manufacturers' title with 267 points.
Toyota AE86Won all 29 Japanese Touring Car Championship races it entered, taking the series title every year from 1990 to 1993 (Group A).
Nissan Skyline GT-RWon the Bathurst 1000 in 1991 and 1992.
Nissan Skyline GT-RGroup A Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32) cars won the Japanese Touring Car Championship four years in a row and recorded 29 consecutive Group A wins.
Nissan Skyline GT-RHonda won its first Formula One race at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, with Richie Ginther driving the RA272 and leading every lap.
Honda RA272Finished third in the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji.
Toyota 2000GTKiyoshi Misaki took a class win at the 1972 Macau Grand Prix in a 1600GT.
トヨタ・セリカA limited NSX-R GT road version was approved to support homologation of the NSX race car in the JGTC/Super GT series.
Honda NSX (first generation)John Morton won the SCCA C Production national title in 1970 and 1971 in a Brock Racing Enterprises 240Z.
Nissan S30Mazda's 1989 GTUs limited edition commemorated the RX-7's eight straight IMSA GTU class wins from 1980 to 1987.
Mazda RX-7The GT-R won the GT500 class of the 2008 Super GT season.
Nissan Skyline GT-RAt the 1968 12 Hours of Suzuka, the No. 25 S800 of Racing Service Center finished 3rd overall and 1st in the GT-1 class.
Honda S800The Skyline 2000 GT-R (PGC10/KPGC10) reached its 50th overall race win in March 1972; the frequently cited '49 consecutive wins' figure is disputed among sources.
日産・スカイラインGT-RThe 787B debuted at the 1991 430 km of Suzuka.
Mazda 787BAkira Kameyama won the Open Class for production cars at the 1996 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in an R33.
Nissan Skyline GT-RAn LF-A prototype won the SP8 class at a Nürburgring 4-hour VLN race on 10 May 2008, finishing 77th overall.
Lexus LFA021Design
性能の前に、かたちがある。
The line a car draws against the sky — read first, remembered longest.
Wheelbase, overhangs and the position of the cabin set a car's character before any detail.
Headlamps and tail lamps are a car's face and signature at night.
Seat, wheel and instruments — the space where the driver meets the machine.
Needles, numerals and, later, screens: how a car speaks to its driver.
Steel, aluminium, carbon fibre — each era's materials leave their mark on form.
Air is the invisible designer of every fast shape.
FILMSCinema
動いてこそ、クルマ。
Films from official channels, quoted through YouTube's embed player. Nothing connects to YouTube until you press play.
HeritageOfficial channel
トヨタ 2000GT(前編)
A commentary on the Toyota 2000GT and the era it was born in, featuring the open-top Bond car from You Only Live Twice.
HeritageOfficial channel
【歴史】初代 #スカイライン GT-R(PGC10型)ヘリテージ映像
Archive heritage footage of the first-generation Skyline GT-R (PGC10), shown by Nissan for the GT-R's 50th anniversary.
MotorsportOfficial channel
[MS HISTORY] R32GT-R is back to circuit (1990)
Nissan motorsport history footage of the R32 Skyline GT-R racing version's 1990 shakedown as the GT-R returned to the circuit.
022 — Feature story
Created in 1949, the kei standard changed its limits step by step while bringing first cars to Japanese households. A story of the rules — and of the machines they produced.
Read the story →023 — The road goes on.
Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons024 — Engines · Interiors · Wheels · Motorsport · Details
S20 ENGINE
DETAIL · 先従隗始
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MAZDA 787B
MOTORSPORT · victor miyakawa
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MAZDA 787B
MOTORSPORT · Andrew Basterfield
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RALLY
MOTORSPORT · Neil
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RALLY
MOTORSPORT · Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England
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RALLY
MOTORSPORT · Kirche
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RALLY
MOTORSPORT · Kirche
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MITSUBISHI PAJERO 1ST GEN
MOTORSPORT · TTTNIS
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ROTARY ENGINE
DETAIL · Wikisympathisant
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RB26DETT ENGINE
DETAIL · Mr.choppers
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2JZ ENGINE
DETAIL · guyoniii
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VTEC ENGINE
DETAIL · Guyon from Richmond, VA, United States of America
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BOXER ENGINE
DETAIL · Morio
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HEADLIGHT
DETAIL · Tokumeigakarinoaoshima
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TAILLIGHT
DETAIL · R30
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TAILLIGHT
DETAIL · David Kernan
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WHEEL
DETAIL · Prova MO
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WHEEL
DETAIL · Shane K from Mississauga, Canada
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GAUGES
DETAIL · guyoniii
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GAUGES
DETAIL · 名古屋太郎
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INTERIOR
DETAIL · dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada
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INTERIOR
DETAIL · Lothar Spurzem
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CIRCUIT
ATMOSPHERE · Hiroki_Hieda
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CIRCUIT
ATMOSPHERE · gundam2345
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ROAD
ATMOSPHERE · Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan
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ROAD
ATMOSPHERE · aotaro
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ENDURANCE
MOTORSPORT · Martin Lee from London, UK
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BADGE
DETAIL · dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada
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BADGE
DETAIL · 先従隗始
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MOTOR SHOW
ATMOSPHERE · Ryosuke Yagi
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HEADLIGHT
DETAIL · Calreyn88
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TAILLIGHT
DETAIL · Calreyn88
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TAILLIGHT
DETAIL · Calreyn88
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