The rebirth of the Japanese supercar?

JHMEG

Good to see the Japanese coming back into the Supercar arena. They haven't produced a supercar since the NSX stopped production:

Nissan GT-R (note, not Skyline). 450bhp twin turbo V6, 4WD.
Apparently Nissan are looking to set a new record on the 'ring:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/spyshots/210647/nissan_gtr.html

Honda/Acura Advanced Sports Concept. Muled up to look like an S2000:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallpapers/Videos.aspx?AR=225823&CT=V
5.0-5.5 litre V10, 550bhp+. RWD. Front engined. Look not decided upon. By jebus it looks fast. IMHO this is not the new NSX.

Lexus LFA. This actually sounds like an F1 car! Front engined. 5.0 V10, 500bhp+.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShrOWznZbns

Toyota FT-HS. A long way to go before production tho:
3.5litre V6 hybrid! 400bhp.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4210242.html

Honda HSC. Mid-engined V10. This was rumoured to be the new NSX. Looks like it'll not make production.
http://cars.ign.com/articles/457/457081p1.html

Blitzkrieger

I'll have a GT-R please.......take the right kidney.

cancan

C_Breeze

Oh my god, I never ever thought that they could make the STI impreza good looking ... especially after all the criticism the new fastback shape received .. I was thinking there was no possible way they could ever make it meaty and aggressive but they have done it.

Id take it over the evo 10 anyday.

- hardly a supercar though

Andrewf20

I dont rate the looks of the GT-R at all.

Gatster

I'll probably take the Lexus, but not at whatever daft price they want for it. More Impreza shots here btw.

--Kaiser--

C_Breeze wrote:

Oh my god, I never ever thought that they could make the STI impreza good looking ... especially after all the criticism the new fastback shape received .. I was thinking there was no possible way they could ever make it meaty and aggressive but they have done it.

Id take it over the evo 10 anyday.

- hardly a supercar though

I disagree, probably the most hideous Impreza I've seen, they've turned it into a Golf

AntiVirus

The Lexus does sound good in that video clip,

Lexus or GT-R ???

Lexus for me

JHMEG

The Lexus would be the one I'd pick for now. Looks super and that V10 engine sounds awesome.

The Honda might be the trump card tho when we see what it looks like. The "S2000" on the track looked very fast. Remains to be seen what it will look like tho. The original concept car didn't go down too well aparently. Looks better than the Audi R8 imho:

Barr

that impreza looks suspeciously like a 1 series (not a good thing)

unkel

Barr wrote:

that impreza looks suspeciously like a 1 series (not a good thing)

Dunno about a 1 series look-a-like but Lexus and Subaru copying the "Hofmeister kink" is generally a pathetic "me wants to like like that too!" imho

More confident manufacturers don't have to resort to copying tactics like that...

JHMEG

C'mon unkel, who were BMW coping when they incorporated it into their designs all those years (41) ago (and gave it a name)? It appeared according to wikipedia at least 10 years before BMW copied it.

And has been used on tons of cars. It's a bit like saying every convertible is a "me too" to the first one all those years ago. BMW, like Lexus and Subaru in this instance, obviously felt it looked good.