Question of the Week: what is the best Japanese sports car from the ‘90s?

It’s 2024. Why are you still dreaming about a selection of crummy Japanese metal from a bygone era? Probably because it was a decade of complete blank-page lunacy from some of the world’s most sensible manufacturers in what was effectively an automotive Cold War. And the results were… spectacular.

Toyota put its extensive knowledge of the fundamentals into creating the street-conquering A80 Supra. At the same time, the Celica GT-Four ran riot in the World Rally Championship and the scissor-doored Sera stole everyone's hearts. Just not enough to warrant many sales, sadly.

Meanwhile in Yokohama, three generations of the Nissan Skyline GT-R bore fruit (R32-R34) to spearhead its line-up, which also consisted of the Pulsar GTI-R and one of the drift world’s most fabled conductors in the 240SX.

Over at Honda, the senior boffins were listening intently to Ayrton Senna’s commands and prepping the first-generation NSX to do battle, while the interns spent their time revealing the very first Civic and Integra Type R models to the world.

Mazda always preferred to take the unorthodox route, posting a 1991 Le Mans win with the spine-tingling 787B, and then finding time to roll out the equally spine-tingling, rotary-powered FD3S RX-7.

In the midst of all that, Mitsubishi and Subaru were fighting tooth and nail with their Impreza and Lancer Evolution models, with the 3000GT and the Eclipse providing further backup for the red corner.

Unfortunately, we’d be here all day if we were to list every single great from the fabulous period of ‘90s Japan. Instead, we leave you, the readers, with the ultimatum. Cast your vote in the comments below, and keep an eye out for the result announcement on Friday!