The Most Iconic Street Racing Cars – Which Japanese sports car would you have in your lottery winning garage? Honda NSX or Nissan Skyline GT-R? Mazda RX-7 or Toyota Supra? Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution or Subaru Impreza WRX? We debated this matter for hours before boiling down to the following list. They include the fast and the furious, but also the affordable and unusual.
You’ll notice that we’ve excluded hot hatches – that’s a whole different discussion – and, for the most part, we’ve limited ourselves to one example of each type. Start your engines…
The Most Iconic Street Racing Cars
This stunning example of the first R model was recently sold at Collector Cars for £160,000. That seems pretty impressive for a 26-year-old Honda, until you realize that only 483 were made – all for the Japanese market. The NSX-R weighs 120kg less than the standard car, with carbon-kevlar seats, …