Top 16 Japanese Cars That Need To Make A Comeback


Honda Prelude

The Prelude was a victim of Honda’s own success, in a way, stuck somewhere between the Civic and the Acura Integra.

Forget that for a moment and look at it for what it is: a two-door car with just enough sportiness to be entertaining, just enough luxury to get you through your 30s, and enough frugality and reliability to satisfy your inquiring accountant.

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Mazda RX-7/8

So much of Mazda’s history is wrapped up in rotary engines (for the unaware, that’s the «R» in RX), it’s hard to fathom the company getting by without one. But as with the Nissan/Datsun 510 above, Mazda’s not stupid.

It’s dropping plenty of hints that it’ll bring it back.

Whether that means the return of the RX-7 or RX-8 remains to be seen, but we’ll wait with fingers crossed, just in case.

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