Profesoruツ Posted October 27, 2023 Posted October 27, 2023 Calling the peak of anything requires hindsight. Which is what has led to the widespread belief that the Japanese auto industry reached its pinnacle in the late 1980s, that era exemplified by the number of sports cars making their debuts in the bi-annual Tokyo auto show. At the 1989 show, the first held at the vast Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, the list of sports car debutants included the original Acura NSX, Mitsubishi GTO, Subaru SVX, second-generation Toyota MR2, and the adorable Suzuki Cappuccino kei-roadster, plus numerous forward-looking concepts. (The Mazda Miata, which made its Japanese debut, had already been shown in Chicago.) Yet the renamed 2023 Japan Mobility Show has got the record of its 1989 predecessor well and truly beaten. This is one of the most sports-car-heavy auto shows of all time, Japan’s manufacturers seemingly vying to present their own visions of a (mostly) electrified performance future. Not everything is going to make it to production, and of those that do, not all will make it to the U.S. But we will never complain about a world with more sports cars. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g45653469/2023-tokyo-auto-show-sports-cars-roundup/
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