Originally posted by Nathan1234
Honda didn't even really make a car until the 1960's (they were a motorcycle company before that). Do you think they handled well? No. Not even close to sporty. And the Vette had been around for around 7 years at that point. In 1964 Ford designed and produced the GT40. The next few years after that it crushed all foreign competition (read: european, since japan didn't make anything worth crap) at Le Mans.
How about the other major japanese auto companies?
Toyota- nothing even close to a sports car until the 2000GT, which wasn't even in the same galaxy as the GT40.
Nissan/Datsun- first real sports car, the Skyline 2000 GT-R, didn't come out until 1966, and was playing catch up to european and american autos.
well if they were playing catch up, then i guess they did a pretty good job of it huh
especially since an S2000 can hold its own at least to an extent in straight line against an ls1 or GT
AND ITS A FOUR CYLINDER
~boom