We’re in with Skylines, Chasers, Autozams, and Delicas now flooding not only into American garages, but also into our rental fleets.
Your dreams are troubled by the whispers of a . Your waking thoughts are haunted by a Hakosuka Skyline. These JDM ghosts—when will they leave you to find some peace?
Your time is now. Las Vegas-based is getting in on the JDM wave, a new wrinkle in the scene that is mostly full of full-on dealers, like or . The idea of a JDM rental operation is more than a little convenient for anyone who has always wanted to know what it’s like to drive slices of the forbidden JDM fruit we never got here. Also it lets you try a right-hand-drive car for a hot second before committing to buying one. (It’s really not that bad.)
This isn’t the only JDM rental fleet in the world. I can think of another one right off the top of my head, though the only complication is .
As fun as it is doing these driving road adventures in Japan in fancy sports cars, I realize not…
Thanks to the pesky 25-year import rule, we missed out on a lot of key Japanese enthusiast specialty and performance cars when they were first released.
The company’s current inventory, according to its website, includes:
1972 Nissan Skyline Hakosuka1993 Toyota Supra JDM1992 Nissan Skyline GT-R1993 Suzuki Cappuccino1990 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R1993 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II1992 Mazda RX-7 JDM1992 Nissan Skyline GTS-t (automatic)1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R
That last Skyline is particularly interesting, as you’ll notice it’s the R34-generation and therefore not yet legal to import. A Rent JDM from Jan. 31, however, claims that it is actually one of the very few MotoRex R34 GT-Rs that were imported and legalized in the United States.
“This white R34 GT-R was imported by MotoRex in 1999, and it was a one owner car. It is one of approximately 15 cars imported and legalized by MotoRex in the early 2000s,” the blog reads. That alone is worth stopping by for a look.
Rent JDM officially opens in April 2020. If you need an excuse to pay Vegas a visit, this is it.
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