Which Japanese cars turn 25 — and become US-legal — this year. Updated monthly.
View the full calendar →We have written about individual Evolution models before, but readers keep asking for the full family tree in one place — which chassis code goes with which generation, what actually changed at each …
Three chassis codes, one name, and thirteen years of engineering that turned Nissan's Skyline-based performance coupe into a global icon. The R32, R33, and R34 Skyline GT-R all share the RB26DETT …
Few JDM cars carry more weight with US enthusiasts than the R34 Skyline GT-R, and the V-Spec II is the trim most people picture when they say "R34." But "R34s are legal now" is not quite true, and it …
The Nissan Silvia S15 — the last Silvia generation, built only for the Japanese domestic market — is one of the more straightforward cars to track through the US 25-year import rule, because Nissan …
The Lancer Evolution VII is the first Evo built on the larger Lancer Cedia platform, and it's also the generation where the US 25-year import clock starts ticking earliest among the numbered Evos …
The Honda Integra Type R DC5 is one of the cleaner cases for the US 25-year import rule: a single, well-documented on-sale date in Japan, one engine, and no mid-cycle grade split muddying the math …
The Honda Civic Type R EP3 is the odd one out on this list — and on the US 25-year import calendar generally — because the "JDM" car in question was never built in Japan. Every EP3 Civic, including …
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