5 Underrated JDM cars that SHOULD have been RWD

In this video, we're going to share five underrated JDM cars that SHOULD have been RWD. These cars are undervalued and underrated, but they're some of the most exciting and fun cars to drive on the street.
If you're a fan of Japanese cars, then you should definitely check out these five underrated JDM vehicles! Each car has its own unique story and driving them is a real treat. So join me as I take you on a journey through some of the most undervalued JDM FWD cars out there, which could have been great if they made in a RWD platform!
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[@jdmlifeline]

👉 Do you agree with our list? WE really think these cars need more love and appreciation from the JDM community. ❤

[@mannyrosado9887]

The Prelude in rear-wheel drive would have been legendary!

[@joosunkmybattleship]

The prelude aged so well

[@jdmlifeline]

Would you agree that it would have been better if it was rear wheel drive?

[@alientitimilk9073]

The celica was fwd ever since it stopped being a supra, you could also get it in awd but those models were rare since the reason they were made was so that Toyota could use the chassis to build a rally car

[@youraveragejdmenthusiast430]

Only the germans Knew the art of producing RWD cars after the 90's and now every RWD cool car is expensive expect for the european talking about the used car market in europe of course because we ain't got cheap g35's or 350z's or Miata Which we call MX5 there is alot of cool FWD cars existing tho but bro RWD is a status symbol nowadays but the other rwd cars are old or expensive or old and expensive if you want to have unique car BTW Preludes and every other remotely intresting is expensive for first car status and don't get me even started on the japanese ones because the prices are hyped for new and old ones.

[@jdmlifeline]

We feel you bro... We are all suffering from the heavily imposed "Nostalgia Tax". We love JDM cars, and, like you, have been victims of speculation which has caused all these old cars to go up in prices 😑

[@AresakaWilku]

You can do a RWD drive swap and have a really amazing car if you can afford it.

[@AresakaWilku]

If you know the mechanics quite well or you have a person who understands this mechanics at an advanced level, you can do a RWD drive swap.

[@Aglai76]

It's master level stuff though. They requires fabrication too. It's definitely more involved than even a more advanced engine swap because you can't just fabricate a drivetrain; you have to find another drivetrain & meld it into the chassis

[@Exhaust_power]

Probably would be a drift tax on the prelude 😬. I would probably have one less car in my fleet if one of the generations of prelude came RWD. Also the SH prelude handles 👌

[@jdmlifeline]

That's the good thing of being underrated. Some what jdm tax is negligible.

[@Aglai76]

Perhaps, but it would have have been a competitor to the s13/14. And competition lowers prices. It's just a crying shame they kept it fwd

[@mralexander7588]

Yes true I agree 💯 with this list.

[@Mnementh21]

1986-1990 Toyota Corona (Carina) GT (either lift back or sedan) 3SGE up front fwd. Rwd it would of been the first Altezza or a 5 door Celica. Its so unknown as a sports car most people don't know it exists but it absolutely flys T-VIS Pegasus and a LSD 140+ horsepower.

[@prds25386]

the fwd shift on the celica actually happened with the 4th gen (celica T160)

[@bubot17]

Maybe one reason most passenger cars are fwd is because a 100 horsepower rwd car can be a handful for the average driver, whereas the fwd is much more forgiving

[@rbnutz1]

T160 Celica was a FWD/East West platform. Only the GT4 varint that came in 4WD.

[@jdmlifeline]

You are correct. We believe it's the first celica to have a 4WD variant on its class.

[@mandicristina06]

actually i like the win in 91992 but they ended their winning streak in 97 when they did a turbo booster limiter, then when the FIA regulation people checkede it they found it and toyota was DNF'd from the rally

[@jdmlifeline]

That was really a clever thing toyota did. But yes they were really pushing the limit of a "loophole". Would you consider them genius or down right cheaters?

[@sau3rk1ng]

IMAGINE if the MX6 was RWD though, that wouldn't JUST be the MX-6, the Ford Probe (which looks much better imo) would've been RWD as well

[@jdmlifeline]

From what we know, the ford probe was supposed to be a fwd version of the mustang but ford received alot of complaints from muscle car enthusiasts almost at the end of the development of the probe. So they kept the mustang RWD then release the probe as FWD. The Mx6 looks more like a 2nd gen Mitsubishi eclipse. Now if the MX6 was RWD, would it be successful as the MX5?

[@sau3rk1ng]

@@jdmlifeline the MX6 probably wouldn't have been more successful than the MX-5 but would've been more remembered than it is today because with RWD it'd be seen as a cheap drift car imo, which would be the same as the Probe as they are the exact same car on the exact same platform, Ford just designed a different body and interior, the 1st gen actually shared pop up headlights with the FC3S RX7

[@SENTINEL2086]

Honda Prelude as a rear wheel drive with a Honda V8 twin turbo or in a all wheel drive version as we'll🥺

[@jdmlifeline]

That sounds hectic. Maybe a v6 from the nsx would be more realistic on Honda's end, would you agree?

[@92lgnd]

Where's the Acura Legend???

[@jdmlifeline]

We forgot about it. But if it was rear wheel drive using the nsx engine. It could have been more legendary. Would you agree?

[@Siteax]

awd and fwd is better than rwd so they are better

[@susettekloska8850]

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