The new October 2009 issue of CAR magazine celebrates 20 years of sensational Japanese sportscars. We drive the landmark cars that transformed eastern car makers from humdrum to drum-banging: big hitters including the Honda NSX, Mazda MX-5, Nissan Skyline, Subaru Impreza, Honda Integra Type R, Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7 and Mistubishi Evo. Plus we drive the next generation of Japanese sporting kings, including the Mugen Honda Civic Type R hot hatch and Lexus’s rampant supercar, the V10 LF-A. Make sure you read all about it in the new issue of CAR magazine. And don’t forget to vote in our poll below to decide once and for all the best Japanese sportscar of all time. We’ll be adding new content to this page every day this week – with blogs by Stephen Bayley and Gavin Green, quizzes, wallpapers and concept cars galore. Enjoy!

Useful links

Drift Works

http://www.driftworks.com/

http://rockingham.co.uk/

Japanese car forums

http://www.ultimatejapcars.co.uk/forum/

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/

http://www.alljapanesecars.com/

http://www.hampshirejapcars.co.uk

CAR's best Japanese car wallpapers, photos

Anoraks' quiz! Test your Japanese car knowledge

Japanese concept cars: creative or crazy?

Tokyo motor show: past, present and future

Videos: the best clips of the best Japanese cars

Gavin Green on the most influential Japanese cars

The nutter gene: Japan and the cult of drifting

Real or fake? Strange Japanese car badges

Stephen Bayley on Japanese design mores

Tim Pollard on why Japan does small cars best