Twenty-five years. It’s been 25 years since 1999. As an elder millennial, I just can’t fathom that kind of time passage. It feels like it was a thousand years ago, but also last week. There was something of a sea change in automotive design in the late 1990s, and that produced a few wonky shapes that have become quite dated, but they’ve aged enough to have returned to cool. Maybe. I don’t know, you’ll just have to decide for yourself.
Our friends at Car And Driver put up a list of the five coolest 1999 cars you can import now. Their picks are pretty predictable, including the R34-generation Nissan Skyline GT-R, the somewhat-related S15-chassis Nissan Sylvia, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, TVR’s Tuscan, and Porsche’s first 911 GT3. All are laudable picks and would certainly imbue your drives with main-character energy. But if you want to stand out from the crowd, here’s another fifteen choices that could make you the driver of something truly unique.
Go import one immediately before this list drives increased demand and bumps the price.
