A Brief and Somewhat Complete History of JDM
JDM really started back in the 1950s and 60s, after World War 2. Young Japanese car enthusiasts decided to start to modify their cars in terms pf style and performance. The "Kyuusha" was the first underground car culture of JDM and they wanted to make a statement and stand out. All Japanese auto makers started to distribute cars around the world but the main Japanese auto makers like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan were the cars that everyone wanted and more and more people started to get into JDM. There is many sub-cultures of JDM but the main three are drifting, street racing, and tuner culture.
The three sub-cultures all have one thing in common which is maximizing the performace of their cars, but the 3 sub-cultures are all pretty unique. First there is drifting which is having a high speed car, that can slide around corners with ease. The Next is street racing which is making a car as fast as you possibly can and then performing illegal races on the streets. The third is tuner cars which are super high powered cars and many body modifacations to make their car super unique and too stand out form the rest. That is a brief history on JDM and the three main sub-cultures of the JDM scene.
Source:Rev Your Engines: The History of JDM Culture
