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Japanese Car Designs from the 60′s-70′s – Konichiwa from the Far East!

Automotive designers were always in the forefront of the design community. We can’t stop admiring many creative and breathtaking design solutions that were implemented in many legendary cars. We’ve already published several posts about original car designs from different countries and various epochs. So, you may want to take a look at Top Ten Italian Car Designs of 60′s and 70′s and Best Concept Car Designs from the Fabulous 50′s. As for today’s post we must notice that we’ve put together original concept cars and of course epic production models that have become real masterpieces of the industrial design. We are sure that you have heard about Kenmeri Skyline and Toyota GT 2000 and it is hard to disagree that nowadays these cars are great stencils for the young generation of auto designers. Please let us know in the comments section about your favorite Japanese car designs from 60′s-70′s – we would love to hear that!

Toyota Celica GT, 1974

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Mazda RX-500, 1970

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Toyota 2000GT, 1967

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Nissan Laurel C130, 1972

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Mazda Cosmo, 1967

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Mazda RX 4, 1974

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Toyota EX-III, 1969

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Toyota Crown, 1971

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Datsun 240Z, 1969

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Nissan Skyline, 1974

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Nissan Silvia, 1965

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Isuzu MX1600, 1970

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