This is what's commonly referred to as the JDM gentleman's agreement, and it's why most of the cars you'll import to the US when their 25 years are up will all have 276 hp. There's just one problem ...

So, in this piece, we would like to share with you some of the most iconic four-cylinder JDM cars that drive the rear wheels. To keep it fair, we've included only one model per nameplate.

For a term with such outsized importance in car culture, "JDM" is an acronym for a fairly boring phrase: Japanese Domestic ...