To truly comprehend the collector heat around Japanese cars, make a trip, as I did recently, to Port Newark, whose dockside parking lots are crowded with Japan-born Supras, Skylines, and NSXs waiting to clear customs. The volume attests to steady demand—albeit blunted of late by tariff-related confusion—for Japanese cars that were never sold in the U.S., or are sportier or more coveted versions of what arrived stateside. For those old enough to remember when Japanese cars were derided for poor quality, economy pricing, and peculiar styling, the volume of activity is jaw-dropping, as are the prices of rarer high-performance models over the past several years.