In the 1960s, the automotive market was changing across the world. Following the close of World War II, automakers began producing lower-slung, sportier, faster models to meet the desires of millions of returning servicemen. Many of these ex-GIs had been introduced to sporty cars in the European theater, and the sports car fever spread like wildfire across the planet’s developed nations. The craze even hit Japan, albeit much later than other countries like the United States or England.
