After the fall of the great Ryuju and numerous Sokudos, the world of Japanese sports cars went slightly quiet. And then, in 2010, a roar shook Japan. Not the one in Miyagi Prefecture (hmmm,) but one year before: the roar of a mighty 4.8 litre V10 at 9000 rpm, bursting out of its birthplace in Ibaraki with a sound that would make Liszt and Chopin proud. It was simply groundbreaking and limitless in every way - a body made out of CFRP and an engine that revved so fast and high that an analog tachometer couldn't keep up. The Shiranui, as it was called, was a tour de force of engineering mastery that blew everything else out of the water and left ears ringing all the way from Iwate to Gunma. In the end, Spirit lost money on the project, but it didn't matter; it showed that Spirit was definitely not done with building cars that went past escape velocity. And since Liszt died a few hundred years ago, a Shiranui revving in person is probably gonna be the best aural experience possible.
All by me. Lexus Space to adjust active aero
