Bought a 240Z when they first came to the US. A goodly chunk of my annual salary at the time, especially since they were selling above sticker, but I said, “what the heck!”
(The Fairlady Z came out a year earlier in Japan and had the 2-liter straight six. My US model, a year later, had the 2.4 liter engine.)
Even visiting LA during that first year, it was an attention getter (read: chick magnet).
I spotted occasionally the even more exotic right-hand drive model, most likely brought back from Asia by a US serviceman. The Asian models had factory standard external mirrors far forward on the front fenders.
Learned to actually seriously drive in that car, at some cost to its sheet metal.
There used to be a Fairlady Z around here. Some Air Force guy brought it over from Japan...........