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If you go back in time when Asian cars first started getting popular in the us, before trash can mufflers and 4ft whale tails, the term was used for any car the came from Japan. I can remember clear back to the early 80's my friend had a Datsun that had a Front Plate that said "unleaded rice only". The point is that the meaning sort of change from what it was intended to mean in the beginning. Now it seems to be any car that has some silly mod that has no real performance gain but gives the impression of a performance gain.
As far as me, I'm old car and any Asian made car is a ricer no matter what performance it has. We used to always call sport bikes rice rockets ,but the term would also work for a car like a GTR
Also, I think everyone forgets that there was a time when foreign cars where really looked down on in the USA ,and many people didn't welcome them with open arms because we used to have more pride in our country than we do today.
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