A late RX-7 is a pretty car, and I do like the look of an unmolested mkIV Supra. Mk2 MR2s have also passed the time test styling-wise, and blobeye Imprezas are great fun.
But lust after them? No ta. All have horrible interiors and technology has moved on so much that I wouldn't want anything that old any more. Most of them have been in the hands of the chav with terrible results, and nowadays the only old stuff I would want is from the 60's and 70's and was either made here or in Germany. In their time the Jap cars mentioned by the OP gave you more bang for your buck than their contemporaries, but in doing so they left a lot of the character behind. Probably not a popular view on a Jap car forum, but it's a view I've held pretty much since 2004 when I realised that Jap metal left me cold.