Option (car magazine)

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Option

A typical Option cover
Categories	Automobile
Frequency	monthly
Publisher	San-Ei Shobo Publishing [ja]
Founded	1981
Country	Japan
Based in	Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	Official Site

Option (オプション, Opushon in katakana and subtitled Exciting Car Magazine) is an automotive magazine founded by Daijiro Inada [ja] in 1981, to meet the demand for enthusiasts of modified Japanese cars in Japan.

The magazine is published by the Japanese media giant San-Ei Shobo Publishing [ja], the parent company of Sunpros, a company owned by Inada, who is behind both the D1 Grand Prix series and Tokyo Auto Salon.