On 14 January 2005, NISMO resurrected the R34 GT-R for one last tour of duty before the introduction of the anticipated next generation GT-R. Labeled as the R34 Z-tune, the NISMO engineers made the car the most powerful road-going GT-R ever created. Using rebuilt R34s with much technology borrowed from the GT500 Racing GT-Rs and…
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is an iconic Japanese sports coupe in the Nissan Skyline range. Dubbed “Godzilla” by Wheels magazine in Australia when released there in 1989, it was rated by many motoring magazines, including the well-respected Wheels, as providing performance and handling equal or superior to that of European icons like the Porsche 911…
As one of Japan’s most celebrated performance cars, the Nissan Skyline GT-R has developed an immense racing pedigree that includes over 200 race wins, five consecutive championship wins in the All Japanese Touring Car Championships and the unofficial lap record for a production car at the world-famous Nurburgring. Every aspect of the Skyline GT-R, from…
The Nismo 400R represents the ultimate street going version of the R33 Skyline GT-R. Built by Nissan Motorsport (Nismo), the 400R was produced in celebration of the Skyline Le Mans racing car. Only 44 examples were built out of the 100 planned after production of the R33 generation Skyline was ended in 1998. The 400R…
A Nissan GT-R is always special, but a V-spec model is that little bit extra special. The mid 1990’s saw the R33 Skyline get the GT-R V-spec treatment, adding some go faster goodies to the GT-R mixture. When compared to the R32 and R34, the R33 suffered a bit as the middle child, with the…
Arriving in 1995 the R33 GT-R was the successor to the R32, featuring new styling and a focus on improving the R32’s weaknesses. Due to Japanese car manufacturers facing strict power restriction at the time, the R33 made do with the same power output as before. That meant 280 PS (206 kW) of power and…
After cancelling the Skyline GT-R in 1973, Nissan revived the GT-R again in 1989. At the time Nissan was competing in Group A Racing with the Skyline GTS-R. Nissan wanted to retire the GTS-R in favor of a more competitive vehicle. The new generation GT-R, E-BNR32 chassis (commonly shortened to R32), was designed to dominate Group A racing. The R32 developed 206 kW / 276 hp…
The ultimate version of the R31 was the RB20DET-R powered HR31 GTS-R Coupe of which 800 units were built to allow homologation for Group A Touring Car racing. Introduced in late 1987, it had a reworked version of the normal RB20DET with a much larger turbocharger on a tubular steel exhaust manifold, as well as…
For export in the 1970s, the C110 and GC110 Skyline was sold as the Datsun K-series, with models such as the Datsun 160K, 180K and Datsun 240K. The body styles were, once again, four-door sedan, two-door hardtop coupé, and five-door station wagon. The C110 was more fussy in its styling than its predecessor, particularly so…
The Skyline C10 series of 1968, which began its development under Prince at the company’s Ogikubo R&D centre in the suburbs of Tokyo, was marketed with a Nissan badge. By the time the C10 went on sale, the Prince nameplate had been completely phased out on cars and trucks. The dealer network selling the cars…
The Skyline C10 series of 1968, which began its development under Prince at the company’s Ogikubo R&D centre in the suburbs of Tokyo, was marketed with a Nissan badge. By the time the C10 went on sale, the Prince nameplate had been completely phased out on cars and trucks. The dealer network selling the cars…
Japan saw a new version of the Silvia (S15) in 1999, now boasting 250 hp (184 kW) from its SR20DET engine, thanks to a ball-bearing turbocharger upgrade, as well as improved engine management. The SR20DE (non-turbo motor) featured 165 hp (121 kW). The S15 Silvia included aggressive styling inside and out, updating the previous Silvia…