Nissan Skyline GT-R

Nissan Skyline GT-R

A community portal about Nissan Skyline GT-R with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Nissan Skyline GT-R is an iconic Japanese sports coupe in the Nissan Skyline range. Dubbed "Godzilla" by Wheels magazine in... [more]

A community portal about Nissan Skyline GT-R with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: 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 and the Ferrari Testarossa, at a considerably lower price. The Skyline's home-market competitors have included the Honda NSX, Toyota Supra, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Subaru Impreza WRX STi, and Mazda RX-7.

The wait is over. First U.S. Nissan GT-R delivered at 12:01 AM


After adoring the Skyline GT-R from afar for nearly two decades, Nissan has officially sold its game-changing super coupe on U.S. shores for the first time. In a late night ceremony at a Costa Mesa, California dealership, Daryl Alison took delivery of the very first GT-R sold Stateside – by the automaker. The event included all the pomp and circumstance you’d expect, including an appearance by notorious hot-shoe, Steve Millen. Alison, a long-time Nissan fan whose garage has housed a number of sports cars, including several 350Zs, was grinning from ear-to-ear while he got a rundown on this black GT-R in Premium trim. Not surprisingly, Alison paid sticker price ($72,900) for his GT-R, likely to be the first and last to do so as owners begin taking delivery of their own GT-Rs in the following weeks.

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