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 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.

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History of Nissan GTR

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The GT-R legend began over 40 years ago in the high heat of the FIA GT series – but the supercar’s roots came from a humble beginning – the Nissan Skyline family saloon.

The original Skyline debuted in 1957 and was made by the Prince Motor Company – which merged with Nissan in 1966 – as a mid-size mass-market saloon.

But Nissan wanted to take on the Porsche 904 in the GT class of the Japanese Grand Prix, and in 1969, premiered its first race-spec GT-R to the world – a GT-R which featured a 2-litre engine producing 160bhp.

While the engine had the same power output as a modern-day Vauxhall Corsa, it was enough to secure 50 victories in the first year and a half, and 1,000 race wins by the time it retired in 1972.

The car – nicknamed ‘Godzilla’ – featured the same 2.6-litre twin turbocharged engine producing 280bhp (unofficially 330bhp) and the four-wheel-drive system, together with a famous in-dash display featuring seven types of driving statistics including a G-force meter and lap timer.

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