

The GT-R is an entirely new model sharing little with the Skyline GT-R save its signature four round tail lights. This car proved to be iconic for Nissan, achieving much fame and success on road, track and motorsports. Nissan GT-R and some older, high-performance variants of the Nissan Skylineīetween 19, and again between 19, Nissan produced a high performance version of its Nissan Skyline coupe, called the Nissan Skyline GT-R.

After 15 years of production, the GT-R has been discontinued in the European market and Australian market due to newer regulation changes. Overall body made out of steel, aluminium and premium materials such as carbon-fiber. The production version of the GT-R introduced at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, along with the PM platform, featured the exclusively developed VR38DETT engine and lot more other newer technologies.

In 2006, then-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn determined that the GT-R would be a global icon for the Nissan brand-as, unlike its predecessors which were only sold in Japan, the GT-R would be sold all around the world. The GT-R abbreviation stands for Gran Turismo–Racing, obtained from the Skyline GT-R. The GT-R is built on the exclusively-developed Nissan PM platform, which is an enhanced evolution of the Nissan FM platform used in the separate Nissan Skyline luxury car and the Nissan Z sports car. Although this car was the sixth-generation model to bear the GT-R name, the model is no longer part of the Nissan Skyline model lineup since that name is now reserved for Nissan's luxury-sport vehicles. It is the successor to the Skyline GT-R, a high performance variant of the Nissan Skyline. The Nissan GT-R (Japanese: 日産・GT-R, Nissan GT-R), is a high-performance sports car and grand tourer produced by Nissan, unveiled in 2007. I also do not consider the r35 a skyline, I consider. And, although the r35 is not a skyline, the r34 paved the way for the iconic JDM supercar, the r35.ĭisclaimers: there are also earlier skylines but those aren’t as relevant. The third generation of the Nissan skyline GTR was the r33 with a stock top speed of 155 mph and 276 bhp which had a bit of an r32, and paved the way for the iconic r34.įinally, in 1998, Shinichiro Sakurai made the fourth and final generation was the r34 with a stock top speed of 155 mph and 276 bhp brought the iconic rb26 engine, and one of if not the most iconic JDM (Japanese domestic market) cars of all time. The second generation was the Nissan skyline GTR r32 with a stock top speed of 150 mph and 276 bhp and was revolutionary for its looks and tuning potential. The first generation of Nissan skyline was the Nissan skyline GTR 2000 with 156 bhp and 121 mph top speed. In 1973, Shinichiro Sakurai had an idea, he thought, what about a fast, beautiful sports car? Thus, inventing the Nissan skyline.
