Finally, the rear diffuser is manufactured from lightweight carbon fibre. Additionally, the front wings and bonnet continue to be produced in aluminium but the adoption of a new type of aluminium has saved about 1kg compared to the bonnet of the previous model. Weight saving measures have been utilised in many areas of the Skyline GT-R’s construction from the new design of light alloy road wheel, which saves over 7.7kg, to the use of light-weight audio speakers.

There is also more torque and better power delivery. Among the many technical refinements under the bonnet are twin ceramic intercooled turbochargers, which effectively eliminate turbo-lag. Its body is stiffer and its aerodynamics package is further refined, and in V-spec features front and rear carbonfibre diffusers under the car, and dual wing adjustable aerofoil on the bootlid. The legend of the Skyline had begun.Īs a ‘super-evolution’ of the model it replaces, the R34 GT-R is more advanced in every respect. Much to the delight of the home crowd, the ‘humble’ four-door Skyline was seen to overtake a Porsche 904GTS. The Skyline’s standard four-cylinder engine had been replaced by a potent pushrod, carburettor-fed straight-six. Stretching back to the mid-60s, the history of the Nissan Skyline GT-R began in earnest on, when Prince, a Japanese car maker taken over by Nissan in 1967, entered a Skyline saloon in the second-ever Japanese Grand Prix. Every aspect of the Skyline GT-R, from the aerodynamics to body rigidity, has been fine-tuned through competitive racing and 11 years of intense testing, producing one of the best race-bred coupÃ©s on the market.

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.

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