For decades the Nissan Skyline was forbidden fruit over here in the USA — and it wasn’t until they replaced the classic inline-6 with a V6 that it was imported into the USA and then it was called an Infinity G35 (and alternatively Nissan GTR in Godzilla spec) and it was really a disappointment. Thankfully […]
The Skyline name was first used by the Prince Motor Company in 1957 on their Dagmar bumper equipped luxury sedan. A few years later, Prince merged with Nissan and the Skyline name became associated with Nissan’s fast sports sedans, culminating with the GT-R release in 1969. Many years later the GT-R Skyline (or Skyline GT-R?) […]
What film starring Paul Newman has music by Burt Bacharach and was produced by Nissan? Quite possibly the most awesome advertising short clip ever produced for any purpose, just watch it here on youtube…and then buy the real thing. Find this 1985 Nissan Skyline R30 Paul Newman Edition offered for $9,500 in Louisville, KY via craigslist. […]
Mention the name Skyline to anyone who grew up playing Sony’s Gran Turismo and they will instantly think of the tire blistering turbocharged all-wheel-drive GT-R version, but Nissan built many more examples of the regular Skyline that was less Daisy Duke and more Driving Miss Daisy. Find this 1987 Nissan Skyline R31 offered for $3,995 […]
by Matt — The R32 Skyline is rapidly making its way in droves to the US now that’s it legal to do so. Since this one lacks papers, one can assume that just maybe it was jammed in the back of a container and ignored by a crooked longshoreman. So why not slide in at […]
Welcome back another edition of the Thursday Twister, DT’s weekly quiz show where we discuss the stuff that nobody wants to talk about…not even us. That doesn’t really make sense, because I’ll talk to anybody about anything, but that is probably a story better kept for a trained therapist. Anyway, today we are looking for […]
The R31 Skyline hardtop sedan posted last week with it’s non-turbo engine and automatic gearbox is a far cry from the stupid fast GT-R you can buy in the showrooms today, but the next generation of Skyline (the R32) became much more focused on blistering performance with the release of the all-wheel-drive versions. Find this […]
The Skyline name was first used by the Prince Motor Company in 1957 on their Dagmar bumper equipped luxury sedan. A few years later, Prince merged with Nissan and the Skyline name became associated with Nissan’s fast sports sedans, culminating with the GT-R release in 1969. Many years later the GT-R Skyline (or Skyline GT-R?) […]
2014 was the first year America could legally import the class-dominating R32 Skyline GT-R “Godzilla” iconized permanently into the brains of video game racers. Meanwhile, the earliest R31s have been welcomed immigrants since 2011 (the C210 has been legal since 2002!), with little fanfare. You won’t get much fanfare in this non-GT-R Skyline, because casual […]
Every so often we find a JDM (that is Japanese Domestic Market for the older folks in the room…ahem) ride that has made a grey-market trip to the US. Asking prices will often be out of wack with the level of performance and usability, but you won’t be able to beat the cool factor of […]