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The Nissan Skyline GT-R (Japanese: 日産・スカイラインGT-R, Hepburn: Nissan Sukairain GT-R) is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range. The first cars named "Skyline GT-R" were produced between 1969 and 1972 under the model code KPGC10, and were successful in Japanese touring car racing events.
The first Skyline was introduced on 24 April 1957, at the Takarazuka Theater, in Hibiya, Tokyo, [3] for Fuji Precision Industries, marketed as a luxury car.It featured a 1.5 L (1,482 cc) GA-30 engine (also known as FG4A-30) producing 44 kW (60 hp) at 4,400 rpm, which was previously used in the prototype Subaru 1500, Subaru's first car. [4]
The Nissan GT-R (Gran Turismo–Racing; model code: R35; Japanese: 日産・GT-R; Nissan GT-R) is a car built by Japanese marque Nissan since 2007. It has a 2+2 seating layout and is considered both a sports car and a grand tourer. The engine is front-mid mounted and drives all four wheels.
The RB26DETT Z1 and Z2 (and often referred to as an "RB28DETT Z1/Z2") was the engine used in the Nissan Skyline GT-R Z-Tune built by Nismo. It uses a stronger RB26 block based on Nissan's Le Mans GT2 and GT500 racing vehicles (stamped with RRR), stroked crankshaft, upgraded turbochargers, and a higher bore and stroke at a displacement of 2.8 L.
One of its predecessors, the Skyline GT-R R32 Group A originally earned its nickname "Godzilla" at this particular endurance race. The standard GT-R made its debut in 2012, with team Donut King Racing and drivers Tony Alfred, Adam Beechey and Peter Leemhuis, it won the C class and finished 6th overall. [94]
The car featured a Nismo-exclusive Stealth Gray body colour. Its clear-coated carbon-fibre bonnet, derived from the Skyline GT-R R34 V-Spec N1 models, reduced 100g of weight. The Rays aluminium wheels with red accents, matches existing accents around the body. It was the first GT-R variant to adorn the new Nissan logo, introduced on the Nissan ...
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So, he continued to use a straight-six engine. [2] Although in late 1990s and early 2000s, the GT car and the sports car were not popular in Japan, Watanabe and his team completed the R34 as the ultimate Skyline. [2] Furthermore, the BNR34 GT-R is the last "Skyline GT-R" so far. (Nissan separated the GT-R from the Skyline line-up.)