When work began on the eighth generation Skyline, type R32, of key consideration was the flagship GT-R which Nissan developed in order to create the most effective Group A Touring Car…
Read MoreAlthough the market seems to favour Nissan’s last (to date) iteration of the Skyline GT-R, at Supercar Nostalgia we prefer the more aesthetically pleasing R32 and R33 variants. In terms of desirability, a…
Read MoreAlthough the R32 Skyline GT-R has come to be regarded as the seminal piece of Nissan hardware from the tail end of the 1980s and early 1990s, at the time it only had limited exposure outside of…
Read MoreAlthough Nissan’s standard RB26DETT straight six offered formidable tuning potential as evidenced by the litany of circa 1000bhp GT-Rs that had been tweaked with aftermarket parts, when it came to…
Read MoreErik Comas first won the JGTC GT500 championship with an R33 GT-R and then again with the R34 GT-R in its debut year. Dino DC spends an afternoon with him and his R390 GT1 Le Mans race car turned street car!
Read MoreAfter Toyota’s massive balls up with the 2000 GT which proved an expensive flop, Nissan showed the other Japanese manufacturers how to create a globally successful sports car with the Fairlady Z / 240Z.
Read MoreTake a deep dive into one of the rarest Skylines's ever built, the 1995 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, a true unicorn of the JDM world born from Nissan’s legendary racing heritage.
Read MoreBecause Nissan elected to follow a very different path with the R35 GT-R, making it an entirely new model that severed all links with the Skyline range, the prior R34 manufactured between 1999 and…
Read MoreThe NISMO 400R is one of the rarest, most valuable Skylines in existence. Just 44 examples of this R33 GT-R were built in the mid-1990s, although millions got the chance to drive one (virtually) thanks to its appearance in Gran Turismo on the Sony Playstation.
Read MoreThere’s a strong case that the R33 remains Nissan’s best looking Skyline GT-R. However, in some cases OEM examples can definitely look a little ‘under-wheeled’. As you would expect from a car…
Read MoreWith only 14 units known to have been completed in period, Nismo’s S-Tune is one of the most rarely seen factory sanctioned iterations of the legendary Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. Conceived as…
Read MoreAlthough the Toyota 2000 GT had broken new ground for a Japanese manufacturer, from a commercial it was an absolute flop with barely 350 units manufactured during a little over three…
Read MoreOf the myriad aftermarket tuners that worked their magic on Nissan’s R34 Skyline GT-R, the creations that emerged from Tommykaira’s Kyoto HQ have come to be regarded among the most sought after.
Read MoreAfter their disappointing run at Le Mans in 1997, TWR and Nissan pledged to return in 1998 with an uprated R390: more speed and improved reliability was the order of the day. The R390 programme…
Read MoreThe 1990s was an undeniably great time for automotive styling and here at Supercar Nostalgia we don’t think there are many better looking cars from this era than an R33 Skyline GT-R riding on a set…
Read MoreIf prices are anything to go buy, today’s market seems to most highly prize R34 iterations of the Skyline GT-R. However, here at Supercar Nostalgia we much prefer the more elegant R32 and R33…
Read MoreIf any of Nissan’s off-the-shelf R34-based Skyline GT-Rs fail to get a customer’s juices going, they can always turn to Nismo who continue to build an array of specially tuned creations from their…
Read MoreAlthough the Nismo 400R was the ultimate R33-based Skyline GT-R that Nissan offered to the public, at the time there was insufficient demand to meet the projected sales target of 100 units…
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