Nissan Skyline: FAQs
There’s very few Japanese cars that resonate with enthusiasts like the Nissan Skyline. Here are the Nissan Skyline FAQs you asked onlineAre Nissan Skylines good cars?
The name Nissan Skyline conjures up visions of high-performance, all-wheel-drive coupes and racers.
But the nameplate has been applied to a much wider range of cars under the Prince, Datsun and Nissan brands since it was first used in the late 1950s.
The name is supposedly derived from the Hakone Skyline road – a winding, mountain road that attracted illegal street racers.
Originally, the highest performance Nissan Skylines were badged GT-R, but that name has evolved to be a model in its own right.
Generally, Nissan Skyline models are praised for their combination of handling and performance.
How much horsepower does a Nissan Skyline have?
The answer to this question depends on the era of Skyline to which you refer.
The first of the famous Skylines was the 1969 ‘Hakosuka’ Skyline GT-R which featured an inline six that pumped out just 119kW and 180Nm.
The last Skyline to be sold in Australia, the R31-series sedan, shared its 117kW RB30 3.0-litre inline six with the contemporary Holden Commodore. Only the Holden got the 150kW turbo version.
The current Nissan Skyline is for all intents and purposes a Nissan-badged Infiniti Q50/Q60.
What is so special about Nissan Skyline?
Nissan enthusiasts hold the Nissan Skyline as a highpoint for the brand.
Although the badge conjures up visions of high-performance, all-wheel-drive coupes and racers, it has been applied to sedans, coupes, even wagons.
The real folklore around the Skyline is built on the GT-R variants which in more recent times have largely been limited to high-performance all-wheel-drive turbocharged coupes.
How fast can a Nissan Skyline GT-R go?
Which Skyline GT-R? The badge and nameplate has been applied to myriad models since the late 1950s.
More recently, GT-R and Skyline have diverged as models.
The last Nissan Skyline GT-Rs were the 2002-model Nissan Skyline GT-R M·spec Nür and Nissan Skyline GT-R V·spec II Nür. The latter has a 350km/h speedo!
Production of the Skyline GT-R type R34 ended on August 29, 2002.
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