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The R35 GT-R may be getting old, but Nissan’s supercar can still serve up serious speed. However, it’s no longer the only ‘Godzilla’ on the block. Its forbidden-fruit predecessors, the R32 and R33 Skyline GT-R, are now old enough to import. But in terms of the ultimate ‘can’t have it’ car, it’s tough to top …

“Like-new” gets thrown around the used-car market more than the last bottle of hot sauce at the BBQ. In most cases, it is utter nonsense. In rarer cases, it can refer to vehicles that have lower mileage and are in really good shape. In this particular case, “like-new” pretty much means brand-new. There is currently …

The supercar’s biggest enemy isn’t another supercar: it’s time. For example, a modern hot hatch like the Civic Type R can out-pace a 90s Ferrari F40. Even Nissan’s 80s and 90s supercar, the Skyline GTR, isn’t immune. While the modern R35 can still out-accelerate Corvettes and AMGs, there are some fairly-ordinary sedans that make the …

With the R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R now old enough to import, Godzilla fans may face a difficult decision. As with the Civic Type R, there’s a US-spec Nissan GT-R available, the R35. More to the point, the earliest R35s are cheap enough to approach Skyline GT-R pricing. But which is the one to get? Nissan …

Few vehicles ignite JDM Fast and Furious fever like Nissan’s Skyline GTR. Though the R34 Skyline was the actual hero car, the earlier R32 truly kicked off the car’s ‘Godzilla’ moniker. However, there was another model in-between them that doesn’t get quite as much love: the R33. The R32 has been import-eligible for years, and …

Though the R33 Skyline is in many ways an improvement, Nissan’s R32 Skyline GT-R is still a performance icon in its own right. It helps that, like the MkIV Supra, the R32 was overbuilt for its time, able to take on massive power gains. And, with its all-wheel drive, put that power down well. So …

Nissan’s Skyline GT-R is rightfully held in high regard. When it was new, ‘Godzilla’ dominated the racing scene before making a splash on the silver screen. And even today, the R32 and R33 Nissan GT-Rs, along with the Patrol and Z-cars, are high on import fans’ wish lists. However, even when they first debuted, the …

For the vast majority of us, paying six figures is something usually done for a house, not a car. And it’s not just high-end luxury SUVs, like the Lamborghini Urus or Porsche Cayenne, that cost that much, either. There’s a 600-hp classic Ford Bronco available for a quarter-million dollars, and air-cooled Porsche 911s have similarly …

The Fast and Furious franchise may be responsible for the popularity of the Nissan R33 Skyline in the United States, but fanatics haven’t forgotten about the car as the movies moved on to more popular modern-day exotics. For many people, this year has been long-awaited, as the popular Japanse Domestic Market Nissan Skyline 1996 – …

Even legends have weak spots. Famously reliable vehicles like the Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser have their good years and their bad years. No car or SUV is immune; not the Mitsubishi Montero, not the Porsche 911. Not even the Nissan Skyline GTR. Even though it comes from a particularly strong time in Nissan’s history, …

Nissan’s current situation is more tragic when you remember some of its past vehicles. The Z sports car and Patrol SUV are icons in their own right. But when you think of JDM performance, there’s another car that springs to mind: the Nissan Skyline GTR. It’s perhaps the quintessential ‘forbidden fruit’, and its place in …