The Skyline Story
Nissan’s Skyline is a fabled name in Japan — and was practically unknown on American shores until recent years. The Skyline name conjures up all manner of high-boost histrionics among a certain (younger) slice of the car-enthusiast population at large. It shouldn’t: Only the GT-R models are the hot ones that the kids are all screaming about. Not all Nissan Skylines are GT-Rs, and not all GT-Rs are Skylines. The truth is, most Skylines were, and continue to be, nice family cars that occasionally offer a little something extra for the keen driver.
A fair American analogy for the Nissan Skyline would be the Buick Regal and Century: Upmarket family transportation, with a little bit of spice available at the top end of the range for enthusiasts, and some competition history to help bolster the image over the decades. Like Regals and Centurys, there are far
