27 Facts About Nissan Skyline

Nissan Skyline is a brand of automobile originally produced by the Prince Motor Company starting in 1957, and then by Nissan after the two companies merged in 1967.

Nissan Skyline was largely designed and engineered by Shinichiro Sakurai from inception, and he remained a chief influence of the car until his death in 2011.

The majority of Nissan Skyline models are rear-wheel drive, with all-wheel drive being available since the eighth-generation's debut.

Eleventh-generation Nissan Skyline was another major turning point for the nameplate, as it dropped some of the previous generation Nissan Skyline's trademark characteristics such as the straight-six engine and turbocharging, and eventually separated the GT-R into its own line.

The V35 was the first Skyline made for export to North America, being sold under Nissan's luxury marque Infiniti as the G35 in 2002.

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The Nissan Skyline is sold in Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Middle East as the Infiniti G37 and EX respectively.

Nissan Skyline spawned the ALPE double cab pickup truck and the ALVE delivery van, both marketed as the Skyway.

S21 Deluxe-based Nissan Skyline Sport featured hand-built Michelotti bodies in stylish coupe and convertible versions.

Two years later, in September 1963, the S50 Nissan Skyline Deluxe was launched, followed by the Nissan Skyline Standard in April 1964.

In February 1965, the Prince Nissan Skyline 2000GT was released to the Japanese market, followed by the less powerful 2000GT-A in September on the same year and S54B-2 model was renamed to 2000GT-B.

For export in the 1970s, the C110 and GC110 Nissan Skyline was sold as the Datsun K-series, with models such as the Datsun 160K, 180K and Datsun 240K.

Nissan Skyline introduced its emission control technology, primarily consisting of fuel injection on trim packages ending with an "E", using the moniker Nissan Skyline NAPS in 1975.

Nissan Skyline pulled out of Motor Racing, so there was no purpose to the GT-R.

The Nissan Skyline received an internal and external facelift in late 1978, which led to a change of the model code from 210 to 211.

The Newman Nissan Skyline was simply a top spec GT-ES turbo with signature embroidery and decals.

The factory backed Peter Jackson Nissan Skyline Team made its Group A debut in the opening round of the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, and over the 10 round series, lead driver George Fury would win four of the rounds and it was only unreliability in the first two rounds that cost Fury the title, finishing only 5 points behind the Volvo 240T of Robbie Francevic.

R31 Nissan Skyline of 1985 was a natural evolution on the R30 shape, and this one was loosely based on the Laurel platform .

Nissan Skyline took the unusual step of down-grading the GTS model to have only the RB20E, while the twin-cam of the R32 GTS was discontinued.

Nissan Skyline increased the width by about one inch on the R33 to the R32 and made it about 4 inches longer.

Nissan Skyline engineers found other ways to reduce weight, even by a few grams.

Nissan Skyline introduced two new models for the base vehicle, the 25GT-X and the 25GT-V.

Nissan Skyline ran into legal trouble after importing R32 and R34 models, but telling the government they were R33s.

Nissan Skyline Aero Package Concept is a version of the Nissan Skyline Sedan 350GT Type SP with dynamic front and rear spoilers, re-designed sporty front grill and chromed alloy wheels.

Nissan Skyline Coupe Aero-Sports Concept is a version of the Nissan Skyline Coupe 370GT Type SP with new exterior and interior looks with new aero parts and seat materials.

Nissan Skyline sedan was targeted towards males over the age of 40.

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On 6 August 2015, Japan Post released a personalized stamp set based on Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R, including 10 stamps and a model car for the featured vehicle.

On 1 March 2016, Japan Post released a personalized stamp set based on Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R, including 10 stamps and a model car for the featured vehicle.