History of Infamous Nissan Skyline Car

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As many car companies compete today, there is always a reason behind it all. If the purpose of competition is for money making for example, than the better the car for the common people, the better. As those companies balance between the people’s needs, there also comes a place for sport cars. So this dates back to 1955, where The Prince Motor Company,(later known as Nissan since 1967), first brought the car into production. The skyline’s performance, styling, and reputation contributed to the great impact of race cars today. Coming from scratch, the car’s performance was ideal for the racing enthusiast.

Since the birth of the ALSI- 1 series Skyline in 1957, the car reached spectacular amounts of credit. With the manufacturers already looking into the next one year after year, they left the first one with an inline 4 engine producing roughly 60 horsepower. This cost efficient production vechicle caught many people by surprise. With just a few years later, the ALSI- 2 was born with just minor revisions. The engine was juiced up to 70 horsepower and the front grille changed along with the lights. This rapid growth of the car fascinated many car freaks. This just kept adding on excitement for the future line of the Skyline. With the support of Michelotti, Nissan came out with a limited edition Skyline which was recalled because the price skyrocketed and no one could afford it. This hyped up the company to later produce the same car at an affordable rate. In which, the performance suffered a drop from 94 horsepower to 70. This didn't bother many people because ever since this model,the S 50-E series, everything progressed dramatically. With the later models such as the Skyline 2000GT. Finally, a evolutionized concept race car was...

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...ndary Nurburgring, in under eight minutes. Bringing the GT-R to the movies also inspire many young enthusiasts to race themselves. MAny records have been broken and car tuners made the most out of it. The drag strip brought the GT-R justice. Having Bugatti’s slogan “the world's fastest car” was just a sign for some tuned GT-R’s. The video of a tuned R34 racing a million dollar Bugatti Veyron leaves Bugatti back at the drawing board. This marvel brought many people together to the racing community.

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