[s-cars] Re: Skyline (NAC)

[CyberPoet]

Sleep addled brain o'mine. You're right, of course, Taka (and I'll tip
my hat to you for pointing out my mistake). The Skyline is a GT
production class car. That having been said, there have been several
entered into various rally events, including the Africa rally (one of
the biggest rally events outside the WRC).
Americans are most familiar with the car from the PlayStation-series
games called Grand Turismo (such as Grand Turismo III).

Cheers!
=-= Marc

On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:43 PM, TM wrote:

> Marc-
> The Nissan Skyline GT-R is most definitely NOT a rally car- the
> wheelbase is too long. It is quite successful in "touring car"
> classes in the sanctioning bodies that allow it, though.
>
> Starting from the R32 introduced in 1989, it has had a 2.6L
> twin-turbo I-6 with 280hp and similar torque output. The ATTESA
> AWD system is heavily rear-biased in the GT-R application, making
> it drive a lot more like a RWD car. The R33 introduced an active
> rear diff as well as some more refinements, the R34 is a slightly
> smaller car (IIRC) than the R33 and a lot more square-edged.
>
> Very easily modified to 450hp, not too hard to get it to 650hp,
> very strong engine. If only they had them in LHD and in the US.
>
> One of the major reasons for it not being in the US as well as
> any LHD market is that the engine setup makes it very difficult
> to put a steering column on the left-side of the car and the
> emissions output does not meet US or some European countries'
> standards.
>
> Taka