Story and Photography by John Webber
You’ve spent years reading the stories, listening to the hype, and patiently awaiting its arrival on our shores. Now, we present the legendary Skyline Coupe. It’s time to rev this baby up, drop the clutch and see what she’ll do. Or maybe not.
Gearheads everywhere know about the Skyline GT-R, the beast that put Japanese car culture on the map. It’s the machine that was dubbed Godzilla, and its DNA lives on today in Nissan’s GT-R supercar.
This is not that car.
Make no mistake; this is a Nissan Skyline. But it’s not a GT. It’s not a GT-X. It’s not a clone, either. So what is it? Think of it as Godzilla’s diminutive, smaller-snouted and lesser-known nephew, Godzooky. His signal cry could summon his uncle over great distances, just as this model conjures the look and character of its GT-R relative. In a city-leveling battle royale, however, the base Skyline isn’t going to do much damage.
