This Car Changed Japanese Racing Forever

Today, the Nissan Skyline GTR is so fundamentally baked into fabric of automotive enthusiasm, that its hard to imagine a time before its iconic, boxy shape stirred up emotion and nostalgia the way it does now. But for Nissan in the mid-80s, the reality was that of underperformance, both on the track, and in the sales charts. The marque was floundering, and desperately needed to revive its image, and they saw motorsport as their best shot. This is the story of Godzilla; the Nissan R32 Skyline GTR.
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[@Liam07Leo]

It can't be underestimated how important the Australian racing GT-Rs were in the early 90s, because while they're probably not the most well known, the Aussie versions were next level compared to the Japanese versions. Just some fun facts, the team boss of the team running them in Australia had said one time that the Japanese versions would've never won in Australia, so they completely re-engineered basically almost the whole car to become the real godzilla we know today (suspension, wheels, gearbox, clutch, engine, even the cylinder blocks) and could make 700bhp in quali mode. Apparently Nismo got annoyed that the Australian team weren't using their parts, but the Australian manufactured versions were much cheaper and way better in comparison. Also to add to how much better the Aussie GT-R was than the Japanese version, when they received offers to compete in the Fuji 500 and the Macau GP’s touring car race, Nismo vetoed the idea because they knew their version was inferior. A Japanese team that were able to enter even looked into buying an Aussie GT-R to use, but Nismo once again blocked that. Truly a revolutionary bit of machinery was godzilla....

[@garethwilliams4422]

Pretty sure the Nismo boss left Australia with a container full of bits and definitely had holingers phone number written down lol . It must have been a huge kick in the guts for Gary Rogers being blackmailed into not taking the cars overseas . Jim Richards had one of the gtrs at speed on Tweed once , he told me they were good for 780hp in qualifying mode . That's insane for the time . Another interesting thing about that time in the atcc was that more than a few people regarded Dicks Sierra's to be the fastest in the world. The lengths they went to , to beat those Commodores haha

[@dpaterson42]

Aussie media name it as such.. Godzilla.. gibson motorsport did a fantastic job.. not nismo… there’s rumours of nismo packed oem stuff.. but was custom made..

[@boatymcboatface666]

Was present at 91 round at Pukekohe NZ...Had Beta Cam with time coded audio pack with mate on boom mic. We must of looked the part as got into pits, got footage under, in Richards/Skaife GTR during pitstops..Saw one at last ever round few weeks ago..best sounding out of all the older tourers 😃

[@85gt]

@@boatymcboatface666 me too. Good times. The Volvo V40 sounded best to the other week though.

[@CodyDockerty]

Man Skaife in the Zilla was wild

[@cyclonicleo]

Good video. As an aside, the Australian Group A GT-R's were largely re-engineered by Gibson Motorsport who ran the Nissan Motorsport team here in Australia; its was NISMO in unofficial name only. So much work was done that the cars were putting out over 700bhp in qualifying trim, and the ATTESA and HICAS systems were largely ditched. Instead, the AWD system was switchable from the drivers cockpit. The Gibson cars were so fast, the legend goes that Nissan politely asked them not to go to Japan to compete at the Fuji 500, out of worry that the local teams would be soundly beaten. I actually remember watching the Group A races of the era; the R31 raced alongside the R32 for a couple of meetings before both drivers got R32's; Jim Richards and Mark Skaife (who did the development) started destroying the Ford Sierras, BMW M3's and Holden Commodores. The uproar from the press and other drivers was stark; the GT-R virtually killed Group A in Australia and directly led to the V8 Supercars era.

[@robossuperchannel9434]

The decision to move to a new formula to replace Group A in Australia was made before the GTR had won its first race. Although at the time it was not clear what that formula might be. Also worth noting that the RS500 had a greater starts to win percentage in the ATCC (from '88 to '92) than the GTR did from '90 to '92.

[@zoranm6432]

How can you race an AWD vehicle with two wheel drive in the same class. I love the GTR but it’s AWD was the key factor in its wins against the Cosworth Sierras and the Commodores in the Australian group A racing.

[@robossuperchannel9434]

@@zoranm6432 Back in the nineties four-wheel drive v two-wheel drive was quite common, whether it be the ATCC, DTM BTCC (SuperTouring) or IMSA. The easiest way to balance any advantage is to give the AWD car more weight. For example, the Audi A4 under Super Touring regulations.

[@zoranm6432]

@@robossuperchannel9434 Understood, but not enough of a penalty in my opinion, especially in the wet! Not to mention how much better an AWD car is at preserving its tyres compared to a 2 wheel drive car. I remember the Cosworth Sierras were every bit as fast in a straight line as the GTRs.

[@MaCcAM40a3]

That's a lie, if you had half a clue you'd know that Group A was dead before the GTR won its first race and ultimately had nothing to do with the culmination of Group 3A touring cars. Look how many full time competitors there were in Group A ATCC versus Group 3A, tells you all you need to know but the state of Australian touring car racing at the time and the mismanagement of Group A.

[@sleazymeezy]

There is alot more information out there on the r32 in the ATCC. The aussie team ended up fabricating their own parts after racking up a $1,000,000 Bill with nissan. They won the 90, 91 and 92 ATCC with I believe only 3 non 1st finishes that were still podium finishes. It was the Aussies also that gave it the name godzilla after it upended their touring car championship. Edit: see guy in comments for the proper stats

[@robossuperchannel9434]

Not sure where you get you stats from :) but the GTR won 50% of their ATCC starts from Mallala in 1990 to Oran Park in 1992. Off the top of my head they had 13 non 1st finishes during those years.

[@adrianf5665]

@@robossuperchannel9434 even still, thats not many. either way though, it still crushed the competition to the point they banned it

[@Zonda1996]

Great video! Should be worth noting - Gibson Motorsport (the Australian team) test drivers found HICAS massively destablised the rear end under hard cornering and opted to develop the race trim without it. The 1991 Gibson R32 was arguably the fastest car in all of Group A, setting a class speed record of 293km/h down Conrod Straight during qualifying for that year’s Bathurst round.

[@generacionmarttin]

Not many people know this but in Spain there was also an R32 racing on the Spanish Touring Series. Probably as iconic (or even more) as it ran with the Repsol livery. The driver was the ex Formula 1 local driver Luis Perez Sala.

[@Hoffie92]

the GTR really proved that "Win races on sunday, sell cars on monday" worked.

[@christycullen2355]

Glad i found your channel. Your content is always really good and straight to the point

[@Holden308]

True story. The Australian built Nissan GT-R that won the 1991 Bathurst 1000 was supposed to then be taken to Fuji for the 500 later that year. However, the boss of NISMO was at Bathurst to see the speed of the Gibson built cars first hand. After what he saw, he "requested" (told) Aussie team boss Fred Gibson keep his cars at home because he feared their speed (with Jim Richards and Mark Skaife doing the driving) would not only wipe the floor with the customer Nissan's in Japan ... but the factory NISMO ones too!!! And that he rightly maintained, was not good for business, even though Gibson's team was actually factory backed as well.

[@Holden308]

Australian Dick Johnson's team had the reputation of having the fastest Group A Ford Sierra RRS500's in the world. Fred Gibson's team (Gibson Motorsport) easily built the fastest Group A Nissan GT-R R32's in the world. Australia had the fastest Group A touring cars in the world from 1988-92.

[@happy_camper]

29 wins in 29 starts, legendary.

[@macsmith2013]

Thanks for this! I was aware the GTR is an icon, and one of my faves in GT games, but didn't know its history was so interesting. :)

[@Colt45hatchback]

Not as massive an achievement, but the 1983? Nissan bluebird turbo of the fury/gibson motorsport team is an awesome story also

[@bengibson3955]

Couldn’t agree more. George Fury really drove the wheels off it. George’s Bluebird qualifying lap record in 1984 Bathurst 1000 stood for a long time (actually still stands, strictly speaking), as it was still the fastest lap when Bathurst was reconfigured to add Caltex Chase. I loved that car even though I’ve been a one-eyed Ford guy all my life.

[@jipbutler1157]

Great stuff….awesome car….do the R33 too please 👍🏻

[@GarryOzols]

The aussie nickname for the R32 Skyline was not meant to be funny, it was a genuine compliment to the cars Japanese heritage and unstoppable dominance. I'm sure no joke was intended in calling it Gozilla, nothing but respect.

[@kitvexed8229]

something to note, Bathhurst 2023, Brad Sheriff's R32 was destroying everyone (until he crashed) - so the legend lives ON!

[@rarewhiteape]

Something that surely helped the R32 was that it didn’t look like it was made in a box factory. That styling still excites people today. I remember watching the Godzillas dominating Bathurst when I was a kid. The locals were fed up with the Commodores and Falcons being beaten, and the infamous 1992 race is now part of motor racing folklore. Sitting on the couch, 10 years old, and watching the fallout from the red-flagged race conclusion, and Jim Richards gives the crowd a piece of his mind. It certainly caught my attention.

[@andrewarmstrong7254]

Didn't help that Denny Hulme, good friend of JR, passed during the race.

[@alanjm1234]

I was actually there at Bathurst that year. The crowd reaction wasn't because of the brand of the car. Plenty on non Fords and Holdens had won Bathurst before. The crowd were pissed off because the car that "won" was a wreck lying on the side of the track with a wheel torn off. And the Johnson Sierra had gone past it on the track. So most of the crowd which turned up at the presentation were expecting Dick Johnson to be announced the winner. Anyway the GT-R certainly became the "category killer", being basically a purpose built race car racing against performance versions of family cars.

[@carbonfiber492]

Nismo had very little to do with the Australian race version to the point they requested that the Gibson cars not be brought over during an exhibition race as they were so much faster

[@rm3266]

Yup , they were completely re-engineered and were quicker than what Nismo were doing. Kinda like how DJR built the quickest Sierra’s.

[@ParallelSyntax]

There were also plans for the R32 to be in the BTCC, but rules had changed in 1989 so it never saw a British race, sadly. The R31 was in BTCC in 1988 though, but wasn’t quite as competitive.

[@belhaddim5116]

Dude, you're absolutely rocking with these videos, keep em coming. Great narration and perfect sound editing as well!

[@automobilistic]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[@FCT8306onTwoWheels]

7:26 rewatching a classic here. I thought I was over this car but the science bits got me. The ripped apart a 959 for R/D, now thats something

[@SenseiRaisen]

I remember when someone ask "why that car is everywhere?". I told her: "Do you know Mustang? yes? well! this is the same but for Japan. And they love it too, me as well." The R32 was basically the car someone with racing passion can afford, tune and racing on weekend. And even if doesn't race, still an imposing car, a car who scream RAW power, who scream: "i will eat you alive and there is nothing you can do about it". A car who put Nissan back in the map in the 90s. A car people might see underwhelming compared with others, but a car who at the time was affordable and now days is literally invaluable (no, seriously, any variant of an R32, specially GT R, in prestine condition is very expensive).

[@fittipaldi7326]

Love the footage of the GTR at the old Amaroo Park

[@BOABModels]

That Reebok livery looks so cool. Crazy to think the number blue #12 Calsonic liveried car is still in Super GT, although on a Z car this year.

[@VinceroAlpha]

Please do more videos for the R33 and R34!

[@adrielquiroga7901]

This could be a series on the whole GT-R lineup

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Awesome car. Fantastic video series you are making. Keep up the good work.

[@andrehooker3229]

I've never heard of a Nissan Skyline because I'm an American 80's baby so I was into Muscle cars and when I got Gran Turismo as a Christmas gift back in 1998 I would get furious when I lost to the Skylines while driving the Z28 Camaro. But as I started getting more history on the Skyline I fell in love with the BNR32 Skylines and till this day I would love to own one in stock trim ( wishful thinking 😞 )

[@automobilistic]

You and me both! I love the R32 and would love to own one, unfortunately, so does everyone else haha

[@andrehooker3229]

@@automobilistic damn right! Even if you're rich, good luck getting an actual R32 GTR it's a better chance getting a rwd type M

[@SamMassingham]

Absolutely cracking video, now watched them all and really enjoy seeing and hearing about the cars I remember from GT2 👌

[@julloys4t602]

Oh that background music love it.

[@llmkursk8254]

Fun note, I’m pretty sure Nismo were thinking about even rallying the R32. However, it’s weight was seen as too great a factor so the team went with the Pulsar GTI-R

[@noahletwinski6955]

Oh really? That would have made Tomi become another famous r32 driver lol

[@fernlenker]

Great Story so well presented ! Thank you ! =) greetings from germany

[@srb221]

I was lucky enough to see the Gibson motorsport one race in Wellington New Zealand. My favorite group A car.

[@gamernaut8864]

There should be a Ford v Ferrari type of movie made about Godzilla and Nissan's historical comeback from near extinction. What a great story for sure.

[@davidpoole7098]

God, that Gran Turismo 2 music is a huge nostalgia hit. It was my first racing game and where I discovered the Skyline... been my dream car ever since.

[@GetawayGuyDriver]

One of the best cars ever made imo, love R32,33,34 GTR's, another great video 👍

[@tomnewham1269]

Well done on nailing the history of the R32 GTR.

[@a92gsxdsm]

Almost 10k subs mate!!! Congrats! Keep up the great videos. Cheers!

[@simopics]

Amazing video! I absolutely love the R32 with the calsonic livery. One thing that always amazed me about this R32 is the amount of camber and how big the wheels seemed to be: I think it was all done to benefit their new 4 wheels steering system.

[@timhughes2651]

The long 6 cylinder engine with the front differential made the R32 overly front heavy, the camber was a way to help the steering in corners.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

The four wheel steering system was deleted or locked out on most racing gtrs.

[@999Lucas]

R31 was no slouch, it just didnt have awd and all the engineering bespoke to the BNR32 chassis. Great video.

[@dual5ivese7ens]

In it's heyday the R32 is so unbeatable imagine the nightmares, the sleepless nights their competitors had.

[@christianmodehn8229]

Thank you very much for this awesome video!! Nissan Nismo #1!!!!!!!!

[@NoiseBombS14]

Probably will get buried, but let’s do the IMSA Rx7’s domination. Even more then the 24 hours of Le Mans, the IMSA reign Mazda held was their greatest achievement in racing history

[@sladeb6036]

Second video of yours or maybe my third but you got my subscription.

[@palamecianrider7385]

Immediate subscription after hearing GT2 bgm

[@blacvicking31]

This is such an exquisite video

[@flme1332]

Great vid, would love to hear you cover the history of the 787b too!

[@lampardgumbira8721]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXytpqudgZZgraM there you go, he done it

[@Spherz]

Pleasant surprise to wake up to another banger vid this morning👍

[@gtsupreme]

They also did a win in the hardest and coolest street circuit racing of Macau.

[@karhlhenselien2260]

I remember the R32 kicking ars here in Australia in the day,loved it 👍👍

[@montyshxlygrail]

man i love the r30 2000gt’s and rs-x’s, honestly some of my favourite looking cars from nissan

[@travosk8668]

Man Im so pumped to see this channel grow

[@RallycrossGT]

I would like to see a video on the Subaru Impreza 22B and why it was so successful and awe-inspiring as well

[@Amir-mk8tx]

I'm binging your videos. Informarive yet enjoyable. Love it.

[@dazeen9591]

The only thing I remember about this car is the amazing brakes in GT4 😂

[@NphazePect]

Proud to finally own one.

[@juusto7171]

this channel is a hidden gem

[@wa.gtrsoul]

COOL STORY BRO!

[@moisesreyes4933]

Subscribing to this channel 👌

[@tommynobaka]

the r32 probably felt so alien and futuristic compared to the competition at the time

[@RaindancerAU]

What made the GTR dominant in Australia was both the ATTESSA AWD and the power being 700hp+. It had by far the most horsepower and unlike the Sierra was able to get it to the ground.

[@ChumpyChicken2]

Gibson Motorsport GTR’s in Australia had Aussie engineering parts and modifications that push it well over 700hp in overtake max power mode. It was a initiative race car that the Japanese from Nismo came to Australia to see what they did. Good times.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Please do more JDM videos on Toyota Honda Nissan Mitsubishi Subaru and Mazda

[@salt-emoji]

The skyline singlehandedly secured Nissans place in the modern automotive arena.

[@Sheriff_McPants]

R32 > R34 and R35. Nissan will never top the R32 IMO.

[@insertnamehere4341]

Great video as always. youre really underated i bet youre gonna hit 10k this week

[@A.BurakUslu]

a new sub here, just stopped by after binge-watching your videos. you make hell of a job with your videos and storytelling man, keep it up!

[@automobilistic]

Really glad you're enjoying the videos! Plenty more on the way...

[@sameer-zv4yc]

This is awesome

[@josejuancerdabarraza3544]

It looks more like a early 2000's car than a 90's car

[@Danger_mouse]

As a mechanic at a Nissan dealer in Australia in early 90s, I can recall going to new vehicle training on the first version Maxima... When we arrived at the state office workshop, there was a shiny new GTR parked in there also (The Nissan Australia evaluation car for the 200 officially sold cars offered). The trainer struggled all day to tell us stuff about the Maxima, but nobody really cared 🙂

[@jonnywalker3208]

Thank you for this! ALL HAIL GODZILLA!

[@ДмитрийТитов-з3ф]

legendary car!

[@eddeewhat5553]

I had a Datsun 200 SX. 5 speed manual. Nice car. But my all time favorite was my Toyota Celica.

[@jtxp5942]

As a fellow Australian I'm glad to hear we came up with the name Godzilla and not the yanks 😂

[@derekdreke4990]

Nissan for life

[@DM01710]

Who else spotted and likes the gran turismo 2 music as a backing track 0.43

[@zidenzz]

why doesnt this have lots of views

[@cel3bi634]

Great vid man, keep it up and youll get huge for sure

[@thomaswilding8818]

Do recall watching the last Bathurst the GTR was allowed in. They added a massive weight penalty to the car. Can’t recall how many kg of lead. The GTR went faster and won. The crowd boo’ed. Banned

[@williamlopez8983]

Yeah, do the r33. That's another great one.

[@burtonfzz]

Attessa e-tc in infiniti fx37 was and is absolutely a beast! Everyone on a passenger seat shit bricks when ask me for a fast drive on a corners to show “why infiniti?”. I really like combination of fun and confidence on a trajectory of such a huge and powerful car. RWD can be fun too, but amount of confidence that attesa brings is astonishing! Also a friend of mine drove a tuned 2012 GT-R and it was so much fun how people on a road with their “expensive sport style sedans” with GT logos underrate capabilities of GT-R 😂😂😂 usually they think it is some kind of Nissan Almera or something 🤣🤣🤣🤣 A guy in BMW m5 with carbon all over the place was really pissed when we kinda teleported from him when he tried to tailgate to my friend’s GT-R 😂😂😂😂😂 it was the time when I shat bricks after infiniti 🤣 Also Porsche Panamera drivers hate him so much (they also hate me in a cheap fx37 😂). Their cars are really great but GT-R and its legacy is really something special.

[@therisingblocks4606]

5:08 , the r31 gts-r skyline only made its racing debut in 1987, in the final round in the wtcc at fuji, where it still placed behind a dr30 RS turbo skyline (new cars take time to get used to🤷‍♂️). The dr30 was no slouch either, it was competitive in the jtcc, atcc and wtcc. It took both the manufacturer and individual win in the jtcc, 1986. Second in 1986 and 1987 atcc (almost winning 1987 however Jim Richards bested young Glenn Seton in the rain at the final race). Yes the r31 was a more refined car but the r30 was by no means slow.

[@racketman2u]

and it has to be said that the R31 and R32 were night and day; The former was quite honestly a bit of a pig as a standard car, the latter as real driver's car (I've owned both).

[@therisingblocks4606]

@@racketman2u thats funny cause Jim Richards describes the HR31 that he raced as his favourite car he's ever raced (including Godzilla) "...like a bigger, more powerful BMW M3." But what you say doesn't surprise me as the r31 wasn't fully race bred like the r32. However the r31 was still a definent improvement over the r30 in terms of racing. The r30 had a steering box rather than rack and pinion😵‍💫

[@CLOYO]

R33 next? Let's go

[@weallfollowmanutd]

they raced the r31 in the Australian Touring car championship, it was very quick however when the r32 turned up mid season, it was insane fast. So much so, they added 50kg to start with, then 100kg, then 150kg lol.

[@FruitSalad-xg2uu]

It's Porsche 917 K's turn:)))

[@zombieguy3000]

Your videos are fantastic

[@matthewjones3806]

In the new trend with hating on Japanese cars people call these cars “slow” and they all know absolutely nothing about how fast the “JDM legends” really where

[@mohammedroshan2757]

I got a nissan ad LOL

[@thegirthquake8574]

Shame it wasn't mentioned that the entire reason the GTR exists is because Nissan acquired Prince-- the s20 and the Skyline name plate were from Prince.

[@briantaylor9285]

Nissan GTR: *GODZILLA ROAR* The World: 😮💀

[@brainsmatterpodcast]

Plenty of others have mentioned it, but the Godzilla name originated in the Aussie media. Watching them maul the Sierras and V8 commodores at Bathurst was glorious to watch. The Aussie GT-Rs were the real Godzilla’s, bespoke builds from the Nismo versions

[@automobilistic]

I did mention this towards the end of the video, and have since learned a lot about the differences between the NISMO and Gibson cars. Fascinating story!

[@brainsmatterpodcast]

@@automobilistic the 80s and 90s were a great time to watch Bathurst and the like, first it was the Sierra Cosworths dominating, so much than Holden Golden Boy Peter Brock switched to a Cosworth, much to the chagrin of Holden fans, and then the GT-Rs just blew those away

[@mht525]

Godzilla 🤘 JDM Nihon styling. Proud owner of a R33 GTR Skyline. Australia had direct access to Nissan skylines (Grey imports) Sugoi, banzi Jamata ✌️🇯🇵🇦🇺

[@formulafish1536]

The GTR only dominated Australia because it was comprehensively rebuilt by Fred Gibson and his engineering team. In Bathurst in 1990 it debuted in a slightly upgraded Japanese spec and failed whilst leading. The car was capable on incredible speed, but the reliability just wasn’t there for the Australian championship. Hence the rebuild. This isn’t a story exclusive to Nissan though, as Dick Johnson has the exact same story with the Ford Sierra, and their unreliability is the exact reason why the Holden Commodore is the most successful car at Bathurst in the Group A era, with 3 wins to Ford and Nissan’s 2. Godzilla is still a beast to this day however, much loved by many, as much as it was hated in Australia at the time. And I still believe it is one of the best, and most timeless cars of the era. You look at the Sierra, Commodore, and pretty much anything else that raced on the 1991 Bathurst 1000 grid and they have aged, but the GTR still looks sleek, modern and great!

[@dazaspc]

Modern like the way a 1960 mini looked modern in 1980. just more of the same. The VN Group A still looks pretty good considering it's not a personal car it's a family car. Also the GTR was raced very early on to basically see what was needed hence the engineering overhaul. There were time constraints as well after all this was totally new ground.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

"A decade of stagnation" History may not repeat, but it certainly rhymes.

[@KangoV]

I really miss my R33 GTR V Spec RB30/26 :(

[@glenndrayton3641]

The 1990 ATCC was won by the R31 GTS-R not the R32. The R32 won in 1991 and 1992, but that breakthrough first win was actually in the R31.

[@automobilistic]

Could you direct me to a source for this? From what I have read Jim Richards used both an R31 and an R32 during the 1990 championship, and it was the R32 that made the difference at the end of the season (granted of course that the R31 still performed respectably)

[@leograae]

​@@automobilistic Jim Richards drove the R31 in the first 6 races of the 1990 ATCC. Mark Skaife debuted the R32 in the 6th race and led early before retiring due to a hub failure. Richards then took over the GTR for the final 2 races. At that point, Richards was the championship leader with 76 points. Dick Johnson was running second on 68 points. Eventual 2nd place in the championship Peter Brock was 5th on 50 points. The first race in the GTR, Richards finished 4th behind the Sierras of Brock, Seton, and Bond. This gave him a 13 point lead over Colin Bond heading into the final round. Brock and Johnson were also mathematically in the hunt, but were long shots. For Bond to win the title, he would have to finish 2nd or better and have Richards score no points. If Richards finished 6th or better, he would secure the title, no matter where anyone else finished. Whilst the GTR definitely put Richards championship well beyond any doubt, the R31 really does deserve the credit for taking the 1990 title and breaking the Sierra strangehold on the ATCC.

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

When boxy cars go beastmode, the racing catches my attention. The GTR, the original Quattro Group B, Alfa Romeo 155 DTM, ... I just hate the rich man's rounded poshy so called supercars, they reek of too much money.

[@seandezart8294]

I believe that you've been particularly harsh with the first 4cyl only Skyline model (DR30) since 1961 which strongly indicates to me that you've not driven the FJ20ET with intercooler. In fact, the 'boxy' Skylines were selling annually half a million cars a year whereas the total R32 sales were 313,000 of which a massive 44k were GT-Rs and where we agree - win on Sunday - sell on Monday ! However the DR30 rallied also and its' engine poweed rthe hugely successful 240RS......so worth a bit of honour imho - it was an important step between the 1960s Hakos and Godzilla. :-)

[@Ikcatcher]

Another banger video

[@Zero_dice]

Very funny to see a driver named Suzuki, driving a Nissan 😂

[@vinching926]

The R32 also shocked the Macau Guia Race in 1990.

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

it didn't shock anyone in that race... 500/600 HP with awd verse m3s and 190es with 360hp and RWD...... everyone knew it would win and everyone was rightfully pissed. AC shinitzer team had the best touring car drivers of the time and was losing to the gentleman driver fucktard that was in r32.......

[@judeauu1884]

Please make one for the 33 too