COTW: Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 V-spec II
Weight: 2440 lbs
Length: 181.1 in
Width: 70.3 in
Height: 53.5 in
Engine: RB26DETT
Redline: 8000 RPM
HP: 327 @ 6800 RPM
Torque: 293 @ 4400 RPM
0-60 MPH: 4.9 seconds
¼ mile: 13.7 seconds @ 103.5 MPH
That’s a lot of letters for one car but of all machines on this planet this one deserves them all. This is the first car in my series that I have not driven personally so I can’t speak of its “seat of the pants” performance but I can definitely talk about, well, how awesome it seems to be.
Imagine a big car. It’s an inline 6. It’s all wheel drive. It has turbos. Sounds good so far, doesn’t it? Now imagine it is Japanese and filled with every single trick bit of electronics available from the Land of Electronics. This beast is world renown as the tip of the iceberg when it comes to off the shelf Japanese bad-ass-itude. It’s a rocket ship that can turn and stop. It looks like something straight from a video game. And I’ve heard of tuners pushing the 1,000 horsepower envelope on a practically stock block and transmission.
OK it isn’t exactly lightweight. It’s extremely expensive and rare. One cannot even buy one in the US (yet�) but there is no question that every automotive enthusiast that has spent any time playing Gran Turismo or knows anything about the Japanese domestic market (JDM for those insiders), they all know about this machine and will spend endless days expounding on its virtues (and vices).
Someday I will drive one. Someday I will uncover the mystique that is the Skyline. I must!
