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Nissan Skyline H/T 2000 GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) - when Porsche almost lost its smile

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Created on July 18, 2014

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Balz Schreier

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Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) als Lot 201 versteigert in Monterey am 15. bis 16. August 2014 durch RM Auctions

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Details vom Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) versteigert in Monterey am 15. bis 16. August 2014 durch RM Auctions

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Cockpit vom Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) versteigert in Monterey am 15. bis 16. August 2014 durch RM Auctions

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Das Herz namens S20 im Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) versteigert in Monterey am 15. bis 16. August 2014 durch RM Auctions

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Kofferraum des Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-R 'Hakosuka' (1972) versteigert in Monterey am 15. bis 16. August 2014 durch RM Auctions

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Prince Skyline Sports Coupe (1962) mit Michelotti-Karosserie

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Im japanischen GT Grand Prix 1964 war der Nissan Skyline GT für kurze Zeit sogar vor dem Porsche 904 Carrera GTS

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Prince S54 Skyline 2000GT (1964) - Rennwagen vom 2. Japanischen GT-Grand Prix 1964 (verlor leider knapp gegen den leichten Porsche 904 Carrera GTS)

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Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969) neben Prince R380

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Cockpit des Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969)

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Innenraum des Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969)

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Motor S20 des Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969)

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Nissan Skyline Motor S20 des Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969)-R (1969)

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Sport-Schalensitze im Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R (1969)

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Nissan Skyline Hardtop Coupé 2000GT-R (1970)

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Summary

Nissan (and Datsun) built not only family cars as we know them in Europe, but also solid sports cars, GT vehicles and touring cars early on. The Skyline is one of these fast cars and they gave some established GT and sports car manufacturers a run for their money. This report portrays a Nissan Skyline from the seventies and shows its predecessors and relatives in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

It all began at the Paris Motor Show in 1957
Second Skyline generation S50 (1963-1968)
Third generation Skyline C10 (Hakosuka) (1968-1972)
Coronation GT-R (Gran Turismo Racer)

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

If a survey had been conducted in Europe in the 1970s to find out what body shapes people would think of when they heard the name "Nissan", the result would certainly have been quite clear: small, angular and reminiscent of shoe boxes. People would also have associated it with cars for people on a tight budget, for people with no desire for high performance, cars with no soul, serving only the purpose of transportation... Yet the name Nissan embodies a great deal of motorsport, only this was fairly unknown at the time. But what would have been the result of a survey if Nissan had also introduced the sports car presented in this article in Europe? How would Porsche, Ferrari and all the other sports car manufacturers from Central Europe have reacted? Would it have changed Nissan's entire history?

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