Nissan Skyline, 1989 - 1994
Godzila. HCR32 Skyline debuted in 1989. in May with a 2-door coupe or a 4-door sedan body. The R32 offers RB-series linear 6-cylinder engines. The most powerful version of the GT-R has two ceramic turbines, an all-wheel drive system (the rear wheels are hydraulically connected to the steering system), and an electronically controlled all-wheel drive system with 280 hp (206 kW) / 6800 rpm. In fact, the engine had ~ 320 hp, but due to the agreement in force in Japan to produce cars not exceeding 280 hp, this was not advertised. The engine was designed to deliver ~ 500 hp in the race. The GT-R version had an electronically controlled temporary power boost that allowed the car to reach ~ 230 kW and be able to accelerate from 0-100 km / h in 4.7 seconds and cover a quarter mile in 12.8 seconds. The GT-R had a significantly larger intercooler, larger brakes and an aluminum bonnet, larger wheel arches, and sportier seats. The clock has been replaced by a torque device that shows how much torque is delivered to the front wheels (0% -50%). The car that the Skyline creators compared to is the Porsche 959. At the time, a record-breaking time was achieved in the Nordschleife ring with the Porsche 944 8 '45, but Nissan GT-R tester Hiroyoshi Katoh improved that time to 8 '20 ". The R32 GT-R participated in the Japan Body Car Championship (JTCC), where it won 29 of 29 races during 1989-1993. He later won 50 races from the 50 N1 Super Taikyu Championships in 1991-1997 (including the model that participated in the R33)! The R32 GT-R was also used in the Australian Body Car Championship, where it completed the dominance of the Ford Sierra Cosworth. Here he won the Bathurst 1000 classic in 1991 and 1992. This success was influenced by the fact that the Australian press Nissan GT-R named Godzilla - "a monster from Japan."