Z07
January 17th, 2009, 17:42
http://rjamo.co.uk/PhotoAlbums/album_1212776511/auto-express-all.jpg
The RS6
January 17th, 2009, 18:00
Even bigger cars? :D
Klint
January 17th, 2009, 18:02
Not much by the looks of things. All have four wheels and an engine!
darkart
January 17th, 2009, 19:20
Very nice retrospection :)
AndyBG
January 18th, 2009, 00:38
You have here several more than 20 years gap... :)
krm
January 18th, 2009, 05:37
dare i say the originals look better?
Ruergard
January 18th, 2009, 10:39
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/grouptests/233244/living_legends.html
More pics there.
Z07
January 18th, 2009, 10:53
From article:
In terms of British relevance, the story started in 1989, when tuner Janspeed, based in Salisbury, Wilts, imported a handful of Skyline R32s from Japan. They were bought in for racing, but many made it on to the road – and created a small but loyal fanbase.
The car in our picture was one of that first batch, and has been modified to give 450bhp, instead of the original 280bhp, and has a host of other performance tweaks.
What strikes you first is how much sleeker it is than the new machine. There’s an economy of scale to its lines that the pumped-up 2008 model can’t match.
Equally impressive are the clever bits you can’t see. When the Skyline hit the UK at the end of the Eighties, powered windows were still a novelty for most buyers. The Nissan featured electronic four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering, and looked truly advanced. It made every other supercar appear dated!
Nearly 20 years on, the new GT-R remains a test bed for Nissan’s hi-tech thinking. Most of its baffling array of systems are designed to make it accelerate, brake and steer quicker than anything else on the road. Yet while the latest GT-R is the fastest car on the block, without the R32, it wouldn’t be here at all.