Nissan Skyline C210 5. generace

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The Nissan Skyline ( Japanese : 日産・スカイライン, Hepburn : Nissan Sukairain ) is a brand of automobile originally produced by the Prince Motor Company starting in 1957, and then by Nissan after the two companies merged in 1967. After the merger, the Skyline and its larger counterpart, the Nissan Gloria , were sold in Japan at dealership sales channels called Nissan Prince Shop .

The Skyline was largely designed and engineered by Shinichiro Sakurai from inception, and he remained a chief influence of the car until his death in 2011.

Skylines are available primarily in either coupé or sedan body styles, plus station wagon , crossover , convertible and pickup / sedan delivery body styles. The later models are most commonly known by their trademark round brake and tail lights. The majority of Skyline models are rear-wheel drive , with part-time all-wheel drive being available since the debut of the eighth-generation Skyline (R32).

While not distributed in the United States until its importation as the Infiniti G-series in the early 2000s (the first generation Prince Skyline was imported, but sold poorly), the Skyline's prominence (particularly for the GT-R variant) in video games, movies and magazines (including The Fast and the Furious , Initial D , Shakotan Boogie , Tokyo Xtreme Racer , Wangan Midnight , Need for Speed , Forza , Driving Emotion Type-S , Test Drive , and Gran Turismo , Real Racing 3 ) resulted in many such cars being brought in as grey import vehicles there, and makes up a large amount of second-hand Japanese car imports to Europe and North America.

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