I thought the first was '66? I'm certain in that time frame, between 67 and 69, that the "prince" car manufacturer, not Nissan, was making the Skyline and then folded/was acquired by Nissan.
This site has a pretty good, nearly complete history of the Skyline.
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~robs/kevspage4.htm.
My favorite? Not sure. R33 most likely. Which one I'd more likely have/build if it were my real $$$ buying/building it? Maybe a DR30 or HR31 in RWD only configuration with a RB25 or RB26 modded to 450-600RWHP.
I'd like to see the straight 6 stay in the GT-R. Maybe they can do a GT-R king of the hill TTv8 and keep a rb series motor in another model. My bet is a R35 in V8TT form won't be cheap, and I think the 800, 900, 1000HP+++ potential of the RB series is plenty for those of us that stray from the factory state of tune.
See my post in the "who currently owns a gt-r" thread at
http://64.177.245.211/vbulletin/show...3?threadid=311 for maybe a few more of my ideas/preferences if you care. (Page 2 I think)