Skyline hype?!?

[Focus2000]

I think part of the magic of the Skyline is the proliferation of tuning companies offering upgrades and, most importantly for we modellers, so-called 'aerodynamic' packages.

Companies like Nismo, C-West and Mine's give us the inspiration to turn our box-stock Skylines into something a little different, something unique to our own tastes.

For me, the Skyline was the first car to feature these wild body kits. Nowadays it's common-place among all types of car, from humble hatchback to pickup truck, but the Skyline is still The Daddy!



Oh, and Gran Turismo definitely helped it build its reputation. I wonder what GT4 will bring us.....

[weaponCIVIC]

Well i dont know about any of you but, i like to broden my choice of models. I have one skyline (R33) and thats it.

Honeslty kids that spend ALL thier time making skyline models are lost in the fast and the furious. end of conversation.

[Jay!]

I prefer NSXs, myself. :0

[TheSyndicate]

Originally posted by jay@af
I prefer NSXs, myself. :0

[willimo]

I'll probably get beaten down for comparing it to Skylines and NSX's, but the S2000 has my vote for sweetest ride. I know others are way faster, and it's handling is a bit finicky, (though I've never driven one, I've heard nothing in the world rotates like an NSX), and it's not even close to rare, but to me, there's something about a 240hp four banger. That revs to 9g's. That is just amazing. The S2000, to me, is like Bruce Lee. Little, strong, quick, and badass. "Honda learns Jeet Kun-do..." Heh. Never thought about it that way.

[ljrlude01]

Originally posted by supratuner


Now for importing a skyline? you can get R33 GTRs from japan for $7,500 USA, but then you have to pay for shipping, customs and all kinds of other shit and thats where it becomes expensive, ill ask my friend for a link tot hat site, they got skylines, supras, silvias, all the good JDM cars for cheaper than most hondas.

please do ask him cause and post the site. I pay 9k for my r32 GTR, I wish I could find an r33 for that cheap out here in good condition.
I love Skyline since GT and now that I been lucky enough to owned one I love them eve more so that why I have so many Skyline models in my closet.

[themodelkid]

Originally posted by freakmech
i hate american cars)

No offence, but YOU SUCK!

FYI: PLYMOUTH introduced the superbird, not pontiac. Pontiac inrtoduced the Sunbird, big diffrence!

[jdmwhizkid]

People are so enthusiastic about the Skyline for the same reason that some people are enthusistic about Ferrari's or rally cars. It has alot to do with what type of cars you are really interested in. Also, people build them because they admire the cars and wish they had them. The Skyline is considered to some the "Holy Grail" of import cars, so lots build it. The Skyline has a huge aftermarket following and people may have an idea of how they want their Skyline to be, so they build a model to see it in a scale view. To me it doesn't really matter what type of cars people build. To each his own.

[themodelkid]

I also have no clue why this guy is so worked up over the fact that Skyline's are popular. I mean like others have said, there awesome!!! I mean even the name is cool, "SKYLINE", its almost as cool as "CORVETTE" People like them so much, because they like them so much! Duh.....

[Jumpman_Z]

I think what makes the Skyline so cool is that it's so versatile. It can be tuned for so many different kinds of competition. They can be used for dragracing, rally, autox, JGTC, Lemans, topspeed/wangan, drift and whatever other crazy ways to race a car you can think of. It can pretty much compete in anything except Formula 1. Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche can handle quite well, but they definitely wouldn't be worth anything in a rallying, either because of their size, expensive parts, too much power, or lack of awd.

[rsbousquet]

would you like us to build a different car? what would you suggest over the skyline? maybe a.. volkswagen beetle? wait... nevermind. that's a good idea.

[freakmech]

actually if you read all my threads you see that i dont car about what you model. i am just trying(and obviously did) to spark an intelligent conversation about why the Skyline is such a phenomenon. ive built a Skyline myself and i like the car. i just dont understand why some people would limit themselves to building models of just one type of car. but to each his own. im mearly interested in whats behind this huge craze and this post has so far been great at gettting to the middle of this. thank you all for your inspiring comments. maybe ill build another Skyline myself... always been fond of the Calsonic. keep up the debate, i think it says alot about everyone on this board and that is that though we are all motivated by different things this motivation fuels our desire to model which brings us here. i think ive learned a little about everyone thats posted. thank you its been a sucessful post!

[Ghost_9418]

I just dont like how people dont know that the GTR skylines are only a limited trim model of the skyline. Skylines are pretty much family cars execpt for the far fewer numbers of the GTR.

[freakmech]

And actual Ghost this was an original arguement of mine as well. I think alot of people see these tuned out Skylines and are under the huge misconception that its an easy task to get 600+ horse power out of a Skyline. These cars in magazines are built by professional companies and the parts added cost as much as the car its self. the GT-R is limited to 280hp by Japanese law. and the other models are much lower. I dont think alot people understand how much it takes to make any car get 600hp much less a Skyline.

[TheSyndicate]

I actually like the R33 4 door...