Soarer-Dom

In the 80’s Isuzu created the Piazza/Impulse to replace the 117. While the Impulse was succeeded in North America by a second generation, the follow-up to the Piazza was the PA Nero. Like the Piazza, it still had semi-pop-up headlights. The North American equivalent is the Geo Storm - the front of which resembles a 4th generation Camaro. The second generation Impulse had a turbocharged version, and suspension tuned by Lotus while the Pa Nero was given neither.

In the 1960’s, Nissan Motor Corporation expanded its business worldwide. It set up factories in the United States, Mexico, England and Australia. In the mid 1980’s, the R31 Skyline was produced and sold with the newly developed RB family of engines that would replace the long-serving L-series. The model sold for the Japanese market came in a 2 Litre inline six. Australia however, was a bit more bogan and a 3 Litre variation was made specifically for this market.

1. You live in someone else's shadow When you own a GT, GTT, GTS or GTST, you are always being compared to the GTR… and not in a good way: “It doesn’t have the RB26DETT”. “It’s not a real Skyline”. “Where is the turbo?”. And if you do own a GT-R, you probably hear: “It’s not pushing 1000HP like on YouTube”. There are many varieties of Skylines out there, around half of which are naturally-aspirated. Some have as little as 94HP thanks to the measly RB20E single cam, while others break the 1000HP mark with the custom-built RB30DET.

Bought this off a friend when he left NZ. It was his project, and kickstarted me into modding cars. Red top VTEC. Has the B16A1 engine and electric targa-top.

Yes, I have seen the episode of Mighty Car Mods where they go to Japan and buy a Toyota Mark II, paint it with spray cans, and cut the springs.