You Have The Keys To A Retro Skyline Or Modern GT-R. Which Do You Choose?

You have 1 week with either a true classic or a modern classic. Which gets your vote?

Is there a car company with greater product diversity than Nissan? Stroll into a dealership in the UK today, and you can purchase any of the following:

An incredibly dreary supermini - Micra The world's weirdest-looking production car - Juke A genuinely usable electric vehicle - Leaf A car you could drive across the Sahara - Pathfinder An enormous van - NV400 An old-school sports car - 370Z A bona-fide supercar - GT-R

It's an amazing product offensive, which makes Nissan one of the more interesting Japanese car companies. Whether you love or hate one of its products, there's almost certainly something else in the line-up you'll like.

Take the R35 GT-R, for example. It's completely impossible to be apathetic towards it. It's either a supercar-destroying monster for totally un-supercar money, or a soulless computer on four wheels. It's also the latest in a long bloodline that stretches back to the other car you see here, the Skyline 'KPGC10' GT-R.

The two share very little besides a GT-R badge and a set of round tail lights, but each is a true legend of its time.

The KPGC10 hit the streets back in 1969. Its 2.0-litre inline-six may only have had 160 horsepower to its name, but its handsome silhouette, tidy handling and great exhaust note makes it a hugely appealing icon for car nuts today. As does its rarity; fewer than 2000 were ever produced.

The R35 GT-R is already more common, with over 1700 produced in its first year on sale alone. It's also, unsurprisingly, a lot quicker.

Current models produce a face-bending 542 ponies, from a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6. Yes, it's full of computers, but with that many horses you'd barely stay on the road without them. It's been known to make Porsches look a bit silly on occasion, and sub-3 second 0-60mph sprints make most hypercars look a bit daft too.

Whatever you think of the R35's 'character', it still lags behind the KPGC10 on this front - you just can't beat an old car for sense of occasion. Old cars have that smell and feel, which bring back memories you didn't even know you had. And on the move, you'd no doubt create a few memories of your own.

So here's a scenario we want you to consider: you've got one week and the keys to just one of these cars. Do you go for the 60s and 70s classic, or opt for the modern supercar slayer?

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