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See the timeline of the Skyline GT-R in pictures

Autocar has pitched the new GT-R against its ancestor, the R34 Skyline GT-R, and now we can bring you a hi-res gallery of the history of Nissan’s giant-killer.

The first Skyline arrived in the UK in 1997 but can trace its roots back to the first model in the fifties.

See hi-res picture gallery of the history of the Nissan GT-R

See the video of the latest GT-R versus the R34 Skyline GT-R

Skyline GT-Rs battled against Porsche 908s in 1964 but it was 1969 that the first GT-R, a four-door saloon, reached Japanese showrroms.

The most recent GT-R, the Spec V, was unveiled this year. Rivalling Porsche’s 911 Turbo, it has a 485bhp twin-turbo V6, with a boost control function, increasing the 434lb ft of torque by an extra 15lb ft at 3500-5000rpm.

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VDG.CZ 9 October 2009

Re: Gallery: History of the GT-R

69 model is the most beautiful

Zeddy 8 October 2009

Re: Gallery: History of the GT-R

Who said Nissan weren't cool?

BulletTrainMcKane 8 October 2009

Re: Gallery: History of the GT-R

Where as in most cases the Japanese simply produced facsimiles of European models, Lexus being a good later example, the Nissan GTR was a good example of clean sheet design and original thinking. Along with the Honda NSX, the Nissan GTR is the archetypal Japanese performance car.