![]() Overshadowing that twin-turbocharged 2.6-litre inline six, as ever, is the fast Nissan's chassis hardware, with both the ATTESA all-wheel drive and Super HICAS four-wheel steering standard kit. Īfter exchanging polite pleasantries, I began lightly grilling him on the famous gentleman’s agreement that capped power for all Japanese performance cars to 280HP (206kW).ĭespite 18 years having passed since the last cap R34 GT-R rolled off the line he still refuses to spill the beans, only adding that he and his colleagues remain proud when an original car's smooth-spinning RB26DETT merrily exceeds the original car's 206kW and 392Nm of torque on the dyno. The R34 is nothing less than royalty in my book and only days earlier at Zuma I met one of the very men who could have built this car's engine. If anything, off the back of a starring role in the Gran Turismo gaming franchise and numerous testosterone-fuelled car movies, Godzilla's grandson looks almost exotic – but only if you stand at the right angle.ĭeviate from that and you'll be confronted by a gawky two-door sedan that no designer in their right mind would ever pen today. Its squared-jawed, sharp-edged looks, complete with flared front and rear arches, are still as striking today as when the Skyline GT-R first rocked up on the performance car scene back in 1999. Shorter, broader and a little heavier than the R33 it replaced, in the metal – like an ageing family hound – the dog-eared R34 is loveable all the same. Like the first car, the R34 we have today is said to be completely original save for a larger rear exhaust, but instead of being pristine the black R34 we have is well used and wears every one of its 120,000km.
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