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Nissan Skyline GT-R Z-Tune - The Most Extreme Skyline Ever Built
Nismo Z-Tune GT-R
read at source> www.turbomagazine.com/features/0704_turp_nissan_skyline_gtr_ztune/index.html
Nissan Motorsport International. Mention these three words to anyone with an ounce of interest in the whole import scene and they will no doubt picture in their minds the numerous racecars that have worn the Nissan name throughout the years. Nismo, of course, is the official tuning arm of Nissan, a company that not only designs and develops aftermarket parts but one that builds racecars and race engines. Their experience in the motorsport field has allowed them to create some of the best and most sought after products out there, including complete cars. Their latest effort, the extremely limited edition Z-tune follows in a very short line of equally impressive machinery. First it was the S14 Silvia based 270R, then came the BCNR33 Skyline GT-R-based 400R and two years ago the R34 based Z-tune. When Nismo showed the car for the first time at the Nismo Festival back in 2004, it was announced that only 20 would be made. List price: a cool $153,500. There was no doubt that with a price tag like that the Z-tune was a very serious car. Although it might not have been the most powerful or even the fastest GT-R, it was, and still is, the most complete and accomplished street-going Skyline GT-R ever built. As the production of these 20 cars is ending, we decided to closely follow the build of the n16 Z-tune, the last of only a handful of these cars that will be sold outside Japan.
Nismo Z-Tune GT-R
read at source> www.turbomagazine.com/features/0704_turp_nissan_skyline_gtr_ztune/index.html
Nissan Motorsport International. Mention these three words to anyone with an ounce of interest in the whole import scene and they will no doubt picture in their minds the numerous racecars that have worn the Nissan name throughout the years. Nismo, of course, is the official tuning arm of Nissan, a company that not only designs and develops aftermarket parts but one that builds racecars and race engines. Their experience in the motorsport field has allowed them to create some of the best and most sought after products out there, including complete cars. Their latest effort, the extremely limited edition Z-tune follows in a very short line of equally impressive machinery. First it was the S14 Silvia based 270R, then came the BCNR33 Skyline GT-R-based 400R and two years ago the R34 based Z-tune. When Nismo showed the car for the first time at the Nismo Festival back in 2004, it was announced that only 20 would be made. List price: a cool $153,500. There was no doubt that with a price tag like that the Z-tune was a very serious car. Although it might not have been the most powerful or even the fastest GT-R, it was, and still is, the most complete and accomplished street-going Skyline GT-R ever built. As the production of these 20 cars is ending, we decided to closely follow the build of the n16 Z-tune, the last of only a handful of these cars that will be sold outside Japan.