Nissan · Skyline
Nissan Skyline 5th generation (C210)
- Years
- 1977–1981
- Chassis
- C210
- Drivetrain
- FR
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Story
It carried on the exterior image of the hit "Kenmeri", and the ad campaign "SKYLINE JAPAN" gave it the nickname "Japan". No GT-R was offered.
Chassis
Front
Strut
Production plants
Musashimurayama, Tokyo
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since August 200225 years after sales began in August 1977
- Last cars
- Eligible since 200625 years after sales ended in 1981 (month not recorded)
Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).
Engineers
Hometown: Kanagawa Prefecture
Head of development (chief engineer) of the Skyline. He led its development without a break from partway through the second generation until near the end of the seventh generation's development, and was called "Mr. Skyline".