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Nissan Skyline 6th generation (R30)

Years
1981–1990
Chassis
R30
Drivetrain
FR
Nissan Skyline 6th generation (R30)

Image: OSX / Public domain

Story

With Paul Newman as its advertising figure, it was called the "Newman Skyline". The surfing line that had been a Skyline trademark was dropped with this generation.

Stories

01

Lightning at Senjogahara

When developing the Skyline, Sakurai wrote a concept story himself and had all the designers share it as they worked. The story set out in detail not only the car but also the driver's thinking, personality, age and occupation, and for the R30's development he wrote "Lightning at Senjogahara."
Shinichiro Sakurai

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Semi-trailing arm

Length 4,620 mmWB 2,615 mm1,385 mmHeightWidth 1,675 mm

Production plants

  1. Murayama Plant

    Musashimurayama, Tokyo

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since August 200625 years after sales began in August 1981
Last cars
Eligible since 201525 years after sales ended in 1990 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Shinichiro Sakurai

Shinichiro Sakurai

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".