Nissan · Skyline
Nissan Skyline 11th generation (V35)
- Years
- 2001–2007
- Chassis
- V35
- Drivetrain
- FR / 4WD
Image: RB30DE / Public domain
Story
It dropped the inline-six engine and evolved into a new-generation GT car with the "FM package", mounting a compact, light V6 front-midship. In North America it was exported as the "Infiniti G35".
Chassis
Front
Multi-link
Rear
Multi-link
- Curb weight
- 1,450-1,600kg
Production plants
Kaminokawa, Tochigi
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since June 202625 years after sales began in June 2001
- Last cars
- Eligible during 203225 years after sales ended in 2007 (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: Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture
Head of development of the Nissan GT-R (R35). Then-president Carlos Ghosn entrusted him, as "Mr. GT-R", with full authority over the car's development and sales, and appointed him chief vehicle engineer (CVE), chief product specialist (CPS) and program director (PD). He was chief vehicle engineer (CVE) of the eleventh-generation Skyline (V35). In the eighties he was involved in Project 901 on the body design side, and on the P10 Primera and the R32 Skyline he was responsible for vehicle packaging design.