Nissan Skyline R34 GT-T

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Launched way back in 1969, the original Nissan Skyline GT-R was a sporty but fairly unremarkable coupe that ran until 1977 and was roughly comparable to our own Ford Capri.

However, all that changed in 1989 when Nissan decided to revive the Skyline name with just one aim in mind – to go racing. The result was the mighty Skyline R32 GT-R, a car of such awesome all round ability that it could wipe the floor with the best that Italy and Germany had to offer – and at a fraction of the cost. Packed full of electronic gizmos such as computerised four-wheel drive and all-wheel steering, it nevertheless delivered a seat-of-the-pants driving experience that instantly endeared it to every boy racer on the planet.

Powered by a 2.6-litre 24-valve twin-turbo straight six, it had a claimed power output of 276bhp to keep it below the 280bhp limit imposed by a gentleman’s agreement among the Japanese manufacturers, but independent tests proved that the real power output was closer to 325bhp and, with specialist tuning, up to 1,000bhp was readily available. In its first season in Japan it won every single race it was entered into, winning the Japanese Touring Cars championship four years in a row. In the Australian Touring Car series it proved so unbeatable that it was outlawed in 1993 to give other makes a chance.

In 1995 the car was improved still further with the launch of the R33, a stock R33 GT-R becoming the first ever production car to lap the infamous Nurburgring in under eight minutes. 1998 saw the launch of the R34 which again raised the bar to new heights. For those who did not want, or could not afford, the full all-wheel-drive twin turbo GT-R experience, a single turbo 2.5-ltre GT-T rear-wheel drive model was also available. Producing the same 280bhp as was quoted for the GT-R, it was not quite as tuneable as the twin turbo model but was still a devastatingly fast and capable machine.

Dating from 1998, this Skyline GT-T was imported from Japan in 2010 with 79,300km on the clock (49,200 miles) and is now showing some 89,790km (55,800 miles) with an unbroken run of old MOTs to verify this. Always well maintained in the UK, it has no fewer than six stamps in the book and was last serviced less than 500 miles ago in January this year when the cambelt was also changed (giving an average service interval of just 1,000 miles).

Originally an automatic, it was recently converted to manual including flywheel, brake pedal/master cylinder, clutch pedal etc (invoice on file). An MPH speedo has also been fitted although the odometer still records in km. Appearing to be in smart condition all round, it comes with numerous other bills and is MOTd until April 2016.