#Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R

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2002 JAPAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP Round 4 SEPANG (MALAYSIA) - Round 8 SUZUKA

The VQ engine GT-R takes the podium, and in the GT300, showing a glimpse of its capabilities, Silvia fights for the championship!

The Skyline GT-R, which competes in the GT500 class of the All Japan GT Championship, was forced into the toughest battle ever in the 2002 season. In order to switch the engine from the RB26DETT to the VQ30DETT midway through the season, we had to compete with the conventional improved 2001 model car for the first half, and simultaneously develop the engine and chassis for the 2002 model car in the second half.

Looking back at each race from the middle of the series, Round 4, the last race for the RB26DETT, was held in Sepang, Malaysia, where the championship was held for the first time. At one point, three GT-Rs were in the top six, showing a development befitting a farewell race, but the Castrol Pit Work GT-R (Masami Kageyama/Eric Comas), who was aiming for the win, was following behind. An unfortunate retirement due to a rear-end collision. Calsonics Skyline (Kazuyoshi Hoshino/Tetsuya Tanaka) was also sidelined due to brake trouble and was the only survivor.

Xanavi Nismo GT-R (Satoshi Motoyama/Michael Krumm) finished in 4th place.

In the following 5th round at Fuji, all three Skyline GT-Rs were equipped with the 02 version of the VQ engine. Here the Xanavi Nismo GT-R was in a good position in 3rd place in qualifying, and moved up one position in the final to take 2nd place on the podium. The power of the VQ engine was already demonstrated.

In Round 6 at Motegi, all three cars missed the timing of their qualifying attacks, and despite being in a difficult position, they were unable to achieve the results they had hoped for in the final. Furthermore, Hoshino, who was participating in the Calsonic Skyline, suddenly announced his retirement before this race. Benoît Treluyer, the 2001 Japanese F3 champion, was appointed in his place.

In the 7th race at MINE, the Xanavi nismo GT-R made a strong chase from its qualifying position of 10th and finished in 2nd place. Skyline gives a feeling of definite maturity.

The GT-R still had a chance of winning the championship heading into the final race.

However, in the final race at Suzuka, both the Xanavi Nismo GT-R and Calsonic GT-R suffered from trouble, leaving the Castrol Nismo GT-R in 8th place, the highest placed Skyline GT-R. As a result, the team ranking for the 2002 series was Nismo in 7th place and Impul in 12th place. In the drivers' ranking, Motoyama/Krumm finished in 7th place.

In the GT300 class, Unisia Jecs Silvia (Tetsuya Yamano/Masataka Yanagita) started by winning the third round at SUGO, steadily gaining points and continuing to fight for the championship until the final round. He took pole position in qualifying for the final race, where he was forced to carry a weight handicap of 80 kg, the upper limit of his class, and led from the start in the final race. However, just as the championship was just around the corner, engine trouble suddenly occurred. In the end, I finished 3rd in the ranking, a disappointing result. In the final race, Daishin ADVAN Silvia (Nobuyuki Oyagi/Takayuki Aoki) won. As the defending champion, he took revenge and achieved a beautiful final result.

Unfortunately, they missed out on the title in the 2002 season, but Nissan's efforts to win the title in 2003 have already begun.

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Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32)

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The 1970 Datsun 240Z is one of the most photogenic of its era. (Photo by Nissan Motor Company)

It’s slick. It’s fast. It’s small. It’s everything drivers want while cruising around Long Island.

What’s better than being different? That’s exactly what one Japanese auto maker set out to achieve. It worked.

Datsun, the American version of Nissan in the late-1960s to early 1970s, took the nation’s streets by storm. It all started with the 1969 launch of the Z series in New York City

This sports coupe was cheap compared to other international sports cars. Its 240Z was a highlight amongst car collectors, and it still is to this day.

The Datsun was rare, selling only 16,215 in America in 1970 and 33,684 a year later, according to Hagerty, a classic car valuation organization. And that made it even more popular.

Everyone and their neighbor wanted a Datsun and for good reason. The car took over the sports car racing world, winning dozens of motor sports championships, as far away as Australia to at home in the United States.

Fifty years later, Nissan is celebrating its rich history in America, starting with the 240Z. At the New York International Auto Show, Nissan will feature its heritage collection—The 1970 240Z, 1990 Skyline GT-R Gr. A JTC Calsonic, 1972 Skyline 2000GT-R and the 1995 NISMO GT-R LM road car—giving people a blast from the past.

Steve Yaeger, manager of heritage communications at Nissan Motor Company, spoke with Long Island Weekly, discussing the reasons why Nissan opted to put these cars on display, as well as what it meant for the auto maker two decades after World War II and more.

How did Nissan come up with the idea to go back in time for the New York International Auto Show?

It’s New York and 50 years ago in New York, we introduced the 240Z, which revolutionized people’s thoughts about Japanese cars. Up until that time, it was economy cars that were fun to drive and very practical. They were lightweight, economical and all of those things that we used to associate with Japanese manufacturers. Nissan—or Datsun in the United States—came out with the 240Z, which was a huge success. From that success in New York in 1969, we changed the face and brand of Datsun from that day forward as a performance brand. Even though we had good performance cars prior to that, it put us on the map in the United States.

It’s 50 years later and now, Nissan is a household brand for many American families. How do you think that launch helped Nissan/Datsun grow in America?

It raised our visibility in terms of our portfolio. We weren’t just a four-door economy car company anymore. Even though we had made sports cars—we made a roadster prior to that—we didn’t sell it in large numbers, so people didn’t think of us in that way. The advance of the Z, along with the launch of racing programs in the United States, we started winning championships right around the turn of the decade in 1969, ‘70 and ‘72. We started winning a lot of championships and got on the map as a performance car company. That led to pickup trucks and other vehicles. We were known around the world as Nissan, but when Datsun came to the United States, all of a sudden, we had this viable sports car that was affordable and fun to drive.

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1990 Skyline GT-R Gr. A JTC Calsonic

1972 Skyline 2000GT-R

1995 NISMO GT-R LM Road Car

Why was it called Datsun and not Nissan?

The company itself in Yokohama was always Nissan Motor Company. But marketing companies look at how names are perceived, and it was too close to Nippon (a paint brand). The decision was made in the late-’50s to early ’60s. They probably felt it had a little more cache as Datsun, and that lasted until 1983. They decided to bring Nissan worldwide.

What is the goal in bringing back these cars?

I think it’s an acknowledgment of our performance heritage. With 50 years of not only the 240Z, which is well-known to the American public, but it’s also the 50th anniversary of the GT-R. Until 2007, the GT-R was known to video gamers. Worldwide, the GT-R had a huge following and a great racing history. When we brought the R-35, which is the current GT-R that’s sold in the United States, it pulled it all together. We have special editions to commemorate the 50th anniversary. We’re showing some of the GT-R lineage, as well as the Z car lineage. It’s a fascinating look to show these cars were formidable performance cars going pretty far back. Now, they’re safer, faster and more efficient. Some of our old cars are pretty compelling.

What is the biggest difference between Nissan’s cars from then to now?

The world has changed and people’s preferences have changed. We’re not alone in that. But we have a large portfolio of crossovers, SUVs, mid-sized trucks and full-sized trucks. It’s not just cars now. Back in the day, we had a great little pickup truck. But most of our lineup was cars. From the late-’60s through 1990s, the cars that we’re showing will show that we had some formidable performance cars. They were fast with all-wheel drive technology, turbo-charging and very interesting cars. Our current Z car and GT-R are faster and more efficient than the early models. At the same time, it shows where we’ve been in the process of the evolution of those cars.

Steve Yaeger

You touched on Nissan’s racing history. But what makes it stand out?

Bob Sharp in Connecticut and Peter Brock won a lot of sports car championships. Bob Sharp won a championship in 1967, the first for Datsun. We won over 100 championships in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), more than any other manufacturer. Abroad, like the 1999 Calsonic Skyline GT-R, it was so dominant in the Australian touring car championship that they banned it. They banned turbo-charging and all-wheel drive because they got tired of seeing us win. At the show, there will be a lot of people taking pictures of that car because they’ve been seeing it in video games for 20 years. It is a legendary car, even in Japan when they bring it out to festivals, everyone will practically bow down to it because it got the Godzilla nickname. It was such a monster on the track.

How important were these cars as Japan entered the post-World War II era?

There was a big turning point in the 1960s. You see it in the 240Z in 1969. When you talk to the men who designed that car, they brought it to America to test on California highways at high speeds. I’m 6’3″ and 230 pounds. I’m an American-sized guy, not a Japanese-sized guy. I fit very well in a 240Z. They made it for bigger people, for faster roads and didn’t compromise the handling or sportiness of it. I think that’s where that car, in particular, really took off. Americans really loved it. In the end, it was designed to appeal to Americans. Right around the late-’60s, it was a turning point in Japan, when they realized it was a very fertile market. They needed to make cars a little bigger, faster and more powerful. We succeeded as a company because we realized the potential we had in our design. You get in any Japanese car from the early-’60s and if you’re over 5’10” and 185 pounds, you’re not going to fit in it very well.

The driver’s compartment was a little crammed for larger people. The 240Z came along at the right time, and this was one of the reasons.

Long Island Weekly's Joseph Wolkin chats with a Nissan historian about bringing late 60s-early 70s Z series Datsuns and a little bit of nostalgia to New York International Auto Show. It’s slick. It’s fast. It’s small. It’s everything drivers want while cruising around Long Island. What’s better than being different?