Posted Jul 06 2009, 03:45 PM by Mike Garrett with 10 comment(s)

When Nissan first introduced the original Hakosuka Skyline GT-R in the late '60s , the only body style available was a four-door sedan. Shortly after, the GT-R would be moved the two-door Skyline platform and it would be quite some time (40 years to be exact) until a Skyline GT-R sedan would appear again. In 1998 Autech released a limited production four-door R33 Skyline GT-R, which paid homage to the original Hakosuka sedan. The Autech car featured all of the high tech GT-R items including the ATTESA E-TS AWD system (man, that's a lot of letters) , the RB26 engine, and widened GT-R style body work. Today they are very rare to see, so I was surprised to find this all-original example in Tokyo earlier this year.

Until we see the oft-rumored R35 sedan, GT-R nuts with families to haul will have to stick with this...

-Mike Garrett


Comments

MonK3y said:

Man! What a sleeper! Looks almost too basic ... I wish they did it on an R32 or 34, I only dig the R33 as Skyline GT-R coupe...

July 6, 2009 4:47 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

blackrms13 said:

+1 on the R32/34 one

R33 always just looks very bleh to me...

July 6, 2009 7:23 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Babalouie said:

i106.photobucket.com/.../r321.jpg

Autech did make a R32 4dr GT-R too...not aware of an R34 version tho.

July 6, 2009 8:02 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

lachlanrb20s13 said:

mmm the autech r32 4 door had a non turbo rb26!

July 6, 2009 10:34 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Hundredpercent said:

rare machine !

July 7, 2009 1:25 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

matt86s13 said:

autech did also do a gtr based stagea..

July 7, 2009 2:45 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

KaoKao said:

ATTESA in Italian means "waiting" XD

However.... I discovered to really like 4doors sedans @.@

July 7, 2009 3:03 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Chris Cummins said:

What about the 4 door r32's?

July 7, 2009 5:17 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Baj said:

you'd think they'd give it lower offset wheels if they put wider arches on it

haha

cool car tho

July 7, 2009 7:38 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

theDude said:

40 years later...

wrong info there, Mike?

July 7, 2009 6:19 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters