For the true Skyline connoisseur there is one model that has for years been enjoying legendary status. It isn't the Nismo 400R or even the Z-tune but a car that was conceived well before these. Back in the early nineties HKS decided to do what RUF in Germany was doing with Porsches, and started to create a high-performance bespoke version of the

Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Dino Dalle Carbonare Descriprion: The legendary Gr.A HKS R32 GT-R blasting down the Fuji Speedway back straight during the HKS Premium Day

Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Dino Dalle Carbonare Descriprion: The legendary Gr.A HKS R32 GT-R blasting down the Fuji Speedway back straight during the HKS Premium Day

Following the post on the Z-tune I think there is one other Skyline GT-R we need to look at, an R34 that like the Nismo car was built to be the ultimate street going modified "R." When building the Driving Performer, HKS took a very different route to Nismo by creating something a little more extreme, at least in the engine department. The

It was hard to pick a second D1 driver to do a small retrospective on, following the post on Ueo's career as a professional drifter. There are just so many great drivers in Japan to choose from, but after much deliberation it just had to be Nobuteru Taniguchi. Taniguchi is one driver I have great respect for, having managed to build a racing career

HKS Technical Factory has always liked to impress by creating some pretty rare cars in the past. Their most well known has to be the BNR32-based Zero-R built in the early nineties. Only 4 were ever made, HKS kept 3 due to homologation problems and one was bought by the Sultan of Brunei to add to his vast collection of exotics. But the car you see here