Went to look at an Impreza today...

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:17

the escort cossie isnt a shopping trolley with bodykit, but you all already know that ;]

/pedant

Simon · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:47

I really like the look of that R32 in the picture. Looks nice.

I agree does seem Odd to slate the R32 and own a GTI-R. They are both effectively the same car.

The R32 won everything and was certainly a car with a very good racing pedigree, you don't buy a R32 GTR for the way it looks, you buy it for the performance. Much in the same way as you buy a GTi-R which is possibly the ugliest car ever made

The R34 is the car for bling boys who wanna look good, R32 is for people who want to use the car.

Dolph · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:51

Morba said:
the escort cossie isnt a shopping trolley with bodykit, but you all already know that ;]

/pedant

Looks-wise it is

All the cars mentioned are different under the skin, but that doesn't change the fact that if we're talking about looks, then they are all very much along the same lines.

Simon · 24 Mar 2006 at 13:52

Dolph said:
Looks-wise it is

All the cars mentioned are different under the skin, but that doesn't change the fact that if we're talking about looks, then they are all very much along the same lines.

Damn right

Zip · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:00

penski said:
Hahahaha...You do know about the Skyline's racing history, right?

It won at Bathurst so they changed the rules and made it run heavier.

It won the next year so they changed the rules and made it run heavier.

It won the next year so they changed the rules and banned it.

So your reason for the GTI-R being exempt from the 'old Japanese car' slating is it's motorsport 'pedigree' but the R32, with a more distinguished race history than the Sunny/Pulsar is slated...Riiiiiiight...

*n

It didnt really have to best competition now did it

They raced against Commodores and Falcons. Of cause a Jap car is going to win, they are better built and i think commodores and falcon had the same style suspension as American cars do

ramirez · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:48

They were against M3s as well.

Malenko · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:55

Dup said:
In my opinion the Sexiest skyline has to be the KPGC110 GTR.

YES!!!

Thankyou, I saw one of these beauties in Barbados.. Had no idea what it was but I wanted it, man I wanted it bad.

DreXeL · 24 Mar 2006 at 18:25

olv said:
I think the only skyline i've liked is an R33 you posted ages ago. A heavily modded black one. Maybe it caught fire at a track day? Can't really remember. It looked nice though.

Yeah that was my mate's car, it slid into the infield at Combe, then the tinder-dry straw caught fire

It was a real shame as it was easily the most stunning R33 I've seen.

It's currently being rebuilt and completely transformed.

andi · 24 Mar 2006 at 18:28

Personally, R34 > R32 > R33.

On a more sensible note, how was the Impreza?

Alibaba99 · 24 Mar 2006 at 18:30

Zip said:
It didnt really have to best competition now did it
They raced against Commodores and Falcons. Of cause a Jap car is going to win, they are better built and i think commodores and falcon had the same style suspension as American cars do

It was also racing against M3s and the Sierra Cosworth. The Cossies were pushing close to 600bhp at the end of their time of racing in Oz (as they continued racing for longer than Europe the engines were even further developed). The Skylines still won despite being forced to carry a shedload of ballast and having their power restricted.

penski · 24 Mar 2006 at 20:16

Alibaba99 said:
It was also racing against M3s and the Sierra Cosworth. The Cossies were pushing close to 600bhp at the end of their time of racing in Oz (as they continued racing for longer than Europe the engines were even further developed). The Skylines still won despite being forced to carry a shedload of ballast and having their power restricted.

As above...It really was a case of "We can't beat them...so We'll ban them."

*n

jp7152 · 24 Mar 2006 at 20:25

Can someone do a brief rundown of each model?

penski · 25 Mar 2006 at 00:00

jp7152 said:
Can someone do a brief rundown of each model?

http://history.jbskyline.net/

Prince Skyline + screaming RB20DET = win.

*n

gord · 25 Mar 2006 at 00:50

R34s look way better than any R32... but the alloys on that R32 are seriously nice.. love the 5 spokes

penski · 25 Mar 2006 at 01:04

R34s look about as interesting as a new Mondeo. Diesel.

*n

[TW]Fox · 25 Mar 2006 at 01:55

penski said:
R34s look about as interesting as a new Mondeo. Diesel.

*n

Yup, I agree..

Interesting

Moeks · 25 Mar 2006 at 03:24

I'm not the biggest Skyline fan but I have to say the R32 is much nicer looking car than the R33 or R34, it looks much sleeker and more well proportioned, kind of daintier, the R33 and R34 look too wide-boy and over the top for my tastes, they've lost the classic understated look the R32 had.

willd58 · 25 Mar 2006 at 10:00

Im guna go against the grain here and say the r34 is pure sex, and is the most bruteish looking car and also the nicest.

DreXeL · 25 Mar 2006 at 11:52

willd58 said:
Im guna go against the grain here and say the r34 is pure sex, and is the most bruteish looking car and also the nicest.

The R34 GTR may look brutish, but it also looks like a messy caricature of itself. And in non GTR form it just looks crap.

s0ck · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:35

Quite like the R33, personally.

Went to look at an Impreza today...

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