Description
“An extraordinary Skyline that stood out in races of the 1980s.”
The Hakosuka GT-R, which gets its nickname from “Hako” (square) and “Suka” (Skyline), took Japanese motorsports by storm and ended its illustrious career in 1972. But the legend of the Skyline refused to die, and fans continued to hope for its return many years after.
Their hopes became reality in 1982 when Nissan created a Silhouette Formula car based on the?sixth-generation Skyline 2000RS, powered by a 4-valve DOHC engine that had not been in the lineup since the?“Kenmeri” GT-R.?(Ken Meri was a nickname that came from the car’s commercials.) This was the Skyline Super Silhouette.
The Super Silhouette racecars were pure race cars that maintained the silhouette of production models. These cars were active in the Fuji Super Silhouette Series, which began as the supporting race for the Fuji Grand Champion Races in 1979, but the Silhouette Series soon became more popular than the main Grand Champion event.
Have you ever heard of the ‘Fuji Grand Champion Race’? It was really popular in Japan during the 1980s. If you’ve heard of the race before… You probably know about the ‘Super Silhouette’ race cars that competed in the opening races for those events. The Super Silhouette races were hosted under the Group 5 regulations of the time. While the exteriors of the cars maintained the look of a production model… On the inside they were purebred racing cars developed for competition. This Nissan Skyline Super Silhouette proved to be the most popular car in the series. Famous for its flaming side-exit exhaust, it is an iconic car that is still fondly remembered by many fans.
