Many urban legends surround the legality of importing a Nissan Skyline GT-R into the US. With a top speed of 200 mph and AWD, pundits claimed the Skyline was too fast for American police cars to ...

For a car never sold new in the U.S., the Nissan Skyline GT-R has an enviable reputation here. Enthusiasts know it as a movie and video-game star, and even as a surprisingly common matchbox car.

OK, so strictly speaking the very first Nissan Skyline GT-R actually appeared some 20 years earlier. Indeed, the installation of a 160bhp 2-litre engine in the rather unspectacular-looking 1960s ...