# Sightings Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818 "2007-09-18T08:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11325
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818/11325 "2009-09-24T10:24:36Z")
> [@FS: 94 VW JETTA GLS 1500 bucks TAKE THIS CAR FROM ME!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-94-vw-jetta-gls-1500-bucks-take-this-car-from-me/19586/11): > > I saw a new R35 skyline at Colonie Center mall last weekend, silver, plate said “GODZILLA” but the only question I have is, wasnt the R34 the godzilla and not the R35? Tacky plate IMO but w/e. This name was used for the R32. See history below: "After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. **This car was nicknamed “Godzilla”** by the Australian motoring publication “Wheels” in its July 1989 edition, a name that sticks to this day. The R32 GT-R surprisingly dominated the motorsport in Japan, **winning a 29 straight victories out of 29 races**. The GT-R proceeded to win the JTC Group A series championship 4 years in a row, and also **had success in the Australian Touring Car Championship winning from 1990-1992, until the GT-R was outlawed in 1993**." Source: > **[Nissan Skyline GT-R](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R)** > > The Nissan Skyline GT-R (Japanese: 日産・スカイラインGT-R, Hepburn: Nissan Sukairain GT-R) is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range. The first cars named "Skyline GT-R" were produced between 1969 and 1972 under the model code KPGC10, and were successful in Japanese touring car racing events. This model was followed by a brief production run of second-generation cars, under model code KPGC110, in 1973. > After a 16-year hiatus, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 as the BNR32 ("R32") Skyl... --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sightings-thread/234818)._