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| Also called | the "Ken and Mary" Skyline |
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| Production | 1972-1977 670,562 units sold |
| Assembly | Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan |
| Body style(s) | 4-door sedan 2-door coupe 5-door station wagon |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Engine(s) | 1.6 L G16 I4 1.8 L G18 I4 2.0 L L20B I4 2.0 L S20 I6 2.4 L L24 I6 |
| Related | Nissan Laurel |
For export in the 1970s, the C110 and GC110 Skyline was sold as the Datsun K-series, with models such as the Datsun 160K, 180K and Datsun 240K.
The body styles were, once again, four-door sedan, two-door hardtop coupé, and five-door station wagon. The C110 was more fussy in its styling than its predecessor, particularly so in wagon form, where unusually for a wagon design, no windows were fitted between the C and D pillars. The C110 was the first version to feature the round rear lights, typical of later Skyline designs.
The C110 Skyline was better known as the "Ken & Mary" or "Kenmeri" (ケンメリ) Skyline, stemming from the advertisement campaign in Japan at the time which featured a young couple (Ken and Mary) who relaxed and enjoyed the countryside in Ken and Mary's Skyline (ケンとメリーのスカイライン). The ads were highly successful and perhaps as a result the C110 was sold in very large numbers in Japan. It sold just as well in Australia (in a 2.4L 6-cylinder form, badged as "Datsun 240K") , though few survive today. There, the 240K was about the same price as a Ford Falcon GT or BMW 5 series, around $5000.
GT-R
The Nissan Skyline GT-R hardtop arrived in September 1972 but only lasted until March 1973, when Nissan ceased its production. The oil crisis saw many people preferring economy cars and high-performance sports cars were looked down upon. Nissan pulled out of Motor Racing, so there was no purpose to the GT-R. It was not officially exported anywhere, although Nissan contemplated exporting to Australia. Only 197 KPGC110 GT-Rs were ever sold in Japan,[9] through specialist Nissan Performance shops (before it was called NISMO). This was the last GT-R for 16 years until the BNR32 in 1989.Models:
- 1600GT - 1.6 L G16 I4
- 1800GT - 1.8 L G18 I4
- 2000GT-X - 2.0 L L20A I6, 130 hp (96 kW, 172 N m)
- 2000GT-R - 2.0 L S20 I6, 160 hp (118 kW, 180 N m)
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