With the Skyline badge now applied to the cars sold in the North American market as the Infiniti G35 and G37, the GT-R badge found itself lifted from a special variant to a stand-alone car. The team assembled to create this new monster took it from Godzilla to Mecha-Godzilla, embracing not just twin-turbocharging and all-wheel-drive but twin driveshafts, a six-speed double-clutch gearbox, and a new twin-turbocharged V-6 engine. And it would be sold here.
If the original GT-R was a katana, and the R32/33/35 a firearm, then the R35 was a Gundam warsuit. Weight increased to 3800 lbs, but power levels matched that of the handbuilt Z-Tune R34. The first models were more road-going racecar than Nissan 911 Turbo, but the R35 GT-R became more polished over the years. It also got quicker, running a sub-3 second 0-60 mph sprint by 2011. A decade later, that s still impressive.