Nissan Skyline Coupé 1998

The R34 is often associated with the GT-R, but the Skyline Coupé range also included naturally aspirated engines and more accessible drivetrains. Nissan describes this generation as the final Skyline GT to use an inline-six engine. The coupé also revived a distinctive Skyline side profile, a styling detail highlighted in Nissan material about the R34 generation.

The 1998 Nissan Skyline Coupé belongs to the R34 generation introduced in May 1998. The sources consulted place the standard R34 Skyline’s career broadly between 1998 and 2001, while the R34 GT-R followed a separate timeline and appeared in 1999. Nissan does not provide, in the sources used here, a separate production total for the 1998 GT, 25GT, 25GT Turbo or 25GT FOUR coupés. A Nissan corporate presentation does report 64,623 sales for the R34 generation including the GT-R, but that figure cannot be presented as coupé-only production. A more precise number would require factory records, chassis-register data or another clearly documented production source.

Available reviews describe the R34 as a car with refined inline-six engines, a well-finished interior and strong responses from the turbocharged models. One retrospective road test also praises the engine character and cabin quality while noting limited rear-seat space and suspension tuning aimed primarily at Japanese roads. Nissan’s own period material focused on body rigidity, handling and driving enjoyment. Taken together, these sources present the Skyline Coupé as a versatile sports-oriented car rather than a pure track machine. They should not, however, be interpreted as evidence of a unanimous contemporary press verdict or as an independent ranking of the model.