Nissan Skyline named 'Most Iconic Japanese Car Ever'

The Nissan Skyline, the model made famous by the Playstation Generation, has been named the 'Most Iconic Japanese Car Ever' by followers of Japfest, the biggest celebration of Japanese cars and culture in Europe.

The organisers of the show, which will be held for the first time this year at Silverstone in the U.K., carried out a survey among its social media followers to see which performance car would be identified as the most iconic model in Japanese car culture. The clear winner was the Nissan Skyline, a car that first came to prominence in 1997 as the star of the Gran Turismo console game. Developed through multiple generations, each one faster and more advanced than its predecessor, the Skyline name has since become synonymous with Japanese performance tuning. 

Event Manager Katherine Chappell said, "The Nissan Skyline is one of the cars that really kicked off the Japanese tuning craze in the U.K., so it's no surprise to see that it's been named as the most iconic Japanese performance car of all time. Japfest is a real celebration of the culture that it, in part, created, and we look forward to celebrating its success this year among the event's festival atmosphere."

The runner-up in the survey was the Toyota Supra, with the Subaru Impreza WRX in third position.