Vehicles Introduced in 1957 - Lotus Seven, Vespa 400, Nissan Skyline, Pontiac Bonneville, Toyota Corona, Vauxhall Victor, Ford Ranchero (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Lotus Seven, Vespa 400, Nissan Skyline, Pontiac Bonneville, Toyota Corona, Vauxhall Victor, Ford Ranchero, Mercedes-Benz SL-Class, Fiat 500, Lancia Flaminia, Lotus Elite, Bandini 750 sport internazionale, Mercury Colony Park, BMW 600, Jaguar XK150, Alfa Romeo 2000, Aston Martin DB Mark III, Maserati 3500, ARO IMS, Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner, Riley One-Point-Five, Autobianchi Bianchina, Puch 500, Simca Ariane, Triumph TR3A, Moskvitch 410, Zundapp Janus, Morris Marshal, Bugatti Type 252. Excerpt: The Nissan Skyline ( in Japanese) is a line of compact cars originally produced by the Japanese carmaker Prince Motor Company starting in 1957 and subsequently by Nissan after the two companies merged in 1966. It is currently available in either coupe, or sedan body styles, and are most commonly known by their round brake lights, with the station wagon bodystyle being dropped in 1989 with the introduction of the R32 platform. Iterations R30 to R34 of the Skyline are still popular tuner cars for Japanese car enthusiasts from the 1980s to today, especially with available features such as straight-6 engines, turbochargers, and the high-performance GT-R trim. While not distributed in the United States, the Skyline's prominence in video games, movies and magazines resulted in many such cars being imported there from 1999 to late 2005, after Motorex petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to allow 1990-1999 GT-Rs and GTSs to be imported, at the condition that they were modified to meet United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The 11th generation Skyline (V35) was another major turning point for the nameplate, as it dropped some of the Skyline's trademark characteristics such as the straight-6 engine and turbocharging, eventually separated the GT-R into its own line, and moved to V6-engined e...