Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X

Description
The first Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X (Japanese: 日産スカイラインH/T二千GT-X) appeared in 1971. This car was nicknamed Hakosuka (ハコスカ) by fans in Japan. Hako (ハコ) means 'Box' in Japanese, and suka (スカ） is short for 'Skyline', a nickname coming from the car's overall boxy shape and straight lines. The GT-X used the 2.0 L (1998 cc) S20 I6. This new DOHC (dual overhead camshaft) engine (which was designed by the former Prince engineers) produced 160 hp (118 kW, 180 N·m).

As the Hakosuka Skyline is a Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) car, this casting is right-hand drive. Also check out the external, front-mounted oil cooler, fabric headlight covers and bolt-on fenders! If you didn’t know any better, it would be very easy to think the existing Hot Wheels #Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X casting was designed around Roy’s car as it is almost exactly the same, however, Jun Imai actually designed this casting and it has been in the Hot Wheels lineup since 2011. In fact, Roy is actually a huge Hot Wheels collector himself and his car’s graphics are certainly Hot Wheels inspired. John over at the Lamley Group did a fantastic article about this car and Roy’s graphic inspiration.



Earlier in June, Roy’s Hakosuka #Skyline (and its Hot Wheels version) were also featured on #Japanese Nostalgic Car — whose logo is actually featured on both 1:1 and 1:64 versions of the car. They were the ones that actually dropped a hint that this could be a future Hot Wheels car way back in an article from September of 2015. You may recognize the JNC logo and the name itself as it has been appearing on the sides of several Hot Wheels as of late. In JNC’s article about Roy’s car, they actually provide a list of Hot Wheels that are licensed by #Japanese Nostalgic Car. Source of this file: orangetrackdiecast.David Marconi 02:08, February 15, 2018 (UTC)

Versions
The Nissan Skyline H/T 2000GT-X has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions: