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Most Iconic Japanese Car: Nissan's Skyline

BY Azfar Hashim

The Nissan Skyline has been named the 'Most Iconic Ever', ahead of Europe's biggest Japanese car celebration

The model highly desired 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 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: And the clear winner was the Nissan Skyline, a car that first gained prominence in 1997 as the star of the Gran Turismo console game.

Event Manager Katherine Chappell said, “The Nissan Skyline is one of the cars that really kicked off the Japanese tuning craze in the UK, 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 event will be held for the first time this year at Silverstone.

Taking place on 24th April, Japfest has moved to Silverstone after reaching capacity at its previous venue with over 16,000 attendees and 3,500 cars on display or on the circuit. The extra space at the home of British Motor Sport means more track time and more features than ever before.

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

More details can be found at www.japfest.co.uk