My First Drive of Godzilla: Is The Nissan R32 GT-R As Good As They Say? 

"Is The Nissan R32 GT-R As Good As They Say?" Yes. (zero bias)

My warmest memories of the Nissan GT-R are me sitting in the driver’s seat and slowly seeing the beautiful 4 circle ⭕️ taillights slowly fading out into the distance as I am _losing!_

The 32 is the best looker for me, maybe because it recalls Pininfarina designs from the 70s like the Ferrari 2+2 or the Gamma Coupé

The original Godzilla. All the other skylines have a name because of this Legend

Not quite true on maintaine, but the constant want to spend on upgrades... can say that 😅

everyone talks about the NSX being a game changer but look at this car in the context of modern cars, this is the template. FI, awd, torque vectoring, rws. this car was a baby 959, to say it was ahead of the game is an understatement

It’s always been about the 32 for me. Just love the looks and the fact it is more basic than the later models.

Never meet your hero. Unless your hero is Godzilla, then take every chance you get. I'm an Audi nerd, but you gotta hand it to Nissan, they know a thing or two about turbo all wheel drive ;)

I think nobody has before or since done the smoothed 3 box design better than Nissan did with the S13 and 14 but most exemplary in the R32 Skyline coupe, even without the GT-R fenders and wing. There is just something that speaks to me with in that silhouette and those unapologetic four round tail lights that stare at you from the back like the business end of a double barreled shotgun.

James, the R32 is to me the best looking of the three cars. The interior of that one is a little rough but the R32 is and always has been my favourite. These cars are absolute classics and still to this day are proper cars, dare I say more so than many modern performance cars of the current age.

The PlayStation intro was a weird reminder of how much time I wasted with that game lol

The R33 will forever be my favorite. Why, I don't know. I can't wait for the next vid

Having owned three of these I might be slightly biased, all R32 GTR and I still miss them

Mark sounds like my kind of Skyline / GTR owner. Use it for what it was built for. And not just on a track, in Japan they use them where ever the police aren't.

I got a chance to drive a r32 GTR with a tomei titanium exhaust down a back country road near the west coastline and it was the most glorious experience of my life. No video or pictures could ever describe this experience properly.

The skyline still looks good today and you could hear it revving I would guess worth every penny to keep em on the road

Love these, I can’t wait to see the others.

Have been looking forward to this series of reviews!

This cars are super reliable if you keep it stock. Not expensive to maintain at all. If you start to mod it costs add quickly like in all cars.

My brother had a UK spec R34 GTR in Bayside blue. It was one of the 50 official U.K. cars supplied by Andy Middlehurst Nissan. Gold wheels, black leather etc, totally standard. When he was bored, he couldn’t sell it and ended up getting rid at a loss for £21500. I raced him in my Impreza P1 at the time. Pulled right away from him on the A13. And yes both cars were bog standard.

This is a very cool R32. It's clearly built to be a driver's car, not stanced. I'm gonna build a hotboi R32 Sedan eventually, as a reliable daily. Can't wait.

Love it. Those Gran Turismo clips take me back.

Such a cool car and I liked how much information you were able to pack in, in the space of 12 minutes. Great video Jay! :D

Nice. Very nice. Don’t often see these on the roads here in Japan during the day, but at weekends and on the twisty toll roads away from mobile speed cameras their owners continue to enjoy life in the fast lane. Looking forward to the upcoming vids.

First video I’ve watched in this channel. Have to say (not that I’m a video expert) but I love they way it’s presented, you have a knack for this stuff: great delivery. Very engaging. A new sub for sure... and r32 is my dream car 😁

Love the ps1 and tv bit jay that’s awesome mate proper nostalgia. Epic video and a very shiny r34 😁😁

Ahh I have been waiting for this trio since you told me you were doing it. I consider you a good friend and we met with you reviewing my R35. My first GTR experience was an R32, whilst the R35 has so much more useable performance it never felt as organic as that first drive I had on Welsh roads with a friend of the family in his R32. My R35 used to steamroller the road whereas the 32 seemed to carve it. I can’t wait for the R33 video as I would love to own a midnight purple one someday

Great video! I’m looking forward to the series.

Man I loved this review so inspiring..these cars now a days are so precious

Its not often I'm properly excited by a car vid.... but this one makes me nurse a semi.

I think this is also the best looking GT-R. Really unique look and great sound for a Turbo 6-Cylinder. Yea - and I am so old I remember when the game was released and how we sat there for days just playing.

James hugely respected and that's why you get the chance to review 3 legends

It's always a good day when you post!

Been waiting for this.

Great vid James, really liked the history section with 4:3 footage in the old TV - very TopGear/GT nostalgia 👍🏼

I'm only a couple minutes in, this is a step above what you normally do. I'm really enjoying it. More of this format please!

glad you enjoyed a perfectly modded stage 1 car, the 90s jdm sports cars are the best cars ever made imo. owed a number of them and hope to get back into them again some day when i'm richer!

Listening to your comments on how direct the steering is and how well the car deals with camber I can see how it was so dominating at tracks like Bathurst and Spa. Long live godzilla!

One of my dream cars, superb review. I can’t wait to see the 34

...they certainly look the part with the right bodykit and wheels. That's gorgeous.😍

Every single time i see one of these i like it more and more... Aged really really well!

Jay seems to give every car a fair shake... weather it's his cup of tea or not. Way to go Jay🤘🏼🏁

Arguably the ultimate touring car, I _have_ to love it.

Great vid as usual mate

My favourite skyline moment was going to see an r32 in gunmetal @torquegt, the wife falling in love with a black 33 Vspec that was twice the price and coming home with it. God the flames it used to belch 😁

Wow great video 3 very special cars right there

Loved the PSX intro!!! Ahh the nostalgia

A Phenomenal Car All The Best For Your RU-vid Channel.

Aw been waiting for this....

Always loved these cars.I owned a R35 for a couple of years.

I vividly recall my 1st drive in mine on the way home from the Port in 2015. I was thinking "never meet your heros" among many many other things. The car had all the same bolt-ons seen here essentially, as well as great Ohlins DFV Coilovers, Brembo F40 brakes and some NT01 rubber. It made "only" 320whp or so at that point. As soon as I'd rolled into the ITB's and heard the actual song of Jesus blaring from the back and all the perfect 90's turbo noises from the front I was in love. Then I got closer to home in Pennsylvania and went directly to PA-528 (think mini Tail of the Dragon) I fell in love at this point. It's absolutely the FEEL of the car and the steering that you understand the second you yourself are driving it. It does truly feel special, all the time.

a fantastic car, and great video! 👍

My first and only ever ride in one of these was an absolute joy. The guy who owned it had tuned it quite heavily. He asked me to change the radio station and as I leant forward to change the radio he floored it and I literally couldn't reach it and ended up forced back into the seat. I'd never felt acceleration or force like that in a car

Your comment on the looks is spot on. In pictures I've always been kind of ambivalent towards the r32. Then I saw one in person, it wasn't even a GT-R just a lowely GT4. It is so much more striking in person. I had to have one.

What can I say...Brilliant, Fantastic, Wonderful...this is the best car in the world... Godzilla, I love you. Thanks for reviewing this car, I've been wanting you to do so for ages. wow!

AWESOME cars , even by today's standards, i am glad you rated it as highly as i did... i was lucky to own a 500bhp R32 for 4 years. i don't have pockets that deep these days.....running costs are not for the faint,....exquisite ergonomics

this video makes me miss my '93 Skyline GTS. I loved that car and hated having to sell it when I left Okinawa

That sounds awesome 👌

The noises reduced me to tears 😍

This is gonna be sweet. R33 is my dream machine

I hate bodykits. But that R32 GTR is doing something to me no car ever should. Whoever the owner is, you have got an absolute stunner. DO NOT EVER SELL THAT.

Watched this with a small tear in my eye. I miss mine daily. I moved from a 33 to the 32 and proffered it in just about every aspect ( 580 bhp on twins helped). I have had numerous Japanese performance cars, such as RX7s ( of all series, Scooby STI, other Skylines, but for me the 32 GTR was the ultimate. Yes it regularly bankrupted me, yes some parts were a pain to source …. but both on road and track it was an unbeatable experience.

Love the shirt! Can't wait for the r33 one (my fav and hopefully own someday)

I love my 32, great review

Desmond evo wheels. Nice one Jay

Hi James; I'm wreathed in smiles here; memories of my old R32 GTR Track Special. It was a 1989 car that I imported from Japan. I'll try to send a photo at some point.

the 32 is my favorite of the 3.. ive also been lucky enough to review a R32 GTR and it really is amazing considering their age how well they drive.. also takes proper skill to go fast in them haha

Midnight purple R33 GTR is my favourite.. If I ever won the lottery I think it would be the first purchase.. Such a gorgeous car in my opinion then there's the sound of that RB26...

I'm thrilled you talked about the GTR in Australia!

You sir are a very very luck man......totally awesome!😍

Watching that intro with grand tourismo makes me feel i`m grandpa spec myself these days.

A correction from the Australian perspective: yes Nissan won the Aus. Touring Car Championship three years in a row from 1990-'92. However, although the R32 was used during the 1990 season, it was still very much a car in development and at times not reliable; the title that year was won with the previous generation R31 GTS-R. However in '91 & '92 the R32 was properly sorted and ate everything in its path, thus earning the Godzilla nickname.

great review

Will always be my favourite GTR as it was the first one i ever saw as young boy back on the old Jeremy Clarkson Unleashed On Cars VHS tape lol, love that beast!

The shirt: Merry christmas, mister Emm!

Finally my favourite car reviewed by James. I shall look forward to this

I have owned my R32 gtr for about 13 years now and it has never given me any horrendous repair bills I service the car myself at one point my insurance was only £200 via a classic insurance policy My car is running 420whp 512fly on original engine internals with 120k km on 95 Ron I stay on a island only available fuel is 95 Ron unfortunately I didn't feel any slower than a friend's 2017 r35 gtr in a straight line The steering feel is amazing as good as a 205 gti etc the car can be very tail happy it will very easily go sideways on roundabout etc

Big Skyline fan here but that R32 is just sublime

Thought you were absolutely smashing it down the road at about 120mph at the opening but then i realised i had the video set at 1.75x speed

Superb cars - I owned an R33 but prefer the look of the R32 - pity it is so difficult to find them unmodified...This is an excellent review

Feeling very proud to own a Skyline R32 GTR

Legend of a car

I had the honour of being asked to do a full wet sand and paint correction on one in this exact colour,with 500 hp,sat on nismo alloys and sat in bride bucket seats that felt like a bear hug,with hand on heart I can honestly say it changed my world,unbelievable that not long after the r34 they became renaults

Sigh, had a lot of fun with mine. Initially, slightly underwhelmed until a strange yellow cable was disconnected when I took it to my importer mechanic with the dyno. Imported a 1993 V-Spec back in the early-Mid 2000s had the lighter gun metal grey than this one imported to Melbourne, Australia and drove it home to Adelaide. Cost under $20k with 43,000km and actually looked and drove like it. But could hardly tell it had any boost.. The only upgrade/mod it came with was a full 3" Blitz Nur turbo back exhaust and a FMIC. The gentlemans agreement for 206kW was hilarious. The mechanic at BoostWorx in SA unplugged a yellow cable connecting from the ecu to somewhere else where it turned into an animal. With a boost gauge connected and on the wheel dyno it was perfectly tuned to push out 373kw (500hp) without a sweat and it just came alive. After getting a powerfc and a couple minor bolt ons the thing was basically 3x the rated power for nothing. So much potential. Ended up moving to Canada and selling it far too cheap seeing the prices since. But What a car and potential they were.

I have a 1998 nissan stagea rs4, with a rb25det, awd, just shy of 300hp. I love it. And race breed station wagon that doesn't often get left behind.

Magic car, my all time dream vehicle. Driven one and it was exactly how I hoped it would be. Now long since unaffordable with recent hikes in value. James, can you arrange a comparison of Group A homolgatipn specials? Factory Standard cars: Nissan R31 GTS-R Nissan R32 GT-R Ford Sierra RS500 BMW E30 M3 Toyota Supra MA70 Turbo Holden Commodore Walkinshaw VL Holden Commodore VN Group A SS The Commodores will probably be impossible in the UK, but it's feasible that examples of the others are around. It's being able to get them together and in factory standard spec that will be immensely difficult. A great channel and reviews I love watching. The 1990s reviews are the ones I've enjoyed the most.

I was an importer in the 90's when the craze was just starting. Brought in a V Spec and a NISMO which had to be driven from Dartford Docks, via Thruxton To Edinburgh. Belgian plates so pedal to the metal and up the A roads not the Motorways ... more fun! Ah those were the days £7000 landed all taxes paid ready for UK reg!

Random trivia - the GTR TV commercial clip used at 01:40 was filmed in Hong Kong, on Hollywood Road (near the Man Mo Temple).

Great video thanks... mega

Probably my favourite gen. I even think it looks the best.

Love this car!!

I remember looking at pictures and posters of these beasts (R32,R33, and R34) from Jr high to my fist years in the military always wanting one and upset that they were and some are STILL illegal to import to here in the US!!! They are still my favorite JDM car!!!

It would be interesting to see what you could do to improve the interior and bring it up to the quality of the rest of the car. I really like the body kit on that it really improves the look of the stock car.

Thanks Jay that's my week sorted then, JDM specials line-up for my evening man time I'm just showing me videos on a little bit longer be nice to see the owner and chat about his experience and History with the car. Always lasted after a GTR but went down the naturally aspirated root instead and now probably way out of my price range. So nice to get the experience of all 3 cars through you👍👏🤣

You hit the nail on the head - the car just feels special in a way that only a skyline can. Whilst it has computers on board it feels like a real analogue experience and you have to learn its characteristics to get the best out of the car but continue to respect it at all times. The road presence is second to none and evokes a positive response wherever they go. Mines a 1993 (K plate) Grade 4B - I am almost the other end of the spectrum as i store mine professionally and it only comes out on dry days as it only deserves the best. Its a real occasion for me when i take mine out.

damn thats one of the most beautful Nissan GTR I have ever sen

What a wonderful car!

Love those cars.

Hi there... A really good video... Which country do you live in by the way ??

Have to disagree strongly on running costs. Had my R33 7 years and not once has a cost hurt me. Examples, Belt and water pump fitted £300, Upgraded discs and pads £180, Upgraded fuel pump fitted £130. Exhaust manifold gasket fitted £180. Full service £180. Modifications are expensive, I agree.