This R34 Skyline-Style Nissan GT-R Build Is a Killer Throwback Supercar

For decades now, we've watched old car designs be born anew. From the hot rod-inspired Plymouth Prowler to Lamborghini's aping of the Countach, there's always an appetite for the re-imagination of old ideas. That phenomenon has at last reached the Japanese cars of the 1990s in the form of an R35 Nissan GT-R styled after the R34 Skyline—and it looks absolutely phenomenal.

This R34.5 (if you will) was penned by Roman Miah, design director at Artisan Vehicle Design, which says it will produce the car in partnership with German Porsche resto-modder Rensla Automotive Design. (Rensla confirmed the partnership when contacted.) Miah told me he conceived the design back in 2019, and that he expects parts prototyping to begin within the next couple of weeks. The goal? An R34 tribute with a body made completely of carbon fiber, but based on the R35's predecessor.

"What if there was a modern day version and a true spiritual successor of the Skyline GT-Rs of the past?" Miah asks on his company's website.