How could we finish up the Kidney Car weekend with anything else than the C10 Skyline. By the time the C10 went on sale, the Prince nameplate had been completely phased out, even though the C10 was developed under the Prince name at the companys Ogikubo R&D centre in the suburbs of Tokyo. Initially it was launched with Princes 1.5 L OHC G15 I4 like the S57. A 1.8 L G18 version was also available. A station wagon variant, known previously as the Prince Skyway, was offered with this generation. A hardtop coupé was introduced in October 1970. In 1971, the KGC10 2000 GT-X and 2000GT received a 2.0 L (1,998 cc) L20 120 PS (88 kW) straight-six engine instead of the Prince G-7 engine. In March 1972 expanded the lineup to include a four-door GT-X sedan. The first GT-R Skyline appeared in February 1969. Released as a sedan only and called the PGC-10 but a 2-door coupé version (KPGC-10) was debuted in October 1970 and introduced in March 1971. The cars were stripped of unnecessary equipment to be as light as possible for racing, and performed well at the track. The GT-R used the 2.0l S20 I6. This new DOHC engine produced 160 hp (118 kW). The sedan racked up 33 victories in less than two years, and the coupé stretched this to 50 through 1972
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