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Tamiya HKS Nissan Skyline GT-R r/c car This is radio-controlled model manufacturer Tamiya’s way of saying happy 50th birthday to the iconic Nissan GT-R. It’s a detailed replica of the R32 Skyline that raced under the brilliantly bonkers psychocamo colours of tuning company HKS in the 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship. That car certainly wasn’t the most successful racer ever, in fact it only won one race that season and the title was taken by a different Skyline altogether. However, a livery this cool is clearly the one you want to have immortalised in model form. The pint-sized GT-R comes with a polycarbonate body, four-wheel drive and double-wishbone suspension, as well as slick tyres for maximum grip. In short, it’s a properly serious bit of kit. The electric motor and battery…

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Top Gear South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2019

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