The Skyline first appeared at the 15th Tokyo Motor Show, and went in February 1969. New models appeared in 1972, 1989 and 1995. January 1999 saw the arrival of the R34 Skyline GT-R and GT-R V models and when production finished in 2002, over 11,300 cars had been built and fits Nissan announced plans to separate the GT-R model from the Skyline name. The latest generation GT-R car appeared in the US in 2008 and had its European debut in 2009.