Watch how the Nissan Skyline was born [video]

Nissan’s GT-R is one of the most technologically advanced cars in the world; it is hailed among car enthusiasts as the ultimate sports cars, seeing that it delivers supercar performance for more than half the price.

But the GT-R/Skyline must have some sort of racing heritage, don’t you think? And it does indeed, in the form of a Porsche-rivaling 1964 Skyline GT, the car that started it all.

Watch the interesting story behind the birth of a legend in the footage below.