As above, anyone owned both of these cars and can give honest feedback on how they both compare to each other.

 

The type r sti is a more track focused animal with raw power as to the watered down p1 back in the days the skyline never owned one but I guess it's gonna be pretty monstrous dude type r sti is a total different machine in aspects of weight and what you would want it for before I get slaughtered lol!! This is only my opinion as I have owned a type r sti in the past

 

Skyline is more of a muscle car when compared to the Type R, which is more of a raw driving experience which requires a certain amount of finesse and ability to get the best out of one and keep it on the road whilst doing so.

TBH I have never driven a skyline, mostly because I never liked the look of them and they always looked a bit big and lardy to me, but that's purely down to personal taste, they are a serious tool with the right mods and in the right hands no doubt, but much like EVO's they have just never really done anything for me, I'd sooner have a 911 of any description than a Skyline.

 

Skyline is more of a GT car that would happily sit on a motorway for long periods of time, the Impreza is the opposite its more of a quick accelerating 0-60mph car that is more at home driving fast around country lanes.

Both great cars still but depends what sort of driving you would be doing which would make the decisions for me to pick one or the other.

 

I can probably help you out a bit here. I've owned 2 r33 gtr, and currently have a r34 gtr as well as a type r Sti impreza.
But as stated above they are two very different cars. The type r is so much better on back roads, flicking it round tight corners etc, especially when you get the dccd suited to your driving.
The skyline is bigger and heavier, but the intelligent 4wd is just something else. Runs in rwd untill tractions lost, then puts power to the front and pulls you back inline. The skyline is a lot more planted to the road than a Impreza, it feels a lot safer at high speeds, doesn't jump about at all like my type r does.
The imoreza is a great rally style car, use and abuse it. Have lots of fun. The skyline is more like a rocket ship (after a few mods) , it drives more like a race car . So for me if you mainly drive twisty back roads and short tracks, then it's the imoreza for sure. But for more open type roads and longer tracks, it's the skyline everytime

 

Yep you sure as hell don't want a Type R if you do lots of motorway driving.

 

The skyline will cost a lot more to run tho, both in fuel and insurance. Plus all parts arnt cheap either , so lots to consider

 

My GTR insurance is a lot cheaper than any of my scoobies insurance, classed as a classic now so insured on classic cover, my 33GTR is £206 fc with mods declared and agreed value.
As stated above the scoob would suit twisty tight roads better, anything else get the GTR.
As long as serviced regular and not over boosted the rb26 is bullet proof only bettered by Toyotas jz tt engine.
Fuel consumption is not to dis similar.
Parts are readily available on the forums too.
Plus nothing feels better than owning and driving godzilla

 

Hi,
If you need any help with insurance for either vehicle then please feel free to drop me a line.
Regards,
Dan.

 

Thank you all for the feedback on this, I think I would prefer the Type-R as I mostly do B road driving and the rawness of the Type-R sounds so much better! The parts as far as I have heard can be silly money for the GTR and I have no clue how you could do DIY ECU diagnostics on one either?

 

Type R is a real drivers car and fantastic for twisty B roads especially if you're a half decent wheel man, not really a day to day car though as they can be a bit much to live with and they are a bit on the thirsty side because of the short gear ratio's, so your looking at 22mpg taking it easy and I mean real easy and you may squeeze 26/28mpg on a run with lots of down hill sections, so think more in terms gallons per mile, when you're giving it beans 12mpg is easy to achieve think closer to 18mpg with the odd squirt here and there in town.

Not that you would buy one for fuel economy but if it's going to be your only car then it does wear on you constantly filling it up, especially if your nearest shell station is a 10 mile round trip like mine was.

Just a heads up.

 

Pics please

Not owned an R32 but had an R33 GTR and Type-R. As stated the 33 was more of a GT cruiser type of car and felt considerably heavier in comparison to the type-R..

For me type-R all the way as a weekend / fun car.

 

Had a Type R for 10 years and left with many a happy memory. Once you get used to the "quirks" and make sure you treat it with respect(rear end can snap back)you will get much enjoyment out of it.
Predominately a B road car, but it did have the longer 5th so was also fine on the motorway.
It was definitely a driver involved car and the rawness of it gave you such good feedback when driving.
Went from the Type R to a R35, which is definitely more a top end car than a "twisties".

I still massively miss the Type R to this day, but I still find it hard to say which one I prefer as they each do fantastic but different things...if that makes sense!

Si

 

Have owned a skyline but the type r sti gives u a big grin.

 

Is there any way to do diy fault diagnostics on the R32/33 ecu's as you can do on the classic Imprezas?