SilkeG,

That is an interesting point about the naming of the cars for the two markets.

For Japan, Skyline is a huge name and goes back for years before it was a Nissan car. The first skylines were Prince and later Prince was bought by Nissan so they became Nissan Skylines. Why the two cars have Infiniti and Skyline on the rear end is anyone's guess, but they both look good. However, I agree with you that the Mt. Fuji emblem looks much better than the hamburger emblem. I was really tempted to change my car over to all Infiniti badging when I got the 350GT, but decided to just change the grill and strip the Nissan mark and 350GT emblems off the back end. Kind of like the Skyline kickplates, so was happy to keep those.

Interesting note about the Nissan hamburger emblem. Nissan in Japanese characters reads as Made in Japan. It has a special place in many people's hearts because for a long time it was the symbol of Japan's rebirth after the war and Made in Japan was a great source of pride, especially on car. The current emblem is a representation of the Japanese (really chinese) character for sun. Japan's characters are the root of the sun, or land of the rising sun and having that mark on the back of cars in Japan still provides many people with a source of pride. I just wish it didn't look like the damn hamburglar.

my 0.02 cents

 

Ah, thank you for the great insight! The meaning goes deeper than the looks, well if you can get "hamburglar" out of the mental picture .

 

Glad you enjoyed my hamburglar reference.