The Prowler is a collector's classic. Maybe it wasn't the most marketable or practical enough thing they could've done, but it was damn nice while it lasted, IMO. All I thought the Prowler lacked was a good old American V8 stuffed away between those motorcycle fenders... and that's what made the Howler appealing to me. If I had the money to throw away on a toy like that, hell I would've. I wouldn't have let that V8 gone to waste.
And well... I kinda wrote a lot, so bare with me if I'm rambling on...
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... the current GT-R is far more progressive and contemporary than what you pictured, in my eyes.
IMO, the GT-R's styling is merely more than the offspring of a marketing mechanism deployed by the 350Z. Nissan revealed something new, it worked, and now the entire line gets assimilated and revamped... it's what companies do, so I can't fault them in trying to be successful, but it still doesn't change just where exactly the GT-R's exterior roots truly came from.
I see it as... yeah sure the GT-R in some respect does pay some tribute to that specific heritage in the Skyline's design (blocky, but accented with different curves and lines), but the R35 Concept does too but in a different take. What I see in the GT-R is alot of body work... there are different lines, and angles, aggressive molding, and just a huge plethora of different elements and styling qeues (completely alien to the Skyline) to try and individualize it from the 350Z and the rest of the lineup. Not to mention it's gigantic and bulky...
The Skyline has never had to do that and Nissan, up until recently, has always been kind of like Toyota where they didn't have any other defined, specific look beyond their own badge. That's what the R35 Concept brings to the table... it's a lot like the older models. It's got a very down to earth, simplistic, functional look that the Skyline has always sported... but even more so refined in the same way as how the C5 evolved into the C6 Corvettes, and how C5 evolved from the C4 Corvettes.
The R35 Concepts follows those same lines the R34 and R33 and R32 have, almost to the exact degrees... it's just that each car has very unique, and subtle differences. What makes the R35 appeal to me is that it finally
just goes the way of being a little more smooth and dynamic. I just honestly thought it was a beautiful update.
I also wouldn't mind this either...
... if they wanted to still conform to their look, that would've been great too. It's still very traditional and realistic.