The S13 Silvia and the 180SX may look different but underneath, they're basically the same machine. Despite their similarities, that hasn't stopped speedo boys from driving one of these S13 twins.
Because the S13 Silvia and the 180SX run on the same mechanicals, a handful of speedo boys gave birth to a Frankenstein-ish machine that is basically a 180SX with the S13 Silvia's front. They've called it the Sileighty.
The Sileighty is what happens when you have the 180SX went to the plastic surgery and got its face swapped with the S13 Silvia's. As a matter of fact, this is what I believe to be the forefather of face-swapping tuner cars because this is what speedo boys do most of the time; swapping faces of other vehicles, be it a successor or predecessor of their current vehicle. There's a well-known tidbit that despite not being a bonafide Nissan, a certain Nissan dealership sold 500 units of Sileighty.
Another well-known tidbit is that the Sileighty appeared in Initial D as Mako Sato's car of choice and it battled against Takumi's AE86 Trueno in a one-on-one street race. The Sileighty's appearance in Initial D caused a widespread reception among speedo boys who witnessed this iconic moment, wishing they want to have the exact car that Mako drove in the series.
Here we are, the Sileighty made a comeback as a used car in Gran Turismo 7 for a very limited time so if you got the money, now's the time to do it because if it's sold out, you're going to wait several days, weeks, or months for this car to come back. Anyway, now that I got my hands on the peculiar S13, I decided to give this a little twirl in Tsukuba, just to find out how good this is.
As expected, the Sileighty drives like both of the machines it was based on, and because of its compact rear-wheel-drive layout, you can smoke this car through the corners like a drift car. No wonder speedo boys pushed this car to its critical limit, transforming this Frankenstein-ish Nissan into either a track toy or a drifting machine but still drifting is what the Sileighty does best.
Anyway, no time to talk. It's time to find out just how fast the Sileighty does around Tsukuba. Roll the tape.
The Sileighty did it in 1:13.450. Not a bad result, though.
The Sileighty spearheaded the popular trend of face-swapping tuner cars for the fun of it and this chimera of a JDM car deserves some credit. For a 180SX wearing the S13 Silvia's front face, this is by no means one of the coolest machines ever existed.
Experience the Sileighty on GT7 today!